Comparison with other national and international specifications

This page is part of the AU Core (v0.3.0-ballot: AU Core R1 Ballot 5) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. . For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

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A resource may be conformant to multiple implementation guides. In addition to the core FHIR specification, a resource conformant to an AU Core profile may be conformant to profiles published project implementation guides, other national, or international implementation guides.

The table provides a high-level comparison, indicating if a resource conformant to a particular AU Core profile also satisfies (i.e. is conformant to) a profile from International Patient Access, International Patient Summary, or US Core.

Conformance in reverse is not guaranteed, i.e. a resource conforming to International Patient Access, International Patient Summary, or US Core MAY NOT conform to AU Core.

AU Core	International Patient Access 1.0.0		International Patient Summary 1.1.0		US Core 6.1.0
AU Core AllergyIntolerance	IPA-AllergyIntolerance		Allergy Intolerance (IPS)	if patient is supported as AllergyIntolerance.patient.reference	US Core AllergyIntolerance
AU Core Blood Pressure	IPA-Observation		observation-bp		US Core Blood Pressure
AU Core Body Height	IPA-Observation		observation-bodyheight		US Core Body Height
AU Core Body Temperature	IPA-Observation		observation-bodytemp		US Core Body Temperature
AU Core Body Weight	IPA-Observation		observation-bodyweight		US Core Body Weight
AU Core Condition	IPA-Condition		Condition (IPS)	if patient is supported as Condition.subject.reference	US Core Condition Problems and Health Concerns	if one Condition.category is supplied with a value from the US Core Problem or Health Concern value set
AU Core Condition	IPA-problem-list-item	if one Condition.category `problem-list-item` is supplied	Condition (IPS)	if patient is supported as Condition.subject.reference	US Core Condition Encounter Diagnosis	if one Condition.category `encounter-diagnosis` is supplied
AU Core Diagnostic Result Observation	IPA-Observation		Observation Results (IPS)	if patient is supported as Observation.subject.reference and Observation.status is `final`	US Core Observation Clinical Result	noting that US Core extensibly binds Observation.code to LOINC and restricts Observation.quantity[x] to UCUM for coded quantity units
AU Core Encounter					US Core Encounter	if Encounter.type is supplied
AU Core Heart Rate	IPA-Observation		observation-heartrate		US Core Heart Rate
AU Core Immunization	IPA-Immunization		Immunization (IPS)	if patient is supported as Immunization.patient.reference	US Core Immunization	noting that US Core extensibly binds to CVX which is not an AU vaccine terminology
AU Core Location					US Core Location	if Location.name is supplied
AU Core Medication	IPA-Medication		Medication (IPS)	if Data Type Profile: Quantity (IPS) constraints are met	US Core Medication	noting that US Core extensibly binds to RxNorm which is not an AU medicines terminology
AU Core MedicationRequest	IPA-MedicationRequest	if requester is supplied as a reference to Practitioner, PractitionerRole or Patient resource	Medication Request (IPS)	if patient is supported as MedicationRequest.subject.reference	US Core MedicationRequest	if core FHIR MedicationRequest Category codes are supplied in MedicationRequest.category
AU Core MedicationStatement	IPA-MedicationStatement		Medication Statement (IPS)	if MedicationStatement.effective[x] is included and patient is supported as MedicationStatement.subject.reference
AU Core Organization			Organization (IPS)		US Core Organization	if Organization.active is supplied
AU Core Pathology Result Observation	IPA-Observation		Observation Results: laboratory (IPS)	if patient is supported as Observation.subject.reference, Observation.status is `final` and Observation.performer is supplied	US Core Laboratory Result Observation
AU Core Pathology Result Observation	IPA-Observation		Observation Results: pathology (IPS)	if patient is supported as Observation.subject.reference and Observation.performer is supplied	US Core Laboratory Result Observation
AU Core Patient	IPA-Patient		Patient (IPS)		US Core Patient	if gender identity is not exchanged. US Core includes the US Gore Gender Identity extension; AU Core requires support of the international Gender Identity extension
AU Core Practitioner	IPA-Practitioner		Practitioner (IPS)		US Core Practitioner	if Practitioner.identifier is supplied
AU Core PractitionerRole	IPA-PractitionerRole		PractitionerRole (IPS)		US Core PractitionerRole	noting that AU Core does not enforce the US Core constraint pd-1: SHALL have contact information or a reference to an Endpoint
AU Core Procedure			Procedure (IPS)	if patient is supported as Procedure.subject.reference	US Core Procedure
AU Core Provenance					US Core Provenance	if all instances of Provenance.agent.onBehalfOf are supplied as Organization
AU Core Respiration Rate	IPA-Observation		observation-resprate		US Core Respiratory Rate
AU Core Smoking Status	IPA-Observation		Observation - SH: tobacco use	if additional LOINC coding is supplied in Observation.code and Observation.valueCodeableConcept, and patient is supported in Observation.subject.reference	US Core Smoking Status Observation
AU Core Waist Circumference	IPA-Observation				US Core Simple Observation