CH Vaccination Domain Service, published by HL7 Switzerland / openEHR Switzerland. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/wg-hl7-openehr-ch/vaccination-domain-IG/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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Official URL: http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-vaccination-domain-service/ImplementationGuide/ch.fhir.ig.ch-vaccination-domain-service				Version: 0.1.0
Draft as of 2026-08-24				Computable Name: CH_VACCINATION_DOMAIN_SERVICE

Introduction

The CH Vaccination Domain Service implementation guide describes the architecture of the Vaccination Domain Service and defines the openEHR archetypes and also the FHIR to openEHR mappings. This implementation guide is dependent on the CH VACD Implementation Guide CH VACD which describes the vaccination exchange formats.

Collaboration

This implementation guide is under the guidance of the joint working group of HL7 Switzerland and openEHR Switzerland

Source and Artefacts

Sourcecode: You can find the source of this IG on github

IP Statements

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Cross Version Analysis

This is an R4 IG. None of the features it uses are changed in R4B, so it can be used as is with R4B systems. Packages for both R4 (ch.fhir.ig.ch-vaccination-domain-service.r4) and R4B (ch.fhir.ig.ch-vaccination-domain-service.r4b) are available.

Dependency Table

Package hl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r4#5.2.0 This IG defines the global extensions - the ones defined for everyone. These extensions are always in scope wherever FHIR is being used (built Mon, Feb 10, 2025 21:45+1100+11:00)

Package hl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r4#5.3.0 This IG defines the global extensions - the ones defined for everyone. These extensions are always in scope wherever FHIR is being used (built Sat, May 16, 2026 18:32+1000+10:00)

Package hl7.fhir.uv.xver-r5.r4#0.1.0 Extensions for Using Data Elements from FHIR R5 in FHIR R4 (built Fri, Mar 20, 2026 15:40+1100+11:00)

Package ch.fhir.ig.ch-core#7.0.0-ballot FHIR implementation guide CH Core (built Wed, Jun 10, 2026 14:59+0000+00:00)

Package ihe.formatcode.fhir#1.4.0 Implementation Guide for IHE defined FormatCode vocabulary. (built Tue, May 20, 2025 09:01-0500-05:00)

Package ch.fhir.ig.ch-term#3.4.0 Implementation Guide for Swiss Terminology (built Wed, Jun 10, 2026 09:49+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.uv.tools#0.9.0 This IG defines the extensions that the tools use internally. Some of these extensions are content that are being evaluated for elevation into the main spec, and others are tooling concerns (built Tue, Dec 16, 2025 23:18+1100+11:00)

Package openehr.base#0.1.0-snapshot This IG defines the base openEHR Reference model in order to support validation and publication of openEHR archetypes in the FHIR framework (built Wed, Dec 17, 2025 07:04+1100+11:00)

Package hl7.fhir.uv.tools.r4#1.1.2 This IG defines the extensions that the tools use internally. Some of these extensions are content that are being evaluated for elevation into the main spec, and others are tooling concerns (built Tue, Mar 24, 2026 11:13+1100+11:00)

Globals Table

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