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Overview: CDA on FHIR England - End of Life DMS

Background

The CDA on FHIR England (COFE) End of Life (EOL) Care Document project aims to provide a viable alternative to HL7 v3 CDA for the transfer of end of life records between GP Systems/ Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (known as EPaCCS) and other healthcare organizations within NHS and social care settings, using the HL7 FHIR standard.

Supported Communications

The CDA on FHIR England - End of Life Domain Message Specification supports the following care communications:

• End of Life (EOL) Care Document - A FHIR Document containing information supporting transfer of end of life records between GP Systems/ Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (known as EPaCCS) and other healthcare organizations within NHS and social care settings.

Related specifications

This specification should be read in conjunction with the following specifications:

• The NHS Digital CDA On FHIR England - Document Header specification.

• The NHS Digital ITK FHIR Bundle specification.

Further Information

This FHIR Document specification is based on and intended to be used alongside the published FHIR DSTU2 1.0.2 (October 2015) specification.

Note

This FHIR Document specification is published as a 'work in progress' version and as such is subject to change. As it is a DRAFT, it is not in an implementable state. It has been published to show the direction of travel and to serve as a discussion document for parties involved with the implementation of CDA On FHIR England Document communications.