Technical Interoperability

Specifications for the EPR Implementation

IHE Profiles

Profile
Relevant Specifications

XDM
Cross-Enterprise Document Media Interchange

PCC

Patient Care Coordination

Swiss XDS Metadata

Profile
Relevant Specifications

Swiss XDS Metadata
Swiss specific metadata for XDS profiles

National Integration Profiles

Profile
Relevant Specifications

CH:PPQm
Privacy Policy Query for Mobile

External link: FHIR Implementation Guide (part of CH EPR FHIR on FHIR.ch)

CH:PPQm is consistent with CH:PPQ release of 2024-06-01

External link: Source Files of Implementation Guide (on GitHub)

The CH:PPQm profile is part of the CH EPR FHIR Implementation Guide

This profil has not yet been legally anchored in the EPR Ordinance.

General XSD Schemas

Profile
Relevant Specifications
Comments

General XSD Schemas
For several profiles

XSD-Schemas as used by the reference environment Gazelle.

eCH (UPI)

Profile
Relevant Specifications

0213
Interface standard Messages UPI/SPID

0214
Interface standard Queries UPI/SPID

0215
Interface standard Broadcast mutations UPI/SPID

Electronic Authentication Means and Their Issuers

Profile
Relevant Specifications

PP
Protection Profile for Authentication Means

Exchange Formats (according to Annex 4 EPRO-FDHA)

Other Exchange Formats (not regulated in Annex 4 EPRO-FDHA)

Profile
Relevant Specifications

CH CRL
(Cancer Registration Law)

CH RAD-Order
(Radiology Order)

CH LAB-Order
(Laboratory Order)

CH ORF
(Order & Referral by Form)

Link to Specifications

Specification
Version
Link

ITI TF-1

19.0,
2022-06-17

IHE IT Infrastructure (ITI) Technical Framework, Volume 1:

Current: External link: Revision 20.0, August 4, 2023
Relevant *: External link: Revision 19.0, June 17, 2022

* Relevant accordint to current version of EPRO-FDHA.

ITI TF-2

19.0,
2022-06-17

IHE IT Infrastructure (ITI) Technical Framework, Volume 2:

Current: External link: Revision 20.0, August 4, 2023
Relevant *: External link: Revision 19.0, June 17, 2022

* Relevant accordint to current version of EPRO-FDHA.

ITI TF-3

19.0,
2022-06-17

IHE IT Infrastructure (ITI) Technical Framework, Volume 3:

Current: External link: Revision 20.0, August 4, 2023
Relevant *: External link: Revision 19.0, June 17, 2022

* Relevant accordint to current version of EPRO-FDHA.

RAD TF-3

20.0,
2022-03-1

IHE Radiology (RAD) Technical Framework, Volume 3:

Current: External link: Revision 21.0, June 15, 2023
Relevant *: External link: Revision 20.0, March 10, 2022

* Relevant accordint to current version of EPRO-FDHA.

PCC TF-2

11.1

2021-04-04

IHE Patient Care Coordination (PCC) Technical Framework, Volume 2:

Current: External link: Revision 11.1, April 4, 2021

Relevant *: External link: Revision 11.1, April 4, 2021

* Relevant accordint to current version of EPRO-FDHA.

Add RESTful Query to ATNA

3.3,
2021-07-22

IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework Supplement, Add RESTful ATNA (Query and Feed):

Current: External link: Revision 3.4, August 4, 2023
Relevant *: External link: Revision 3.3, July 2, 2021

* Relevant accordint to current version of EPRO-FDHA.

Healthcare Provider Directory (HPD)

Rev 1.8,
2020-08-28

Restricted Metadata Update (RMU)

Rev 1.3,
2021-07-02

XDS Metadata Update

1.13,
2022-06-17

IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework, Supplement XDS Metadata Update :

Current: External link: Revision 1.14, August 4, 2023
Relevant *: External link: Revision 1.13, June 17, 2022

* Relevant accordint to current version of EPRO-FDHA.

Website of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) on the EPR

According to FOPH

EPRA
Federal Act on the Electronic Patient Record (EPRA)

According to FOPH

EPRO
Ordinance on the Electronic Patient Record (EPRO)

According to FOPH

EPRO-FDHA
Ordinance of the Federal Department of Home Afairs on the Electronic Patient Record (EPRO-FDHA)

According to FOPH

Explanatory Notes
Explanation of the changes in the annexes to the EPRO-FDHA

Release 2023-06-01

Annexes to the EPRO-FDHA:

Annex 2 EPRO-FDHA
(Certification requirements for EPR communitites)

According to FOPH

Annex 3 EPRO-FDHA
(XDS Metadata in EPR context)

According to FOPH

Annex 4 EPRO-FDHA
(Relevant Exchange Formats in EPR context)

According to FOPH

Amendment 1 of Annex 5 EPRO-FDHA
(National extensions to IHE profiles)

According to FOPH

Amendment 2.1 of Annex 5 EPRO-FDHA
(CH:ADR, CH:PPQ)

According to FOPH

Amendment 2.2 of Annex 5 EPRO-FDHA
(CH:ATC)

According to FOPH

Amendment 2.3 of Annex 5 EPRO-FDHA
(CH:CPI)

According to FOPH