Transfer of Care Emergency Care Discharge - FHIR

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Description Create and transmit documents containing Transfer of Care information to support an emergency care discharge using the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard for health and care data exchange.
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Has the standard been published? Yes
Nationally Mandated No
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Standard type Technical standards and specifications
Documentation Help Text
Link to Documentation https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/transfer-of-care-emergency-care-discharge-fhir
Contact details api.management@nhs.net
Topic Continuity of care (ToC)
Care setting
  • Hospital
  • GP / Primary care
  • Urgent and Emergency Care
Related standards * [Message Exchange for Social Care and Health API](https://data.standards.nhs.uk/published-standards/message-exchange-for-social-care-and-health-mesh-api) - use this API to transfer messages and large files securely across health and social care organisations. * [Transfer of Care Inpatient Discharge - FHIR](https://data.standards.nhs.uk/published-standards/transfer-of-care-inpatient-discharge-fhir) - create and transmit documents containing Transfer of Care information to support an inpatient discharge. * [Transfer of Care Mental Health Discharge - FHIR](https://data.standards.nhs.uk/published-standards/transfer-of-care-mental-health-discharge-fhir) - create and transmit documents containing Transfer of Care information to support a mental health discharge. * [Transfer of Care Outpatient Clinic Letter - FHIR](https://data.standards.nhs.uk/published-standards/transfer-of-care-outpatient-clinic-letter-fhir) - create and transmit documents containing Transfer of Care information following an outpatient consultation in a clinic.
Dependencies * [Care Connect FHIR API standards](/published-standards/care-connect-fhir-api-standards) * [Dictionary of Medicines and Devices](/published-standards/dictionary-of-medicines-and-devices) * [Emergency care discharge](/published-standards/emergency-care-discharge) - a record standard to share discharge information between Emergency Care and GP practices. * [SNOMED CT](/published-standards/snomed-ct) Use the following API standard to implement this standard: * [Interoperability Toolkit 3 Messaging Distribution FHIR API standards](/published-standards/interoperability-toolkit-3-messaging-distribution-fhir-api-standards)
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