Guidance for developers: Structured Headings HL7v3 Clinical Document Architecture

The generic Structured Headings Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) model is a large “CDA Refined Message Information Model (RMIM)” that can be used as the basis to create specific profiles.

It consists of:

Common CDA Header
Common Library of CDA Sections (PRSB, plus others)
Common Library of CDA Coded Entries (PRSB assured plus other legacy ones)

The generic Structured Headings CDA model itself is not meant for implementation, but is constrained by a profile specification that allows the model to be constrained to specific use cases. This profile specification is rule based and consists of a series of assertions against the base model, for example this details which section can or cannot be present, which coded entries can or cannot be present, and so on.

Click here to view the Structured Headings DMS (Version 1.0 RC4)

Click here to view the Structured Headings DMS (Version 1.0 RC3)

Further information

NHS Digital CDA profile specification for Mental Health eDischarge domain

This guidance specifies the design constraints that must be applied to the “Structured Heading Generic Model” for the NHS Digital CDA domain profile for the Transfer of Care eDischarge domain.

NHS Digital CDA profile specification for Crisis Care Extract domain

This guidance specifies the design constraints that must be applied to the “Structured Heading Generic Model” for the NHS Digital CDA domain profile for the Crisis Care Extract domain.

NHS Digital CDA Profile Specification for End of Life Domain

This guidance specifies the design constraints that must be applied to the “Structured Heading Generic Model” for the NHS Digital CDA domain profile for the End of Life domain.

Structured Headings 1.0 RC3

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Structured Headings 1.0 RC4

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Last edited: 3 July 2019 2:02 pm