Digital Child Health - FHIR
Share information about a child's health between healthcare professionals using the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard for health and care data exchange.
About this standard
- Owner
- NHS Digital
- Status
- Active
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Active standards are stable, maintained and have been assured or endorsed for use by qualified bodies.
Standards in development are APIs or API standards in alpha or beta, meaning they are available for use but are still in progress and may change.
Deprecated standards are older versions of a standard which are being phased out.
Retired standards are not being maintained and should not be used.
- Standard type
- Technical standards and specifications
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Record standards define what information to collect and how to format it, for example when registering a new patient.
Data definitions and terminologies define the format of individual data items so they can be consistently represented, for example dates or medication names. Reference sets and controlled lists are also included.
Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
Information codes of practice are legal or best practice guidelines on how information should be handled.
- Contact details
- api.management@nhs.net
Link to standard
- Documentation
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Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Continuity of care (ToC)
- Care setting
- Hospital
- Mental health
- Patient
- GP / Primary care
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
This standard can only be used where there is a legal basis to do so.
- Related standards
- National Events Management Service (NEMS) - use this to publish and subscribe to patient-centric event messages.
- Message Exchange for Social Care and Health API - use this to collect events that you have subscribed to.
- Child Protection - Information Sharing - HL7 V3 API - use this to access child protection information from the Child Protection - Information Sharing (CP-IS) database as a local authority or an unscheduled care provider using a Health Level 7 Version 3 (HL7 V3) API.
Assurance and endorsements
- Reference code for standards issued as requirements in England
- None - not legally mandated
- Quality assurance
Not yet known.
- Endorsements
No known endorsements.
Page last updated: 21 December 2023