HL7 Europe Imaging Study Report
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HL7 Europe Imaging Study Report, published by HL7 Europe. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0-build built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/oijauregui/ehdsimaging/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Artifacts Summary

This page provides a list of the FHIR artifacts defined as part of this implementation guide.

Requirements: Actor Definitions

The following artifacts define the types of individuals and/or systems that will interact as part of the use cases covered by this implementation guide.

Imaging Manifest Reports Provider/Creator

This actor is responsible for creating/providing the Imaging Manifest resources.

Imaging Study Report Provider/Creator

The actor responsible for creating/providing the Imaging Report resources.

Structures: Logical Models

These define data models that represent the domain covered by this implementation guide in more business-friendly terms than the underlying FHIR resources.

Address model

EHDS refined base model for Address structure

Advance directive model

Healthcare directives concerning life or after life wishes of the patient

Alert model

Alert flag

Allergy intolerance model

EHDS refined base model for allergy/intolerance

Appointment model

EHDS refined base model for Appointment. This is a simplified model with minimal information - it is not intended to cover the full functionality of booking systems.

Attachment model

EHDS refined base model for This type is for containing or referencing attachments - additional data content defined in other formats. The most common use of this type is to include images or reports in some report format such as PDF. However, it can be used for any data that has a MIME type.

Body structure model

EHDS refined base model for Body structure

Care plan model

EHDS simplified model for care plan. The model includes very minimal information and is not designed to cover the full functionality of care plans.

Condition model

EHDS refined base model for a clinical condition, problem, diagnosis, or other event, situation, issue, or clinical concept that has risen to a level of concern.

Coverage model

EHDS refined base model for Coverage

Current pregnancy status model

Current pregnancy status

DataSet model

Common elements (including header) for all documents and their independently functioning parts, e.g FHIR resources.

Device model

EHDS refined base model for Device information

Device use model

EHDS refined base model for device use information

Discharge Report model

EHDS refined base model for Discharge Report

Document model

EHDS refined base model for common document data elements, including the common header. Data relevant to document type and its content for administrative and searching purposes.

Dosage model

EHDS refined base model for Dosage

Dosaging model

Logical model for usage instructions for administring the requested product. Based on FHIR Dosage complex data type. When implemented, this model may be reduced significantly according to the specific use case.

Encounter model

EHDS refined base model for Encounter

Endpoint model

EHDS refined base model for Endpoint

Episode of care model

EHDS refined base model for Episode of care

Family member history model

EHDS refined base model for family member history

Functional status

EHDS refined base model for Functional status

Health professional model

EHDS refined base model for Health professional (HP)

Human name model

EHDS refined base model for Human name

Imaging report model

EHDS refined base model for Medical Imaging Result Report

Imaging study model

EHDS refined base model for Imaging study

Immunisation model

EHDS refined base model for Immunisation

Infectious contact model

EHDS refined base model for an infectious contact

Laboratory observation model

EHDS refined base model for Observation performed by laboratory

Laboratory order

A - EHDS refined base model for Laboratory order

Laboratory order body model

B.1 - EHDS refined base model for Laboratory order body

Laboratory order header model

A.1 - EHDS refined base model for Laboratory order header data elements

Laboratory report body model

B.1 - EEHRxF refined base model for Laboratory result report body

Laboratory report header model

A.1 - EHDS refined base model for laboratory report header data elements

Laboratory report model

EHDS refined base model for Laboratory result report

Location model

EHDS refined base model for Details and position information for a place where services are provided and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained, or accommodated.

Media model

EHDS refined base model for A photo, video, or audio recording acquired or used in healthcare.

Medication administration model

EHDS refined base model for a single medication administration

Medication dispense decline model

Explicit statement about declining the dispense request (prescription), usually recorded in order to communicate the issue back to the prescriber. Reasons for declining a dispense may vary, but typically this statement is only sent when a following action is expected on the prescriber’s side (cancelling or changing the problematic prescription or the whole treatment).

