SMART Base
0.2.0 - ci-build
SMART Base, published by WHO. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.2.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/WorldHealthOrganization/smart-base/tree/main and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://smart.who.int/base/ConceptMap/CDSCv1toCDSCv2 | Version: 0.2.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2026-03-09 | Computable Name: CDSCv1toCDSCv2 | |||
Mapping from the Classification of Digital Health System Categories v1 (CDSCv1, 2018) to the Classification of Digital Health Services and Application Types v2 (CDSCv2, 2023).
The v1 used 25 single-letter codes (A–Y). The v2 completely restructured this into 5 representations within the digital health enterprise architecture, each with alphanumeric codes (A1–A9, B1–B8, C1–C11, D1–D8, E1–E2).
Several new v2 categories have no v1 equivalent: A3 (Decision support), A4 (Diagnostics), B1 (Blood bank), B3 (Health program monitoring), B7 (Patient administration), C4 (Facility registries), C5 (Health worker registry), C7 (Immunisation information), C8 (Master patient index), C9 (Product catalogues), C10 (Public Key directories), D1 (Analytics), D3 (Data warehouses).
Mapping from Health System Challenges to Services and Application Types
Group 1 Mapping from Health System Challenges to Services and Application Types
| Source Code | Relationship | Target Code | Comment |
| A | is equivalent to | C1 | v1 'Census; population information & data warehouse' → v2 C1 'Census and population information systems' |
| B | is equivalent to | C2 | v1 'Civil Registration and Vital Statistics' → v2 C2 [same concept; refined name] |
| C | maps loosely to | A7 | v1 'Client applications' [broad] most closely maps to v2 A7 'Personal health records'; point-of-service apps generally fall under A. group |
| D | is equivalent to | A1 | v1 'Client communication system' → v2 A1 'Communication systems' |
| E | is equivalent to | C11 | v1 'Clinical terminology and classifications' → v2 C11 'Terminology and classification systems' |
| F | is equivalent to | A2 | v1 'Community-based Information System' → v2 A2 'Community-based information systems' |
| G | is equivalent to | D2 | v1 'Data interchange interoperability and accessibility' → v2 D2 'Data interchange and interoperability' |
| H | is equivalent to | A5 | v1 'Electronic Medical Record' → v2 A5 'Electronic medical record systems' |
| I | is equivalent to | E1 | v1 'Emergency response system' → v2 E1 'Emergency preparedness and response systems' |
| J | is equivalent to | D4 | v1 'Environmental monitoring systems' → v2 D4 'Environmental monitoring systems' |
| K | is equivalent to | C3 | v1 'Facility Management Information System' → v2 C3 'Facility management information systems' |
| L | is equivalent to | D5 | v1 'Geographic Information Systems' → v2 D5 'Geographic information systems [GIS]' |
| M | is equivalent to | B2 | v1 'Health finance and insurance system' → v2 B2 'Health finance-related information systems' |
| N | is equivalent to | D6 | v1 'Health Management Information System' → v2 D6 'Health Management Information systems [HMIS]' |
| O | is equivalent to | B4 | v1 'Human Resource Information System' → v2 B4 'Human resource information systems' |
| P | is equivalent to | C6 | v1 'Identification registries and directories' → v2 C6 [same concept] |
| Q | is equivalent to | D7 | v1 'Knowledge Management' → v2 D7 'Knowledge management systems' |
| R | is equivalent to | A6 | v1 'Laboratory and Diagnostic System' → v2 A6 'Laboratory information systems' |
| S | is equivalent to | B5 | v1 'Learning and Training System' → v2 B5 'Learning and training systems' |
| T | is equivalent to | B6 | v1 'Logistics Management Information System' → v2 B6 'Logistics management information systems [LMIS]' |
| U | is equivalent to | A8 | v1 'Pharmacy Information System' → v2 A8 'Pharmacy information systems' |
| V | is equivalent to | E2 | v1 'Public health and disease surveillance' → v2 E2 'Public health and disease surveillance systems' |
| W | is equivalent to | B8 | v1 'Research information system' → v2 B8 'Research information systems' |
| X | is equivalent to | D8 | v1 'SHR and health information repositories' → v2 D8 'Shared Health Record and Health Information Repository' |
| Y | is equivalent to | A9 | v1 'Telemedicine' → v2 A9 'Telehealth systems' |