Product SPDIR SFM
Product Brief: Healthcare, Community Services & Provider Directory (SPDIR SFM)
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Product Name
Healthcare, Community Services & Provider Directory (SPDIR SFM),
also referred to as Human Services Directory or HSD
Topics
Standard Category
Application Functional Specifications - Services (SOA)
Integration Paradigm
Services
Type
DSTU
Releases
- HL7 V3 SOA, R1- undergoing normative ballot Sep 2009
Summary
The purpose of an HL7 SFM is to identify and document the functional requirements of services important to healthcare. Accordingly, this particular SFM seeks to define the functional requirements of a Healthcare, Community Services, and Provider Directory Service (Referred to from here on as Human Services Directory or HSD). As part of the Healthcare Services Specification Project (HSSP) it enables the specification of a directory service that supports a number activities including Credentialing, Scheduling, Authentication, Referral and Wait List Management
Description
Specify core functionality of a Services & Provider Directory that not only supports semantic interoperability, but also valuable business initiatives such as Wait List Management
Business Case (Intended Use, Customers)
- Healthcare and Community Services,
- Emergency Services;
- Realm Specific to Australia, Canada, and the USA
Benefits
Many people see a Services Directory as the answer to many issues, however in particular to effectively support Referral, scheduling and wait list management. It is important to note uses, content and purposes of a Services Directory vs a Provider Directory are somewhat different. The scope of this project also goes beyond just Healthcare.
Implementations/ Case Studies (Actual Users)
Resources
Work Groups
Education
- See more at http://www.hl7.org/implement/training.cfm
Relationship to/ Dependencies on, other standards
Links to current projects in development
- Project Insight ID 492, Healthcare, Community Services & Provider Directory
