Map of Interoperability Standards

SCC MDF

GPITF Interoperability Standard

GPITF Standard Code

Short Description

Compliance, Assurance & Standards

  1. Storage and Management of Records, Assessments and Plans

National Record Locator Service (NRLS)

R6

The National Record Locator Service (NRLS) aims to provide a national capability for locating and, ultimately, sharing patient records across health and care systems

N/A

2. Transfer of Care

National Record Locator Service (NRLS)

R6

The National Record Locator Service (NRLS) aims to provide a national capability for locating and, ultimately, sharing patient records across health and care systems

N/A

e-Referrals Service (e-RS)

S35

The NHS e-Referral Service (NHS e-RS) combines electronic booking with a choice of place, date and time for first hospital or clinic Appointments.

CAP Information Governance Compliance Requirements

External Interface Specification

NHS Messaging Implementation Manual

Personal Demographics Service Integration Requirements

e-Referrals Service Integration Requirements

3. Diagnostic Management

Digital Diagnostics & Pathology Messaging

S34

Pathology messaging involves the electronic transmission of results of pathology tests

National Messaging Assurance Service (NMAS)

EDIFACT Pathology Message Implementation Project (PMIP).

4. Ordering and Management of Medicines

Digital Medicines and Pharmacy FHIR Payload

S77

The Digital Medicines initiative aims to positively transform the way that Patients manage their medicines, promote new models of care as well as improve the medicines supply chain and the provision of medicines data.

Generic FHIR Receiver

e-Referrals Service (e-RS)

S35

The NHS e-Referral Service (NHS e-RS) combines electronic booking with a choice of place, date and time for first hospital or clinic Appointments.

CAP Information Governance Compliance Requirements

External Interface Specification

NHS Messaging Implementation Manual

Personal Demographics Service Integration Requirements

e-Referrals Service Integration Requirements

Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) - Prescribing

S36

EPS allows prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a dispenser (such as a pharmacy) of the patient's choice.

CAP Information Governance Compliance Requirements

External Interface Specification

NHS Messaging Implementation Manual

Personal Demographics Service Integration Requirements

Electronic Prescription Service Integration Requirements

National Medicines Verification System

S71

Any prescribed medicines dispensed beyond that date will require a 2D barcode to be scanned to "decommission" the medicine from the supply chain

Falsified Medicines Directive

5. Decision Support

 

 

 

 

6. Remote and Assistive Care

 

 

 

 

7. Asset and Resource Management

 

 

 

 

8. Business and Clinical Insight

 

 

 

 

Generic Interoperability Standards

 

External Interface Specification (EIS)

S40

The External Interface Specification details how to connect to the NHS Digital Spine Service

Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions (ETP)

 

 

 

 

Electronic Referrals Service (e-RS).

 

 

 

 

Gazetteer Service.

 

 

 

 

Spine Directory Service (SDS).

 

 

 

 

Spine Security Broker (SSB).

 

 

 

 

Personal Demographics Service (PDS) – now known as Spine II Demographics.

 

 

 

 

Legitimate Relationship Service (LRS).

 

 

 

 

Personal Spine Information Services (PSIS) – now known as Spine II Clinicals

 

 

 

 

Health and Social Care Initiative (HSCI)

 

 

 

 

Child Protection Information Service (CPIS)

 

Generic FHIR Receiver

S76

The Generic FHIR Receiver is a component which will receive messages

Messaging Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH)

 

Interoperability Toolkit (ITK)

S48

The Interoperability Toolkit (ITK) is a set of common specifications, frameworks and implementation guides that support interoperability.

ITK01

 

 

 

 

ITK02

 

 

 

 

ITK03

 

Messaging Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH)

S50

The Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) is a centralised message transfer service provided by NHS Digital using the Spine Services Core infrastructure

 

 

Personal Demographics Service (PDS)

S56

The Personal Demographics Service (PDS) is the national electronic database of NHS patient details such as name, address, date of birth and NHS Number (known as demographic information)

 

 

Secure Electronic File Transfer (SEFT)

S59

SEFT is an NHS Digital implementation of Tibco's MFT (Managed File Transfer) produc

 

 

SPINE

R1

The NHS Digital Spine supports national services such as the Personal Demographics Service (PDS), e-Referrals Service (e-RS), Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and the Summary Care Record (SCR).

 

 

Spine Mini Services

S66

Spine Mini Services is a simplified read-only interface to some Spine Services, the most common one being Personal Demographics Service (PDS)

Personal Demographics Service (PDS)

 

 

 

 

Child Protection Information Sharing (CPIS)

 

 

 

 

Summary Care Record (SCR)

 

 

 

 

FGM Information Sharing (IS)

 

Summary Care Record

S60

The Summary Care Record (SCR) is an electronic record of important Patient information, created from GP medical records

CAP Information Governance Compliance Requirements

 

 

 

 

External Interface Specification

 

 

 

 

NHS Messaging Implementation Manual

 

 

 

 

Personal Demographics Service Integration Requirements