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MessageHeader

Trial Use 4 Foundation

The header for a message exchange that is either requesting or responding to an action. The reference(s) that are the subject of the action as well as other information related to the action are typically transmitted in a bundle in which the MessageHeader resource instance is the first resource in the bundle.

Endpoints

devhttps://api.sandbox.ovok.com/fhir/R5/MessageHeader
InteractionMethodPath
ReadGET/fhir/R5/MessageHeader/[id]
VreadGET/fhir/R5/MessageHeader/[id]/_history/[vid]
UpdatePUT/fhir/R5/MessageHeader/[id]
PatchPATCH/fhir/R5/MessageHeader/[id]
DeleteDELETE/fhir/R5/MessageHeader/[id]
CreatePOST/fhir/R5/MessageHeader
SearchGET/fhir/R5/MessageHeader?...
HistoryGET/fhir/R5/MessageHeader/[id]/_history
Type-historyGET/fhir/R5/MessageHeader/_history

Top-level elements

ElementType(s)CardinalityDescription
event[x]Coding / canonical1..1Event code or link to EventDefinition
destinationBackboneElement0..*Message destination application(s)
senderReference0..1Real world sender of the message
authorReference0..1The source of the decision
sourceBackboneElement1..1Message source application
responsibleReference0..1Final responsibility for event
reasonCodeableConcept0..1Cause of event
responseBackboneElement0..1If this is a reply to prior message
focusReference0..*The actual content of the message
definitioncanonical0..1Link to the definition for this message

Resource-specific search parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
authorreferenceThe source of the decision
codetokenok
destinationstringName of system
eventtokenCode for the event this message represents or link to event definition
focusreferenceThe actual content of the message
receiverreferenceIntended "real-world" recipient for the data
response-idtokenId of original message
responsiblereferenceFinal responsibility for event
senderreferenceReal world sender of the message
sourcestringName of system
targetreferenceParticular delivery destination within the destination

Reference

  • Official FHIR R5 spec: MessageHeader
  • Maturity: Trial Use 4 (FMM 4).