Gives information about patient signposting during consultation
Important: This specification is based on the Professional Records Standards Body's Community Pharmacy Standard V2.2 standard which provides further information on document headings and content for messages:
Signposting Section Content
The signpost details section carries information about the signposting that a patient recieves during a consultation. PRSB Elements should be formatted as subheadings in any HTML sent.
There may be 0 TO MANY record entries under a section. Each record entry is made up of a number of the elements or data items below.
In order to distinguish a signposting using a ReferralRequest,
- ReferralRequest.status should be set to “draft”
- ReferralRequest.intent set to “proposal”
SIGNPOST DETAILS | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Data Item | Description | Cardinality | Values | Mandatory/required/ optional | FHIR Target |
Date | Date of signpost. | 0 TO 1 | DateTime | Required | ReferralRequest.authoredOn |
Signpost To | Details of where the signpost is to. If not an individual, this could be a service. |
0 TO 1 | Either a HealthcareService, or Practitioner | Required | ReferralRequest.recipient |
[Signpost To] Individual | Include: * Name of person signposted to * Role of person signposted to * The grade of the person signposted to * The team or department signposted to (individual) * The specialty signposted to e.g. physiotherapy, oncology, mental health etc |
0 TO 1 | Individual details captured by the system | Required | ReferralRequest.recipient -> Practitioner/PractitionerRole/HealthcareService/CareTeam |
[Signpost To] Service | Details of where the signpost is to (service) * Service (either coded or free text) |
0 TO 1 | ReferralRequest.recipient->HealthcareService | Required | ReferralRequest.recipient->HealthcareService |
Contact details | The contact details of where the person has been signposted to. | 0 TO 1 | free text | Required | PractitionerRole.telecom (for individual) HealthcareService.telecom (for service) |
Reason for Signpost | The reason for signposting. | 0 TO 1 | free text or coded | Required | ReferralRequest.reasonCode |
Urgency for Signpost | The details of the clinical urgency of signpost. | 0 TO 1 | free text or coded | Required | * ReferralRequest.priority (for coded) * ReferralRequest.note (for text) |
Example Section
Note: These examples have not been clinically assured against Digital Medicines use cases.
Examples are illustrative only.
Examples are illustrative only.
<!--<xml>-->
<!--Signpost details-->
<section>
<title value="Signpost details"/>
<code>
<coding>
<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
<code value="975131000000104"/>
<display value="Signposting"/>
</coding>
</code>
<text>
<status value="additional"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<table width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Date</th>
<td>2021-09-04T12:34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Signpost To</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>BROWN, John</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Role</td>
<td>Senior Social Worker (Mental Health)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Grade</td>
<td>Consultant</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Team</td>
<td>Cambridge Mental Health Team</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Specialty</td>
<td>Mental Health</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Contact details</th>
<td>cmh@nhs.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Reason for Signpost</th>
<td>Signs of depressions noted during consultation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Urgency for Signpost</th>
<td>Routine</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</text>
<!-- if coded data included, this links to the coded ReferralRequest -->
<entry>
<reference value="urn:uuid:a0dc6fe6-e7a9-4cfd-90d2-ab587007f20f"/>
</entry>
</section>
<!--</xml>-->
Example Coding
<!--<xml>-->
<!-- the ReferralRequest -->
<entry>
<fullUrl value="urn:uuid:a0dc6fe6-e7a9-4cfd-90d2-ab587007f20f"/>
<resource>
<ReferralRequest>
<id value="a0dc6fe6-e7a9-4cfd-90d2-ab587007f20f"/>
<meta>
<profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/STU3/StructureDefinition/CareConnect-ReferralRequest-1"/>
</meta>
<status value="draft"/>
<intent value="proposal"/>
<authoredOn value="2021-09-04T12:34:00+00:00"/>
<recipient>
<!-- link to the practitioner (individual) -->
<reference value="urn:uuid:48d54dd7-28ef-455c-a5e1-375fab1db59e"/>
<display value="BROWN John"/>
</recipient>
<!-- reason for signpost -->
<reasonCode>
<coding>
<code value="394924000"/>
<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
<display value="Symptoms of depression"/>
</coding>
</reasonCode>
<!-- for free text reason use reasonCode.text
<reasonCode>
<text value="Observed symptoms of depression"/>
</reasonCode> -->
<!-- urgency for signpost -->
<priority value="routine"/>
<subject>
<reference value="urn:uuid:9af701f7-5eb2-4402-bb3c-8ef8c8190082"/>
</subject>
<!-- for free text urgency use ReferralRequest.note
<note>
<text value="non urgent referral"/>
</note> -->
</ReferralRequest>
</resource>
</entry>
<entry>
<fullUrl value="urn:uuid:48d54dd7-28ef-455c-a5e1-375fab1db59e"/>
<resource>
<Practitioner>
<id value="48d54dd7-28ef-455c-a5e1-375fab1db59e"/>
<meta>
<profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/STU3/StructureDefinition/CareConnect-Practitioner-1"/>
</meta>
<!-- Practitioner's name -->
<name>
<family value="BROWN"/>
<given value="John"/>
</name>
</Practitioner>
</resource>
</entry>
<entry>
<fullUrl value="urn:uuid:71ed95ba-4bbc-4080-a8d2-56dd0f5ca036"/>
<resource>
<PractitionerRole>
<id value="71ed95ba-4bbc-4080-a8d2-56dd0f5ca036"/>
<meta>
<profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/STU3/StructureDefinition/CareConnect-PractitionerRole-1"/>
</meta>
<!-- link to the practitioner -->
<practitioner>
<reference value="urn:uuid:48d54dd7-28ef-455c-a5e1-375fab1db59e"/>
</practitioner>
<!-- role or Practitioner -->
<code>
<coding>
<code value="R9590"/>
<system value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/STU3/ValueSet/CareConnect-SDSJobRoleName-1"/>
<display value="Senior Social Worker (Mental Health)"/>
</coding>
</code>
<!-- specialty -->
<specialty>
<coding>
<code value="708168004"/>
<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
<display value="Mental health service"/>
</coding>
</specialty>
<telecom>
<system value="email"/>
<value value="cmh@nhs.net"/>
</telecom>
</PractitionerRole>
</resource>
</entry>
<entry>
<fullUrl value="urn:uuid:1d2c557c-97f0-4e05-9d30-b25a4d4b6c9e"/>
<resource>
<CareTeam>
<id value="1d2c557c-97f0-4e05-9d30-b25a4d4b6c9e"/>
<meta>
<profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/STU3/StructureDefinition/CareConnect-CareTeam-1"/>
</meta>
<!-- name of care team -->
<name value="Cambridge Mental Health Team"/>
<!-- link to the Practitioner -->
<participant>
<member>
<reference value="urn:uuid:48d54dd7-28ef-455c-a5e1-375fab1db59e"/>
</member>
</participant>
</CareTeam>
</resource>
</entry>
<!--</xml>-->
Example Coding for a Service
<!--<xml>-->
<entry>
<fullUrl value="urn:uuid:75802b19-7a33-416e-89a8-2fbabfa75726"/>
<resource>
<HealthcareService>
<id value="75802b19-7a33-416e-89a8-2fbabfa75726"/>
<meta>
<profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/STU3/StructureDefinition/CareConnect-HealthcareService-1"/>
</meta>
<!-- type of healthcare service -->
<type>
<coding>
<code value="708168004"/>
<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
<display value="Mental health service"/>
</coding>
</type>
<!-- contact details -->
<telecom>
<system value="email"/>
<value value="cmh@nhs.net"/>
</telecom>
</HealthcareService>
</resource>
</entry>
<!--</xml>-->