eHealth Infrastructure Context for Device Use Statement (v4.0.1) Specification Released

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This document details the 'ehealth-deviceusestatement-context' extension specification provided by Denmark's eHealth Infrastructure. This context is designed to provide contextual information about care plans associated with the use of medical devices. Technically, this extension is based on FHIR R4 and has a structure that accepts values of type `Reference ( ehealth-careplan ) { r }`. This allows for standardizing the recording of which care plan is linked to specific device usage situations. The release of this specification provides a crucial foundation for accurately and interoperably sharing context information—specifically, 'who' and 'for what purpose'—when medical devices are used. This is particularly important as remote healthcare and digital health equipment adoption increases in Denmark. By standardizing this data, it resolves ambiguity during data exchange between multiple systems, such as Electronic Health Records (EHR) or Hospital Information Systems (HIS), contributing to the establishment of a safer and higher quality healthcare system. The specification is released as version 4.0.1, with a newer version noted as 9.0.1.