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Core ePI Profile

FHIR Documents

FHIR solutions are built from a set of modular components called “Resources”. These resources can easily be assembled into working systems that solve real world clinical and administrative problems at a fraction of the price of existing alternatives.

FHIR profile is a customized and more specific version of the base FHIR resources. In the context of this guidance, the profile the specific customizations and extensions made to the base FHIR resources needed to support ePIs.

FHIR documents are a collection of resources bound together, and are transferred between systems as a Bundle resource.

INSERT reference to the FHIR Documents page

Overview of the FHIR Resources that make up the Core ePI Profile

Refer to Core ePI Profile for a description of each resource.

Refer to Annex for national ePI profiles for a description of each resource.

• List
• Bundle
• Composition
• Organization
• Regulated Authorization
• Medicinal Product Definition
• Administrable Product Definition
• Manufactured Item Definition
• Ingredient
• Substance Definition
• Packaged Product Definition
• Clinical Use Definition
  • Clinical Use Definition Contraindication
  • Clinical Use Definition Indication
  • Clinical Use Definition Interaction
  • Clinical Use Definition Undesirable Effect
  • Clinical Use Definition Warning
• Binary

Figure 1 Resource relationship hierarchy for the Core ePI Profile