Medication dispense model

Logical model for medication dispensation (based on request or independently)

Medication model

Logical model for prescribed/dispensed medication. The model is shared by statements, requests, dispensations, and treatment lines. Each of those may have different restrictions in FHIR profile. Model is suitable for generic/virtual medications as well as branded/real products.

Medication prescription model

Logical model for medication prescription. A prescription contains one or more prescription items.

Medication statement model

Statement about a single medication as part of a medication summary.

Observation model

EHDS refined base model for Observation information

Organisation model

EHDS refined base model for Health provider or any other type of organisation

Patient Animal model

EHDS refined base model for Patient:Animal

Patient model

EHDS refined base model for patient (subject of care) information

Patient summary model

EHDS refined base model for Patient Summary

Pregnancy history model

Pregnancy history for one pregnancy

Procedure model

EHDS refined base model for an action that is or was performed on or for a patient

Related person model

EHDS refined base model for Patient/subject guardian and other related person information

Service request model

EHDS refined base model for Specification of requested service or services

Social history model

EHDS model for social history observations

Specimen model

EHDS refined base model for A sample to be used for Analysis

Substance model

EHDS refined base model for Substance

Substance use model

Statement about using a substance (such as tobacco, alcohol, drugs, etc).

Telecom model

EHDS refined base model for Telecommunication contact information structure

Travel history model

Relevant information about the patient's recent travel history, for one visit

Structures: Resource Profiles

These define constraints on FHIR resources for systems conforming to this implementation guide.

AdverseEvent: Imaging Adverse Event

Adverse Event that occurred during an imaging procedure.

AllergyIntolerance: EU AllergyIntolerance

A allergyintolerance profile for the EU.

BodyStructure: EU BodyStructure

BodyStructure profile for the EU

Bundle: Imaging Report

Document Bundle for Imaging Report

Bundle: ImagingStudy Manifest

This profile represents a manifest of an imaging study. It holds the ImagingStudy resource that mirrors the information in the DICOM study allow with other resources that are required to express the information in DICOM in FHIR.

CarePlan: EU CarePlan

Care plan for the patient. Contains the narrative containing the plan including proposals, goals, and order requests for monitoring, tracking, or improving the condition of the patient. In the future it is expected that the care plan could be provided in a structured and coded format.

Composition: EU Composition

Clinical document used to represent a report for the scope of the HL7 Europe project.

Composition: Imaging Report

Clinical document used to represent a Imaging Study Report for the scope of the HL7 Europe project.

Condition: EU Condition

A condition profile for the EU.

Device: Imaging Device

The device the made the image.

DiagnosticReport: Imaging Report

Diagnostic Report profile for Imaging Reports. This document represents the report of an imaging study. It is the anchor resource that refers to all structured data as well as the Composition resource that contains the narrative text of the report.

DocumentReference: -MHD Imaging Report

A DocumentReference profile for the Report DocumentReference used in MHD deployments.

DocumentReference: EU DocumentReference

A DocumentReference profile for the EU.

DocumentReference: IHE-MHD Imaging Manifest

A DocumentReference profile for the Manifest DocumentReference used in MHD deployments.

DocumentReference: Key Image

A document containing key images for a patient. It can refer to a DICOM or non-DICOM image. When referring to a DICOM image, the DocumentReference.content.attachment.url should be a WADO-URI. When referring to a non-DICOM image, the DocumentReference.content.attachment.url should be a direct URL to the image.

When the resource represents a DICOM instance it SHALL contain a the SOP Instance UID in the identifier element. When the resource represents a DICOM series it SHALL contain the Series Instance UID in the identifier element.

DocumentReference: R5 IHE-MHD Document

A placeholder for a DocumentReference profile to be used in a future FHIR R5 IHE-MHD environment.

Encounter: EU Encounter

A encounter profile for the EU.

