Transfer of Care Inpatient Discharge - FHIR
Create and transmit documents containing Transfer of Care information to support an inpatient discharge using the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard for health and care data exchange.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Technical standards and specifications
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
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- Is part of
- Transfer of Care Initiative The Transfer of Care initiative has been mandated by the NHS Standard Contract. It includes a group of related standards covering inpatient, emergency care, mental health and outpatient settings.
- Transfer of Care Initiative
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Continuity of care
- Care setting
- Hospital
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
- Care Connect FHIR API standards
- Dictionary of Medicines and Devices
- eDischarge summary
- Transfer of Care - Acute Inpatient Discharge Standard
- Interoperability Toolkit 3 Messaging Distribution FHIR API standards This standard implements a set of generic messaging components using HL7 FHIR version STU 3 to create a unified approach to NHS message and document flows across England.
- SNOMED CT
- Related standards
- Message Exchange for Social Care and Health API Use this API to transfer messages and large files securely across health and social care organisations.
- Transfer of Care Emergency Care Discharge - FHIR Create and transmit documents containing Transfer of Care information to support an emergency care discharge.
- Transfer of Care Mental Health Discharge - FHIR Create and transmit documents containing Transfer of Care information to support a mental health discharge.
- Transfer of Care Outpatient Clinic Letter - FHIR Create and transmit documents containing Transfer of Care information following an outpatient consultation in a clinic.
- Message Exchange for Social Care and Health API
Legal basis and endorsements
- Collaborating Organisations
No known endorsements.
Page last updated: 12 January 2024