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Packagefhir.clinical.datatypes
Resource TypeImplementationGuide
IdImplementationGuide-fhir.clinical.datatypes.json
FHIR VersionR5
Sourcehttps://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/fhir.clinical.datatypes/index.html
URLhttp://fhir.org/guides/fhir/fhir.clinical.datatypes/ImplementationGuide/fhir.clinical.datatypes
Version0.1.0
Statusactive
Date2026-05-03T22:05:01+00:00
NameFHIRBaseClinicalDataTypesIG
TitleFHIR Base Clinical DataTypes IG
Realmus
Authorityhl7
DescriptionThis IG defines a set of data types to use when doing clinial modeling, when you want to implement in various different target modeling contexts, and the details of the data types are not important. These data types are mapped to FHIR, openEHR, CDA, and v2 data types

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FHIRBaseClinicalDataTypesIG

The official URL for this implementation guide is:

http://fhir.org/guides/fhir/fhir.clinical.datatypes/ImplementationGuide/fhir.clinical.datatypes

This IG defines a set of data types to use when doing clinial modeling, when you want to implement in various different target modeling contexts, and the details of the data types are not important. These data types are mapped to FHIR, openEHR, CDA, and v2 data types


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