Vaccine administration is not the same as immunization - STU #215

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Persuasive with Modification
    • Priority: Medium
    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • STU3
    • Public Health
    • Immunization
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      We feel that changing the name of the 3 immunization related resources to reference "vaccination" would create confusion for users for little practical gain. We've discussed this in the past with the FHIR management group and we've decided to keep these as "immunization" resources.

      We will add text to the resource in a prominent place to describe that we are using "immunization" synonymously with "vaccination".

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      We feel that changing the name of the 3 immunization related resources to reference "vaccination" would create confusion for users for little practical gain. We've discussed this in the past with the FHIR management group and we've decided to keep these as "immunization" resources. We will add text to the resource in a prominent place to describe that we are using "immunization" synonymously with "vaccination".
    • Craig Newman/John Roberts: 9-0-0
    • Clarification
    • Non-substantive
    • STU3

      Existing Wording: Description/definition (Scope and Usage section) = The Immunization resource is intended to cover the recording of current and historical administration of vaccines to patients across all healthcare disciplines in all care settings and all regions

      Comment:

      Administration of vaccine (or a record of), which according to the scope and usage description, is not dlinically and semantically equivalent of immunsiation.

      Immunisation refers to becoming immune to certain disease(s) against which the person has been vaccinated (received vaccine administration)

      It is well established clinically that seroconversion and seroprotection rates after vaccinations vary between different populations (e.g. the young vs the elderly) and for different types of vaccines

      This resource (and other related) should be renamed to "vaccination"

      Summary:

      Vaccine administration is not the same as immunization

            Assignee:
            Unassigned
            Reporter:
            Stephen Chu
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