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Resource Profile: DDCC Submit Health Event Request

Official URL: http://smart.who.int/ddcc/StructureDefinition/DDCCSubmitHealthEventRequest Version: 1.0.0
Draft as of 2025-03-10 Computable Name: DDCCSubmitHealthEventRequest

An DDCC Submit Health Event Request is a transaction bundle containing the content of health events which are being submitted under the Submit Health Event transaction.

Usage:

Formal Views of Profile Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Bundle SC 0..* Bundle DDCC Submit Health Event Request
bdl-1: total only when a search or history
bdl-2: entry.search only when a search
bdl-3: entry.request mandatory for batch/transaction/history, otherwise prohibited
bdl-4: entry.response mandatory for batch-response/transaction-response/history, otherwise prohibited
bdl-7: FullUrl must be unique in a bundle, or else entries with the same fullUrl must have different meta.versionId (except in history bundles)
bdl-9: A document must have an identifier with a system and a value
bdl-10: A document must have a date
bdl-11: A document must have a Composition as the first resource
bdl-12: A message must have a MessageHeader as the first resource
... implicitRules ?!Σ 0..1 uri A set of rules under which this content was created
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
... type SΣ 1..1 code document | message | transaction | transaction-response | batch | batch-response | history | searchset | collection
Binding: BundleType (required): Indicates the purpose of a bundle - how it is intended to be used.


ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
Required Pattern: batch
... timestamp SΣ 0..1 instant When the bundle was assembled
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
.... entry:All Slices Content/Rules for all slices
..... modifierExtension ?!Σ 0..* Extension Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
.... entry:ddccParameters ΣC 0..* BackboneElement Entry in the bundle - will have a resource or information
bdl-5: must be a resource unless there's a request or response
bdl-8: fullUrl cannot be a version specific reference
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
This repeating element order: For bundles of type 'document' and 'message', the first resource is special (must be Composition or MessageHeader respectively). For all bundles, the meaning of the order of entries depends on the bundle type
..... modifierExtension ?!Σ 0..* Extension Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
..... resource 0..1 DDCCGenerateHealthCertificateParameters Operation Request or Response
.... entry:ddccQuestionnaireResponse ΣC 0..* BackboneElement Entry in the bundle - will have a resource or information
bdl-5: must be a resource unless there's a request or response
bdl-8: fullUrl cannot be a version specific reference
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
This repeating element order: For bundles of type 'document' and 'message', the first resource is special (must be Composition or MessageHeader respectively). For all bundles, the meaning of the order of entries depends on the bundle type
..... modifierExtension ?!Σ 0..* Extension Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
..... resource 0..1 DDCCQuestionnaireResponse SDC Questionnaire Response

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSet / CodeURI
Bundle.typerequiredPattern: batch
http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/bundle-type|4.0.1
from the FHIR Standard

Constraints

IdGradePath(s)DetailsRequirements
bdl-1errorBundletotal only when a search or history
: total.empty() or (type = 'searchset') or (type = 'history')
bdl-2errorBundleentry.search only when a search
: entry.search.empty() or (type = 'searchset')
bdl-3errorBundleentry.request mandatory for batch/transaction/history, otherwise prohibited
: entry.all(request.exists() = (%resource.type = 'batch' or %resource.type = 'transaction' or %resource.type = 'history'))
bdl-4errorBundleentry.response mandatory for batch-response/transaction-response/history, otherwise prohibited
: entry.all(response.exists() = (%resource.type = 'batch-response' or %resource.type = 'transaction-response' or %resource.type = 'history'))
bdl-5errorBundle.entry, Bundle.entry:ddccParameters, Bundle.entry:ddccQuestionnaireResponsemust be a resource unless there's a request or response
: resource.exists() or request.exists() or response.exists()
bdl-7errorBundleFullUrl must be unique in a bundle, or else entries with the same fullUrl must have different meta.versionId (except in history bundles)
: (type = 'history') or entry.where(fullUrl.exists()).select(fullUrl&resource.meta.versionId).isDistinct()
bdl-8errorBundle.entry, Bundle.entry:ddccParameters, Bundle.entry:ddccQuestionnaireResponsefullUrl cannot be a version specific reference
: fullUrl.contains('/_history/').not()
bdl-9errorBundleA document must have an identifier with a system and a value
: type = 'document' implies (identifier.system.exists() and identifier.value.exists())
bdl-10errorBundleA document must have a date
: type = 'document' implies (timestamp.hasValue())
bdl-11errorBundleA document must have a Composition as the first resource
: type = 'document' implies entry.first().resource.is(Composition)
bdl-12errorBundleA message must have a MessageHeader as the first resource
: type = 'message' implies entry.first().resource.is(MessageHeader)
ele-1error**ALL** elementsAll FHIR elements must have a @value or children
: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1error**ALL** extensionsMust have either extensions or value[x], not both
: extension.exists() != value.exists()

 

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