Fact of Death Exchange FHIR Implementation Guide
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Fact of Death Exchange FHIR Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International - Public Health Work Group. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.2.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/shpringman/fhir-fod/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: Fact of Death Sender Capability Statement - JSON Representation

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{
  "resourceType" : "CapabilityStatement",
  "id" : "fod-sender",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "extensions",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CapabilityStatement fod-sender</b></p><a name=\"fod-sender\"> </a><a name=\"hcfod-sender\"> </a><h2 id=\"title\">Fact of Death Sender Capability Statement</h2><ul><li>Implementation Guide Version: 0.2.0 </li><li>FHIR Version: 4.0.1 </li><li>Supported Formats: <code>json</code>, <code>xml</code></li><li>Published on: 2026-08-07 </li><li>Published by: HL7 International - Public Health Work Group </li></ul><blockquote class=\"impl-note\"><p><strong>Note to Implementers: FHIR Capabilities</strong></p><p>Any FHIR capability may be 'allowed' by the system unless explicitly marked as 'SHALL NOT'. A few items are marked as MAY in the Implementation Guide to highlight their potential relevance to the use case.</p></blockquote><h2 id=\"messaging\">FHIR Messaging Capabilities</h2><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h3 id=\"messaging_1\" class=\"panel-title\">Messaging Capability</h3></div><div class=\"panel-body\"><h4 id=\"msg_sm_1\">Supported Message(s)</h4><table class=\"table table-condensed table-hover\"><thead><tr><th>Mode</th><th>Definition</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>sender</td><td><a href=\"MessageDefinition-fod-notification.html\">Fact of Death Notification Message</a></td></tr><tr><td>sender</td><td><a href=\"MessageDefinition-fod-correction.html\">Fact of Death Correction Message</a></td></tr><tr><td>sender</td><td><a href=\"MessageDefinition-fod-void.html\">Fact of Death Void Message</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span class=\"lead\">Documentation</span><blockquote><div><p>Notifications are sent as FHIR messages conforming to the Fact of Death Notification Bundle. Where a receiver supports acknowledgement, the sender receives a Fact of Death Acknowledgement Bundle carrying the same event code and referencing the notification through MessageHeader.response.identifier.</p>\n</div></blockquote><br/></div></div></div>"
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          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
            "valueCanonical" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ImplementationGuide/example.fhir.us.fod"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
      "valueCode" : "informative",
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            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
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          }
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  "url" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/CapabilityStatement/fod-sender",
  "version" : "0.2.0",
  "name" : "FODSender",
  "title" : "Fact of Death Sender Capability Statement",
  "status" : "draft",
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  "date" : "2026-08-07",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International - Public Health Work Group",
  "contact" : [
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          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pher"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "description" : "Expectations of a Death Record Source, or of an intermediary relaying on its behalf, that sends fact-of-death notifications. A sender SHALL be able to send an initial notification. Support for corrections and retractions is strongly encouraged: a jurisdiction that can only ever assert a death, and never revise or withdraw that assertion, leaves receivers unable to repair a record they wrongly marked as deceased.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
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          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "US"
        }
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  "kind" : "requirements",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "format" : [
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    "xml"
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  "messaging" : [
    {
      "documentation" : "Notifications are sent as FHIR messages conforming to the Fact of Death Notification Bundle. Where a receiver supports acknowledgement, the sender receives a Fact of Death Acknowledgement Bundle carrying the same event code and referencing the notification through MessageHeader.response.identifier.",
      "supportedMessage" : [
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          "mode" : "sender",
          "definition" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-notification"
        },
        {
          "mode" : "sender",
          "definition" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-correction"
        },
        {
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          "definition" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-void"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}