Framework Foundations

Metadata and Payload Overview

About Direct Secure Messaging

Use Case Framework

Actor and Transaction Framework

Business Actors Framework

System Actors Framework

Technical Actor Framework

Message Transaction Framework

Technical Use Case Framework

Actor Transaction Diagrams

Transaction Summary

Message Payload Framework

Message Metadata

Payload Components

SubmissionSet Metadata

DocumentEntry Metadata

Functional Requirements

Patient Demographics for Matching

Endpoint Use Case Mapping

Endpoint Capability Declaration

Appendices

Specification References

Value Sets Index

FHIR over Direct Guidance

Three (or more) System Actor Formations

XDM DocumentEntry.objectType Clarification

Patient Demographics Coding and Representation

Sample Patient Demographic Representations

V2 PID Segment

CDA RecordTarget Structure

FHIR Patient Resource

Patient Identifiers

Patient Identifier List

Patient Name

Patient Date of Birth

Patient Administrative Gender (Sex)

Patient Address

Patient Telecom

Patient Race and Ethnicity

Patient Preferred Language

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Patient Date of Birth

Date of birth should not be recorded in a master patient record with precision no greater than the day–no time information should be recorded. When querying based on a date of birth, the query parameter should not be greater than the day.

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Sample Patient Demographic Representations

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Patient Date of Birth