Glossary

A container for a collection of FHIR resources, used for grouping resources for transmission, persistence, or processing as a single unit.

A Da Vinci FHIR Implementation Guide that enables payers to deliver real-time coverage guidance into EHR ordering workflows via CDS Hooks, surfacing whether a service is covered, whether prior authorization is required, and what documentation must be collected — before the order is signed.

A Da Vinci FHIR Implementation Guide that collects required prior authorization documentation at the point of care using payer-defined FHIR Questionnaires, automatically pre-populated with data from the provider's EHR via CQL queries.

A mechanism in FHIR that allows additional data elements to be added to any resource beyond its base definition, enabling flexibility while maintaining interoperability.

Acronym for: Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

An open standard for exchanging healthcare data electronically using modern RESTful APIs, developed by HL7 International.

Acronym for: Health Level Seven International

An international standards development organization dedicated to creating frameworks and standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information.

Acronym for: Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes

A universal standard for identifying medical laboratory observations, clinical measurements, and diagnostic study results to enable interoperability in healthcare.

A Da Vinci FHIR Implementation Guide that replaces fax-based prior authorization submission with a structured FHIR Claim exchange: a provider submits a preauthorization Claim to the payer's PAS endpoint and receives a real-time or pended ClaimResponse with the authorization decision.

A set of constraints and extensions on a FHIR base resource that defines how it should be used in a specific context or jurisdiction to ensure consistent data exchange.

A modular unit of healthcare data in FHIR that represents a single concept such as a patient, observation, medication, or procedure, exchanged via RESTful APIs.