IHE XDS Cross Enterprise
IHE profile for cross-org clinical document sharing.
Definition
XDS defines actors: Document Source, Document Repository, Document Registry, Document Consumer, Patient Identity Source. Transactions ITI-41 Provide and Register, ITI-42 Register Document Set-b, ITI-18 Registry Stored Query, ITI-43 Retrieve Document Set. Metadata: XDS Submission Set and Document Entry. Evolutions XDS.b (SOAP), XDR (point-to-point), XDM (portable media).
Origin
IHE ITI Technical Committee, XDS published 2005, XDS.b 2007 (SOAP MTOM), mature profile, foundation of HIEs and eHealth Exchange.
Usage
Backbone of most US HIEs (CommonWell, eHealth Exchange), European regional networks, DMP (France), Akteonline (Switzerland), eHealth Suisse, BeWell (Belgium).