Allergy and Adverse Reaction Data Standard
We are developing a standard for recording allergies and adverse reactions in the Medical Warning System
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Standard in development
HISO 10066:2025 Allergy and Adverse Reaction Data Standard
To enable improvements to the Medical Warnings System, we are developing standards for each category of warning, moving from free text alerts to structured entries that are coded using SNOMED CT and can be accessed via a FHIR API.
The New Zealand Patient Summary (NZPS), our fully conforming adaptation of the International Patient Summary (IPS) standard, identifies allergies, intolerances and adverse reactions as a mandatory component and this is our starting point.
The solution will encompass allergies, intolerances and adverse reactions to medicines, edible substances, chemical substances and biological substances.
Developed as a ‘micro standard’ that states only the essentials and is designed to make conformance requirements easily implemented and tested, the new standard will ensure alignment with our key interoperability standards, SNOMED CT, FHIR and IPS, while enabling the API and its clients to be delivered at pace.
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We welcome your feedback and participation.
For more information, email standards@tewhatuora.govt.nz