Endpoint: EU Endpoint

The FHIR endpoint resource with EU specific references.

Endpoint: IHE IID Image Viewer

This profile defines a placeholder for an Endpoint for a viewer that can be used to access the study, serie it is present on. The application is based on IHE-IID.

Endpoint: WADO-RS

This profile defines the WADO endpoint for accessing imaging study content.

EuAllergyIntolerance: obligations

Report obligations for EuAllergyIntolerance

EuBodyStructure: obligations

Report obligations for EuBodyStructure

EuCarePlan: obligations

Report obligations for EuCarePlan

EuCondition: obligations

Report obligations for EuCondition

EuCoverage: obligations

Report obligations for EuCoverage

EuDevice: obligations

Report obligations for EuDevice

EuDocumentReference: obligations

Report obligations for EuDocumentReference

EuEncounter: obligations

Report obligations for EuEncounter

EuMedicationAdministration: obligations

Report obligations for EuMedicationAdministration

EuObservation: obligations

Report obligations for EuObservation

EuOrganization: obligations

Report obligations for EuOrganization

EuPatient: obligations

Report obligations for EuPatient

EuPractitioner: obligations

Report obligations for EuPractitioner

EuPractitionerRole: obligations

Report obligations for EuPractitionerRole

EuProcedure: obligations

Report obligations for EuProcedure

EuServiceRequest: obligations

Report obligations for EuServiceRequest

ImAdverseEvent: obligations

Report obligations for ImAdverseEvent

ImComposition: obligations

Report obligations for ImComposition

ImDiagnosticReport: obligations

Report obligations for ImDiagnosticReport

ImFinding: obligations

Report obligations for ImFinding

ImImagingStudy: obligations

Report obligations for ImImagingStudy

ImOrder: obligations

Report obligations for ImOrder

ImProcedure: obligations

Report obligations for ImProcedure

ImRadiationDoseObservation: obligations

Report obligations for ImRadiationDoseObservation

ImagingSelection: DICOM SR Instance

Imaging Selection referring to a DICOM SR instance

ImagingSelection: General

Imaging Selection

ImagingSelection: Key Image

Key images represented as an ImagingSelection

ImagingStudy: General

This profile represents an imaging study instance.

Manifest Obligations for ImManifestMhdDocumentReference

Manifest Obligations for ImManifestMhdDocumentReference

Medication: EU Medication

A medication profile for the EU.

Observation: EU Observation

A observation profile for the EU.

Observation: Gestational Age

Gestational Age Observation

Observation: Imaging Finding

Finding during imaging procedure.

Observation: Radiation Dose

A record for the radiation dose the subject has been exposed to during an imaging procedure. E.g. based on information from https://dicom.nema.org/medical/dicom/current/output/html/part16.html and https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-radiation-dose-summary-ig/index.html

Patient: EU Animal

This profile defines how to represent an Animal as subject of care in FHIR for the purpose of this guide. This is used (among others) to identify the species when a specimen is collected from an animal.

Procedure: EU Procedure

A procedure profile for the EU.

Procedure: Imaging Acquisition

This profile on Procedure represents the imaging procedure.

RelatedPerson: EU RelatedPerson

EU Related Person.

Report Obligations for ImReportIheMhdDocumentReference

Report Obligations for ImReportIheMhdDocumentReference

ServiceRequest EU

This profile defines how to represent ServiceRequests in HL7 FHIR for the purpose of this guide.

ServiceRequest: Imaging Order

This profile on ServiceRequest represents the order for the Imaging Study and report.

Specimen: EU Specimen

This profile defines how to represent Specimens in HL7 FHIR for the purpose of this guide.

Structures: Data Type Profiles

These define constraints on FHIR data types for systems conforming to this implementation guide.

