International Patient Access (Jira PSS-1808)

Description

This International Patient Access specification describes how to access patient records anywhere in the world. It provides a very minimal set of access methods and rules about the content that are true everywhere. Working healthcare systems need additional rules about the access API to meet other use cases, and make many additional rules about the content based on national laws, regulations and accepted practice in order to support the provision of health in their healthcare system.

This project will look to the US Core FHIR profiles for inspiration and the work done by the IPS project for compatibility. As part of this PSS, we will create a FHIR Implementation Guide containing guidance and profiles to support the exchange of data elements. For a complete list, see the PSS in Jira.

Misc Notes
2025 March: TSC approved STU Extension Request for HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide: International Patient Access (IPA), Release 1 for 2 years 2025 January: TSC approved Unballoted STU Update Publication Request for HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide: International Patient Access (IPA), Release 1.1 2024 January: JLyle, IVetter: Provided PMO updated target dates. 2023 February: TSC approved STU Publication Request for HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide: International Patient Access (IPA), Release 1 for two years Stakeholders: Academic/Research, Association/Goverment Agency, Consultant, Healthcare IT Vendors, Healthcare Provider/user, Other, Patients, Pharmaceutical/Biotech, Providers, Regulatory Agency, Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), Vendor/Manufacturer Other Stakeholders: Specifically, national regulatory and legislative bodies and multi-national app and FHIR server developers are relevant audiences and stakeholders for this project.