Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting FHIR (PSS in Confluence)

Description

The purpose of this project is to create an HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources implementation Guide (FHIR BFDR IG) standard to support the needs of NCHS and its jurisdictions to successfully implement the electronic reporting of birth and fetal death information. The scope of this HL7 FHIR BFDR IG will include the flow of medical/health information on live births and fetal deaths from a birthing facility to a jurisdictional vital records electronic registration system for select state and Federal birth and fetal death reporting, as indicated in the 2003 Revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth and the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death. Additionally, it will include the transmission from state to NCHS and, in the case of fetal death, return coded cause of death, and race and ethnicity information back to the state.

Misc Notes
2026 January: TSC approved an STU extension request for Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting, Release 1 STU R1.1- US Realm for 2 years 2024 October: TSC approved STU Publication Request for HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide: Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting, Edition 2 - US Realm for 2 years 2023 September: TSC approved STU Extension Request for HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide: Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting, Release 1 for 2 years TSC approved STU Publication Request for HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide: Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting, Release 1 for 2 years Other Stakeholders: CDC National Center for Health Statistics; NAPHSIS; Other Vendors: Vital record system vendors