EuAddress: obligations

Report obligations for EuAddress

EuAttachment: obligations

Report obligations for EuAttachment

EuHumanName: obligations

Report obligations for EuHumanName

EuQuantity: obligations

Report obligations for EuQuantity

EuSimpleQuantity: obligations

Report obligations for EuSimpleQuantity

Identifier: Accession Number

This profile on Identifier represents the Accession Number for the Imaging Order.

Identifier: IHE-MHD Entry UUID

entryUUID Identifier holding a UUID, based on IHE-MHD R4.

Identifier: SOP Instance UID

This profile on Identifier represents the SOP Instance UID (0008,0018) for the Imaging Order.

Identifier: Study Instance UID

This profile on Identifier represents the Study Instance UID (0020,000D) for the Imaging Order.

Quantity: EU Quantity

A quantity profile for the EU.

Range: EU Range

A range profile for the EU.

SimpleQuantity: EU SimpleQuantity

A simple quantity profile for the EU.

Structures: Extension Definitions

These define constraints on FHIR data types for systems conforming to this implementation guide.

Document DiagnosticReport Reference

This extension provides a reference to the DiagnosticReport instance that is associated with this Composition.

Instance Description

A description of the instance in an ImagingStudy.

Media.view extension

This cross version extension includes the FHIR R4 version of the Media.view field which has at this point in time (April 18, 2025), not yet been included in the extension pack.

Number of Frames

The number of frames in an ImagingStudy instance as required by Xt-EHR logical ImagingStudy logical model.

Periods of Life Extension

Allows to indicate a time period in a person's life as a reference to a coded value for that life period.

Specialist Contact Extension

This extension is used to identify a Health Professional who may be specifically related to the problem, as a preferred contact.

Terminology: Value Sets

These define sets of codes used by systems conforming to this implementation guide.

DiagnosticReport supportInfo codes

Codes to be used in DiagnosticReport.supportInfo for imaging reports.

Dose Length Units

Units for Dose Length.

Effective Dose Units

Units for Effective Dose.

Gray Square Units

Units for Gray Square.

HL7 EU Imaging Manifest Types

HL7 EU Imaging Manifest Types used in Compositions and DiagnosticReports.

HL7 EU Imaging Report Types

HL7 EU Imaging Report Types used in Compositions and DiagnosticReports.

Imaging Device Type

Imaging Device Type.

Imaging Procedure Type

This value set includes all imaging procedure types.

Imaging Study Performer Type Value Set

Imaging Study series performer type codes, it extends on the base set defined in the FHIR specification.

Media View types - placeholder for cross-version extension

Codes defined in SNOMED CT that can be used to record Media Recording views.

Periods of Life

A value set of periods of life extension (SNOMED tree).

Reasons a section in an imaging report is empty.

Reasons a section in an imaging report is empty.

Terminology: Code Systems

These define new code systems used by systems conforming to this implementation guide.

CodeSystem for terminology used in Endpoint resources in the EU Imaging IG.

This code system defines various codes used to define ValueSets for Endpoints within the HL7-EU imaging IG.

Diagnostic Report Support Info Code System

Code system for codes to be used in DiagnosticReport.supportInfo for imaging reports.

HL7 EU Document Types

Document types (templates) as defined by HL7 EU. It identifies the type and template of the document.

Missing DICOM Terminology

Code system for codes that are defined in DICOM but for which no matching code system is available in FHIR.

Example: Example Instances

These are example instances that show what data produced and consumed by systems conforming with this implementation guide might look like.

Example ImagingStudy Manifest

Example ImagingStudy Manifest

Example MHD Knee Mri Transaction Bundle

Example MHD Knee Mri Transaction Bundle

G1Author
G1AuthorOrganization
G1AuthorRole
G1DiagnosticReport
G1ImImagingStudy1

ImagingStudy for the left foot

G1ImImagingStudy2

ImagingStudy for the right foot

G1Patient
MHD DocumentReference for knee MRI Imaging Report example
Radiology Report for the left/right foot study

DiagnosticReport for the left/right foot study