0.2.0 - Informative
0.2.0 - Informative
TCFHIRAGSchedulingR5 - Local Development build (v0.2.0) built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) Build Tools. See the Directory of published versions
This FHIR Implementation Guide (IG) provides a structured framework for software vendors who aim to offer online appointment booking solutions in Austria. It supports multiple booking scenarios, including the central scheduling platform model and simple appointment booking.
It is inspired by the ISiK Modul "Terminplanung" and IHE Scheduling implementation guides and leverages the FHIR Resources Schedule and Slot for appointment booking. Additionally, it introduces operations for searching for healthcare service providers and for temporarily reserving bookable slots. Furthermore, this guide extends support to virtual appointments, including video call consultations, enabling healthcare providers to seamlessly integrate them into the booking process.
This version, 0.1.0 - Informative, is still in its early stage and serves as a reference point for software vendors. The goal is to help vendors verify whether their use cases are sufficiently supported within this framework, fostering interoperability and streamlined appointment scheduling processes across healthcare systems.
Download: You can download this implementation guide in NPM format from here.
This guide is based on the FHIR® R5 specification. In addition, this guide also relies on a number of parent implementation guides:
| IG | Package | FHIR | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
  TCFHIRAGSchedulingR5 | hl7.at.fhir.tc.wg.scheduling.r5#0.2.0 | R5 | |
 HL7 Terminology (THO) | hl7.terminology.r5#6.3.0 | R5 | Automatically added as a dependency - all IGs depend on HL7 Terminology |
| FHIR Extensions Pack | hl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r5#5.2.0 | R5 | Automatically added as a dependency - all IGs depend on the HL7 Extension Pack |
 HL7® Austria FHIR® Core Implementation Guide | hl7.at.fhir.core.r5#2.0.0 | R5 |
In this ImplementationGuide a ValueSet AT Scheduling Service Type is used in several Profiles. In the future, the ValueSet will contain an extendable set of suggested codes, but creating a single harmonized List with codes from all vendors is out of scope. This ValueSet currenctly only serves as a placeholder and contains a single entry in order to provide usefull examples for the profiles that make use of it.
HL7® Austria is an official Affiliate of HL7® International. Within HL7® Austria the technical committee for FHIR® (TC FHIR®) is responsible to promote and disseminate the new upcoming standard HL7® FHIR®. The TC FHIR® deals with the standard-compliant and coordinated usage of HL7® FHIR® based communication solutions. It coordinates and describes necessary localizations and offers concrete help for FHIR®-compliant interfaces.
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