Query Patient Demographic Records by Demographics Workflow

Overview

This transaction allows Point-of-Service (PoS) systems to query for patients that match supplied demographics. The following sequence diagram shows the steps involved.

Workflow Maturity

Mature

  • One or more OpenHIE implementations of this workflow exist in one or more countries

  • Workflow is defined and ARB approved

  • Workflow is supported by mature standards

Standards*

Assumptions and Prerequisites

The PoS system is a trusted application known by the HIE and it is registered with the interoperability layer to be able to send and receive data securely (Common message security workflow).

Actors

  • PoS - The point of care system that captures patient identifiers, is responsible for sending the identifiers to the HIE.

  • IL - Mediates the transactions between the PoS system and the client registry.

  • CR - Manages patient demographics and identifier details

Interaction Description

The following is a description of the interaction steps.

Technical details

Ref

Interaction

Endpoint

Description

Transaction Options

1

Get patient by demographics

IL

The message includes the query criteria which may include one or more patient identifiers and/or one or more demographic attributes.

2

Get patient from CR by demographics

CR

The message from the PoS is passed directly through to the CR by the IL.

3

Return patient record

IL

The response returns the patient(s) that matched the query criteria. It may consist of zero or more patient demographic records.

1. PDQ ITI-21 transaction RSP-K22

2. Query Patient Resource Response (ITI TF-2c:3.Y1.4.2): Bundle (Patient)

4

Return patient record

PoS

The message from the CR is passed directly through to the PoS by the IL

1. PDQ ITI-21 transaction RSP-K22

2. Query Patient Resource Response (ITI TF-2c:3.Y1.4.2): Bundle (Patient)

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