HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Order Catalog, Release 1

DESCRIPTION

An order catalog is a collection of definitional resources describing healthcare items that can be ordered, selected, or used by practitioners to support the course of healthcare delivery. These healthcare items may represent services, products, devices, or knowledge artifacts (e.g., order sets). Each item specifies its purpose, describes how it should be ordered and/or used, and characterizes the outcomes expected from its usage.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Order Catalog, Release 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

BENEFITS

• Enables a way to share order catalogs using FHIR.
• Enables the ProfileForCatalog [https://www.hl7.org/fhir/catalog.html] to be retired

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

• PHAST: Catalogs of laboratory services, catalogs of medications, catalogs of medical devices, catalogs of knowledge artifacts
• Medlinx/Helix: Catalogs of laboratory services
• Quest Diagnostics: Catalogs of laboratory services

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

The Implementation Guide included international participation, led by François Macary (France) and also included working group members from Belgium, Russia, United States and others. Included participation from Pharmacy work group members for developing the medication catalog content.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Order Catalog, Release 1

STU DOCUMENTS

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Order Catalog, Release 1 See the standard at 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/order-catalog/1.0.0'.

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TOPICS

• Healthcare Devices
• Laboratory
• Materials Management

BALLOT TYPE

• STU

STATUS DATE

2026-06-03

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

PRODUCT TYPE

• Implementation Guide

STAKEHOLDERS

• Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
• Regulatory Agency
• Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)

FAMILY

• FHIR

CURRENT STATE

• Active

REALM

• Universal