Working drafts of HL7™ FHIR® Release 4 (R4) artefacts authored and maintained by the Informatics Architecture team at the Australian Digital Health Agency.
There is some overlap with issue "Support for self initiated service requests" (#56) where Patient or RelatedPerson are not yet accommodate in the Specimen resource (Specimen.collection.collector ). This has been raised in FHIR change request 26922.
What it actually enables people to do
Having support for screening program initiated tests will enable these tests to be captured in a Clinical Information system and/or the My Health Record..
How awesome would it be?
It would be great to have all the tests done on a patient whether processed by a screening program or a clinician to be available on a clinical information system and/or the My Health Record.
Workarounds
Without a process to support screening program initiated tests these reports may be lost to clinical systems and the My Health Record.
Additional Context
FHIR change request 26922 has been added to the current build in Sep 2021.
Prerequisites
The issue
Change description
It is not yet known how to support requests from screening program initiated tests e.g. National Bowel Cancer Screening Program or National Breast Cancer Screening Program.
There is some overlap with issue "Support for self initiated service requests" (#56) where Patient or RelatedPerson are not yet accommodate in the Specimen resource (Specimen.collection.collector ). This has been raised in FHIR change request 26922.
What it actually enables people to do
Having support for screening program initiated tests will enable these tests to be captured in a Clinical Information system and/or the My Health Record..
How awesome would it be?
It would be great to have all the tests done on a patient whether processed by a screening program or a clinician to be available on a clinical information system and/or the My Health Record.
Workarounds
Without a process to support screening program initiated tests these reports may be lost to clinical systems and the My Health Record.
Additional Context
FHIR change request 26922 has been added to the current build in Sep 2021.