Introduction
This section provides the Background and Scope for the Bidirectional Services eReferral (BSeR) project and this BSeR FHIR Implementation Guide (IG). The goal of the BSeR project is to streamline and enhance the efficacy of the exchange of health information between health care systems and community services organizations involved in addressing chronic health conditions by establishing information exchange standards for electronic referrals and referral outcome reporting.
Table of Contents
| Section | Page | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Background | Provides background about the project such as the problem definition, project sponsor, and identified stakeholders. |
| Scope | Defines the scope of the BSeR FHIR IG in terms of the overall use cases, supported use cases, and use case actors. | |
| BSeR FHIR IG Index | A set of hyperlinks to the entire BSeR FHIR IG specification, providing an outline and ease of navigation. | |
| Notifications | Notice to Balloters | A notice to participants in the ballot group to identify known issues and high priority areas where input from SMEs is being sought. |
| Notice to Implementers | A notice to implementers to share lessons learned from pilot and demonstration implementation of the specification. | |
| Resource Profiles | Common Transaction Profiles | A brief overview of the collection of resource profiles common to all programs and both transaction types. |
| Referral Request Transaction Profiles | A brief overview of the collection of resource profiles specifically related to the referral request transaction. | |
| Referral Feedback Transaction Profiles | A brief overview of the collection of resource profiles specifically related to the referral request feedback transaction. | |
| Profile Definitions | Overview | A brief overview and introduction to the resource profile structure definitions. |
| Structured Definitons | The structured definitions for each of the BSeR Resource Profiles. | |
| Exchange Transactions | BSeR Messaging Workflow | A description of the messaging workflow particular to BSeR |
| BSeR Referral Request Transaction | The structural definition and example of the Referral Request Transaction | |
| BSeR Referral Feedback Transaction | The structural definition and example of the Referral Feedback Transaction | |
| Downloads and History | Downloads | A collection of artifacts available for download as supplemental information and as assistance to implementers |
| History | A brief overview of the history and current state of the BSeR FHIR IG. | |
BSeR Project Team
Project Facilitator: John W. Loonsk MD, CGI Federal and Consultant to CDC
Project Facilitator: Arunkumar Srinivasan PhD, Senior Health Scientist, CDC
Modeling Facilitator: AbdulMalik Shakir, President and Chief Informatic Scientist, Hi3 Solutions
Domain Expert Representatives:
- Jason Bonander, Deputy Chief Information Officer, CDC Executive Sponsor
- Arthur Davidson, Denver Health
- Heather Hodge, YMCA of the USA
- Krista Proia, CDC Diabetes Prevention Program
- Brenna VanFrank, CDC Smoking and Health
Business Requirements Analysts:
- Becki Knoll, CGI Federal
- Kesara Liyanage, CGI Federal
- Salimah Shakir, Hi3 Solutions
Specification Developers:
- AbdulMalik Shakir Sr., Hi3 Solutions
- AbdulMalik Shakir Jr., Hi3 Solutions
- Salimah Shakir, Hi3 Solutions
- Rishi Tarar, Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Adam Holmes, MITRE
BSeR Project Realm
This is a U.S. Realm Specification. This guide and related materials are based on reporting specifications in U.S. jurisdictions.
Acknowledgements
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The BSeR FHIR IG is a work product of the HL7 Public Health Workgroup. The BSeR project is co-sponsored by the Patient Care and the Clinical Quality Information workgroups. The HL7 Project Insight reference number for this project is 1423.