HL7 Version 3 Domain Analysis Model: Vital Records, Release 1

The Vital records domain analysis model (VR DAM) release 1.0 provides an initial overview of the US vital records domain of public health. It describes the workflows and stakeholders for transmitting birth and death data to and from US vital records systems. It also includes storyboards, a domain analysis model and supporting reference material. The VR DAM is based on the core set of vital records data elements that are on the US Standard Certificates of Live Birth and Death and the US Standard Report of Fetal Death. The supporting reference material includes the standard certificates, edit specifications and data-collection worksheets and guide to completing the worksheets. One of the work products for the VR DAM is a set of vital records storyboards developed to provide a better understanding of the vital records process.

Main sections:

· Project overview

· Vital records storyboards

· Vital records domain analysis model

· US Standard Certificate of Live Birth and supporting reference material

· US Standard Certificate of Death and supporting reference material

· US Standard Report of Fetal Death and supporting reference material

· Description of class models