Part 1 - FHIR Version, maturity model, & github
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This is the main documentation page, https://build.fhir.org/documentation.html
There is also a git hub page, https://github.com/HL7/fhir
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This tutorial uses version 4.0, go to the folllowing link for Publication (Version) History
http://hl7.org/fhir/directory.html
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You can find the maturity model if you google,
FHIR Maturiy model
go to the https://build.fhir.org/versions.html and click on the The FHIR Maturiy Model link
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Each Element / Resourse in FHIR has a rating in the spec. Normative means it works in every version leading forward
Part 2 - Navigate the FHIR Home page - "Resources"
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Go to the fire home page and navigate to the https://build.fhir.org/documentation.html home page.
The https://build.fhir.org/resourcelist.html page contains the documentation for most elements
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Anything with a capital N is Normative
meaning the resource works in the current version, and will work in future versions.
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Click on any resource for its documentation such as Patient
, which
is Normative
Part 3 - Resource Documentation
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On the Patient
documentation page https://build.fhir.org/patient.html,
there a links in the header. Click on the Patient Administration Work Group link
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This is the home page of the Owner
to the Patient
resource. These are people who make decisions on the resource.
(Only relative if you want to get envolved)
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The Compartments: is the
that returns
bundlePatient, Practitioner, and RelatedPerson.
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If we click on the Patient link next to Compartments
it will take us the Patient resource and show us what is contained within it`
Part 4 - Resource Content
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Scroll down on the main Patient Resource Page
https://build.fhir.org/patient.html, to see the
Resource Structure, and in different formats such as
XML, JSON, and Turtle
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The Patient
inherits its structure from a resource called DomainResource
.
We can see the structure of DomainResource
by clicking on it
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Back on the Patient page, the column shows the name of the reosource
Resource, and its
fields
04
The thirds column Card, for Cardinality
, shows if the field needs a value, and
and the last column shows the Description and Contrains and explains what values the field
accepts.
1..1 means the field needs a value most fields do not require one
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0..* means it can nne value or multiple values as strings in an array or list.
For example if you use the link field
the 1..1 Cardinality
shows you must
also use other & type
If you use the communicatin field you must include a vaulue for
language
Part 5- Terminology Binding - Resource
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On the resource page scroll below Resource Content
to Terminology Binding
, click this link to go straight to it,
https://build.fhir.org/patient.html#:~:text=Terminology%20Bindings
Part 6 - search
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Scroll down on the same page as Resource Binding
and Terminology Binding
To the Bottom
or click here, https://build.fhir.org
to get to the Search Parameters
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These make it easier to search for fields when combing data among many patients. For Example, the address-citycode search parameter can look inside the address fields of many patients and see if they meet or don't meet a condition.
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This makes search queries simplier, for example, phone
would replace,
Patient.telecom.where(system='phone')
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Click here to make a proposal or ask a question, https://jira.hl7.org/secure/CreateIssueDetails!init.jspa?pid=10405&issuetype=10600&customfield_11302=FHIR-core&customfield_11808=R5&customfield_10612=http://build.fhir.org/patient.html
Part 7 - Patient Resource Examples JSON,XML,Turtle
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See the example of the resource at the top of Patient page and click the examples tab https://build.fhir.org/patient-example.json.html
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This is the JSON structure of the patient resource https://build.fhir.org/patient-example.json.html
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The above JSON Example represents the Resource Content
on the previous Patient Content Tab
Part 8 - Detailed Descriptions & Mappings (5 ws)
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The "Detailed Description" tab is self exaplanitory,
It explains more about each "Resource" and "Field"
if you click on the resource or field
in the first column, it will take you inside the the "Detailed Description"
tab
https://build.fhir.org/patient-definitions.html#Patient
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The Mappings
tab contains the 5 W's
Who,What,Where,When,Why,
This is advanced and I don't quite get it
Part 9 Operations & Extensions & R4 Conversions
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Operations begin with a dollar sign $
I think these are search parameters and functions that are outside of the RESTful Api
wihtin FHIR, not sure.
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Extensions will be explored in future tutorials http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/extensibility.html
09-02b
and extension can be used on pretty much any resource, and the data type of and Extension consist of a pair
uri & value
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R4 Conversions can be find here is needed http://hl7.org/fhir/extensions/conversions-Patient.html
Part -10 - Data Types
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Click this link to see details on all the different Data type http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/datatypes.html
