HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Situational Awareness Framework for Reporting (US SAFR), Edition 1 - US Realm

DESCRIPTION

The U.S. Situational Awareness Framework for Reporting (US SAFR) Implementation Guide (IG) establishes a standardized, FHIR-based approach to support public health decision-making during emergencies. It does this by enabling interoperable data exchange between healthcare facilities, jurisdictions, and CDC. The guide supports automated, near real-time reporting of healthcare system capacity to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). By standardizing FHIR interfaces and reducing manual reporting burden, the US SAFR IG improves national, jurisdictional, and local situational awareness, strengthens emergency preparedness and response capabilities, and supports timely, reliable insights into healthcare system capacity.

 

See the specification at http://hl7.org/fhir/us/safr/STU1.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Situational Awareness Framework for Reporting (US SAFR), Edition 1 - US Realm may also go by the following names or acronyms:

BENEFITS

• Supports situational awareness reporting for the US Realm

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

• NHSN

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Situational Awareness Framework for Reporting (US SAFR), Edition 1 - US Realm

STU DOCUMENTS

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Situational Awareness Framework for Reporting (US SAFR), Edition 1 - US Realm See the standard at '>http://hl7.org/fhir/us/safr/STU1'>.

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TOPIC

• Public Health

BALLOT TYPE

• STU

STATUS DATE

2026-03-31

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

PRODUCT TYPE

• Implementation Guide

STAKEHOLDERS

• EHR, PHR Vendors
• Health Care IT Vendors
• Healthcare Institutions
• HIS Vendors
• Local and State Departments of Health
• Regulatory Agency

FAMILY

• FHIR

CURRENT STATE

• Active

REALM

• US Realm