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Change Log
All significant changes to this FHIR implementation guide will be documented on this page.
Current Ballot (2023)
Added
- #196: Data type profile VEKAIdentifier for Coverage.identifier and new also for Patient.identifier
- #204: Introduce data type profiles for ContactPoints (email, phone, internet) according eCH-0046 (including extensions and terminology) and add them to the telecom element of Patient, Practitioner, Organization, Location
- #224: Forum Datenaustausch tariff Naming System
Changed / Updated
- #206: Improve acronyms definition
- #191: CH Core Patient - Relax max cardinality to * for EPR-SPID and AHVN13
- #195: CH Core Address - Add extension iso21090-ADXP-streetName to CH Core Address line
- #198: CH Core Composition EPR - Relax information recipient cardinality to zero
- #194: CH Core Composition EPR - Relax attester:legalAuthenticator.time cardinality to zero
- #200: Remove display values from patternCodeableConcepts or fixedValues, remove minimum cardinality = 1 for display values, using official display values in examples (valid with http://tx.fhir.org/r4).
- #193: Remove CDA elements (mapping, ch-ext-epr-sectionid, ch-ext-epr-versionnumber, adapt descriptions)
- #31: Improve profiling for identifiers to avoid duplicated elements in the snapshot table
- #205: Concretization of the mapping of Patient.telecom for versions as of HL7 v2.7
- #181: Updated used eCH standards (incl. versions) to introduction (home) (standards themselves currently have no updates)
- #217: Add language tag to instances, to be able to validate the translation of codes
- #215: Relax binding strength to value sets from ‘required’ to ‘extensible’
- #225: Fix FHIRPath expression
- #226: Change license for ImplementationGuide / StructureDefinition to CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- #222: PractitionerRole EPR: code binding
STU 3 (2022-12-20)
Added
- #172: Generic CH Core extension Author of the content (fusion of the extensions from CH EMED and CH VACD)
- #158, #189: Include new IG fragments (IP Statements, Cross Version Analysis, Dependency Table, Globals Table); CH Core can be used for both R4 and R4B, packages are available for both versions
Changed / Updated
- #150: Expansion of the context of the extension EPR Time
- #160: Slicing on repeating element
- #154: Improve description of example instances, see Artifacts
- #162: Update narrative text in examples
- #176: Clean up differentials
- #175: Rename the profile CH Core EPR-Consent
- #173: Define aggregation mode (contained, referenced) for Coverage.payor
- #170: Check the slicing and update suppressed messages
- #153: Rephrasing of the sentence for the exchange formats (current and general validity)
Fixed
Issues resolved without amendment (in IG)
- #39: Consent code for ch-epr has been added in hl7.terminology published 2022-09-14 (version 4.0.0)
- #174: Verification/confirmation that the eCH-011 values for gender are still up-to-date
- #157: Fixed dead link on the HL7.ch FHIR IG Balloting page
- #156: Change default branch from ‘master’ to ‘main’ to postponed to a later publication due to dependence on IG Publisher
STU 3 Ballot (2022-06-29)
Added
- #123 (#137, #140): GLN and EPR-SPID checks
- #135: Add an Identifier data type for AHVN13 with check for correctness
- #131: Update change log/STU note box according to the latest requirements
Changed / Updated
- #133: Fix example OIDs
- #129: Wrong slicing for Composition.author.extension:ch-ext-epr-time profiles/structures
- #144: Improve slicing that info entry[x] warnings are not shown (CH Core Document, CH Core Document EPR)
- #122: No fixed value for Status of Composition EPR
- #121: Relax Custodian cardinality in CH Core Composition EPR
- #118, #127, #142: Typos
- #132: Fix link of concept map
- #124: Fix description for a least one given/family HumanName if provided
- #145: Update title of the profiles
STU 2 (2021-04-24)
- #57 cardinality 0..1 for ch-ext-epr-versionNumber in Composition
- #58 IMP instead of INP in encounter
- #59 adapt extension EPR Information Recipient for ch-core
- #60 relax card. in CH Core Organization
- #61 slice setup incorrect on address lines
- #63 PractitionerRole example HPWengerRole has an invalid speciality coding
- #65 CH-Core dependsOn CH-EPR-TERM current
- #66 Encounter: specify a type for the visit number Fallnummer
- #67 Add CC license to ch-core implementation guide
- #70 fix resource narrative status if narrative text has been defined
- #77 ch-core-document: add check that fullUrl exists and is an absolute url
- #85 EPRDataEnterer: valueReference only to Practitioner (not Person)
- #90 description callName in eCH-011 Types
- #91 dataenterer as PractitionerRole
- #92 PDF requirements for CH Core Composition
- #93 EPR Data Enterer map to PractitionerRole instead of Practitioner
- #94 Precise description for salutation, title in HumanName
- #95 EPR Document fix Bundler.identifier to uuid
- #96, #97 Composition.identifier instead of setId Extension
- #98 renamed Composition Patient Profile EPR to Patient Profile EPR
- #100, #101, #102, #103 Reference to CH Core profiles
- #104 CH Core Consent Profile naming
STU 1 (2020-04-21)
