2023-03-30 US Core Ballot Reconciliation Call (CGP)

• Last WG Call:
  • 2023-03-23 Cross-Group Project Workgroup Call - for approval vote next full WG call April 13
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US Core - January Ballot Reconciliation Schedule

Ballot Reconciliation Schedule:

• This week Feb 23: Clinical Notes DiagnosticReport
• Mar 2: Conformance, Search
• Mar 9: Assessments
• Mar 16: Assessments -cancelled
• Mar 23: open - currently planning to meet only during regular 2nd and 4th CGP calls unless alternate weeks become necessary
• Mar 30: Today's call
• April 13: Full CGP WG call

Weekly Block Votes Schedule: <<BLOCK VOTING COMPLETED>>

Preview the groupings on Jira's US Core Dashboard. The tentative agenda for the weekly Block Votes (BV) Themes are:

• BV-2 (February 2): Pregnancy , MedicationDispense/Request - done
• BV-3 (Feb 9): Occupational Profiles (ODH), Coverage - done
• BV-4 (Feb 9 -Feb 16): Specimen, Extensions - done
• BV-5 (Feb 16 -Feb 23): Assessments
• BV-6( Feb 23 - Mar 2): Assessments
• BV-7 (Mar 2 - Mar 9): CarePlan, Clinical-Notes, DiagnosticReport
• BV-8 (Mar 9 - Mar 16): Conformance, Search
• BV-9 (Mar 16 - Mar 23): Leftovers

Goal: Finish trackers by end of March and Publish by May.

From last week:

1. FHIR-40103: Remove Must Support from Goal.target and Goal.target.due[x], (corey_spears) Persuasive with Modification
2. FHIR-38808 and FHIR-40514 Add support for imaging identifiers/US core should have specific profiles for imaging and lab results (bvdh) ****
3. FHIR-40583: Change Direct Address to be part of .telecom rather than .endpoint in PractitionerRole (Jessica Bright) ****

Assessments Trackers:

With our 4-week assessments mini-sprint with Argonaut participants finishing the week of March 27, we will be discussing these final US Core trackers regarding Assessments...

1. FHIR-39965: Consider changing Observation.derivedFrom and hasMember QuestionnaireResponse reference to SDC QuestionnaireResponse Persuasive with Modification Corey Spears
2. FHIR-39952: Modify the descriptive reason why QuestonnaireResponse is not included in the IG Persuasive with Modification Corey Spears

3. FHIR-39722:
   The use of Observations where QuestionnaireReponse is more applicableUnresolved Bas van den Heuvel

4. FHIR-39495 Disagree with removing QuestionnaireResponse Unresolved Lloyd McKenzie

Finally if time....

1. FHIR-40583: Change Direct Address to be part of .telecom rather than .endpoint in PractitionerRole (Jessica Brigh

FHIR-40103: Remove Must Support from Goal.target and Goal.target.due[x], (corey_spears) Persuasive with Modification - Requirement to support start date or due date.

The group had a lot of discussion about the challenge with allowing either startDate or targetDate if only one is Must Support for certification.

Motion to approve FHIR-40103: Eric Haas/Brett Marquard: 7-4-3

FHIR-38808 - plan to update guidance with more specificity while awaiting a more detailed approach from an existing Imaging Access SMART project that is underway.

FHIR-40514 Add support for imaging identifiers/US core should have specific profiles for imaging and lab results (bvdh) ****

Motion to approve both FHIR-38808 and FHIR-40514: Eric Haas/Didi Davis: 14-0-1

FHIR-39965: Consider changing Observation.derivedFrom and hasMember QuestionnaireResponse reference to SDC QuestionnaireResponse Persuasive with Modification Corey Spears

Motion to approve: Eric Haas/Jason Vogt: 15-0-0

FHIR-39952: Modify the descriptive reason why QuestonnaireResponse is not included in the IG Persuasive with Modification Corey Spears

Motion to approve: Eric Haas/Jason Vogt: 16-0-0

FHIR-39495 Disagree with removing QuestionnaireResponse Unresolved Lloyd McKenzie - Eric indicates he discussed the proposed resolution with Lloyd McKenzie who had requested in-person resolution, and that Lloyd provided text for the resolution and was in agreement with it. 

Motion to approve: Eric Haas/Brett Marquard: 16-0-0

Still to be reviewed (on April 13 full WGM):

FHIR-39722:
The use of Observations where QuestionnaireReponse is more applicableUnresolved Bas van den Heuvel

FHIR-40583: Change Direct Address to be part of .telecom rather than .endpoint in PractitionerRole (Jessica Bright) **** submitted after the end date for submission prior to publication.

CGP continues to meet on the Second and Fourth Thursdays, US Core ballot reconciliation on alternate Thursdays

Discuss: Meeting every other week on regularly scheduled CGP Calls.

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