HL7 Medicolegal Death Investigation (MDI) FHIR IG (Jira PSS-1885)

The MDI FHIR IG will provide guidance to implementers and jurisdictions on the exchange of information to and from a case management system (CMS). The Vital Records Mortality and Morbidity Reporting FHIR Implementation Guide 1.0 - STU 1 (http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/index.html ) has overlapping FHIR profiles that are based on the current revisions of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Death. Additionally, there are many other components and workflows specific to the scope of the MDI FHIR IG that justify creation of its own content. These workflows include the receipt of toxicology information into the CMS and sending information to jurisdictional health departments. Additionally, medical examiners/coroners (ME/C) have a need to view information from the decedent’s EHR for their work and identifying those data will be critical. Content and profiles from vital records will be reused when possible, as will other vital records standards.