Account FHIR Resource Proposal
This page documents a Approved FHIR Resource Proposal
Contents
- 1 Account
- 1.1 Owning committee name
- 1.2 Contributing or Reviewing Work Groups
- 1.3 FHIR Resource Development Project Insight ID
- 1.4 Scope of coverage
- 1.5 RIM scope
- 1.6 Resource appropriateness
- 1.7 Expected implementations
- 1.8 Content sources
- 1.9 Example Scenarios
- 1.10 Resource Relationships
- 1.11 Timelines
- 1.12 gForge Users
Account
Owning committee name
Contributing or Reviewing Work Groups
FHIR Resource Development Project Insight ID
Project Insight? 1102 (Account is not part of this project as yet)
TBD
Scope of coverage
The Account resource is used to track patient billing accounts.
It is not intended to be constrained to just a patient, but all types of accounts in a financial sense used in healthcare.
It does not cover the actual transactions, just balances, insurance coverage (via reference), currency and status.
RIM scope
FIAB_RM010000UV02 (Patient Account Event)
Resource appropriateness
Tracking Financial information is vital in Patient Administration and Finance systems in most Healthcare Organizations. This resource provides the base point to track.
Expected implementations
- Any solution that requires tracking billing information
Content sources
Existing normative V3 and V2 specifications
Example Scenarios
- Tracking Balances for Patient Accounts in a General Practice Clinic or Hospital
- Tracking Funding between a govt. funded project and an Organization
- Tracking Funding between 2 Organizations where services are provided by one org to another
Resource Relationships
Uses
Potentially used by (need to determine resource)
- Insurer/Coverage
- Guarantor
The Account will be referenced by:
- Encounter
- EpisodeOfCare
- BillableItem (future resource)
- HealthcareService
- Device
Timelines
We have built a draft placeholder for this resource, and working with the Finance WG to refine it during the 2.1/3.0 timeline.
gForge Users
brianpos
