Defining the FHIR Meta-delete Operation: Support for Bundle and Key Resources
Meta-delete - OperationDefinition - Belgium.be
Summary
The Belgian healthcare system published an OperationDefinition defining 'Meta-delete' based on the FHIR standard. This provides a standardized method for deleting metadata across multiple key resources, including Bundle and ValueSet.
Details
This article presents a technical specification (OperationDefinition) detailing the 'Meta-delete' operation within the context of Belgian healthcare IT. It defines an operation that must be invoked via HTTP POST and is designed to manage the deletion of metadata for several critical FHIR resource types: Bundle, CodeSystem, ConceptMap, NamingSystem, StructureDefinition, and ValueSet. The technical details include the JSON structure, specifying parameters like 'meta' (input) and 'return' (output). This standardization provides a robust, standardized interface for maintaining data integrity by managing metadata deletion across various interconnected healthcare information resources.
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