MII Implementation Guide Soziodemographie
2027.0.0-ballot - Germany

This page is part of the MII Implementation Guide Soziodemographie (v2027.0.0-ballot: 2027 Ballot 1) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

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Official URL: https://www.medizininformatik-initiative.de/fhir/ext/modul-soziodemographie/ImplementationGuide/mii-ig-soziodemographie Version: 2027.0.0-ballot
Draft as of 2026-09-14 Computable Name: MII_IG_Soziodemographie

Introduction

This specification defines FHIR profiles for recording sociodemographic characteristics of patients, including origin, living situation (e.g. household size, care/support situation, partnership), and socioeconomic factors (e.g. education, occupation, employment status, income).

Veröffentlichung  
Datum 14.09.2026
Version 2027.0.0-ballot
Status active
Realm EN

Target audience

Implementers

Data Integration Centers (DIC), software developers and system architects building FHIR-based solutions.
→ see Profiles and Logical Models.

Researchers

Scientists using KDS data for medical research.
→ see Guidance for Researchers.

Contents

  • Guidance — getting started and domain notes.
  • Conformance — the KDS-wide conformance rules (requirements language, Must Support, handling missing data) are maintained centrally by the Meta module; the module-specific Security and Privacy considerations are part of this guide.
  • Profiles and the further artifact pages — the technical artifacts.
  • Examples — example instances.
  • Dependencies — the ImplementationGuide resource with the dependency table, cross-version analysis and copyright statements.

More FHIR implementation guides can be found in the official FHIR IG Registry (source: FHIR/ig-registry).

This module is part of the MII Core Dataset; the other KDS modules and their dependencies are described at medizininformatik-initiative.de.

Imprint

This guide was created within the Medical Informatics Initiative and is subject, by its governance process, to the coordination procedure of the Interoperability Forum and the technical committees of HL7 Germany.

Contact Information

  • Margaux Gatrio , Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
  • Karoline Buckow, TMF – Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V.
  • Jochen Schmitt, UKDD
  • Daniela Piontek, UKDD
  • Rebecca Mukowski-Kickhöfel, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Questions about this publication can be asked on chat.fhir.org in the stream 'german/mi-initiative' or on mii.zulipchat.com.

Authors (alphabetical)

  • Daniela Piontek, UKDD
  • Jochen Schmitt, UKDD
  • Margaux Gatrio , Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
  • Matthias Rose, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Rebecca Mukowski-Kickhöfel, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Richard Karsch, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit
  • Wolfgang Hoffmann, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald

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  • Although this publication was prepared with the greatest care, the authors cannot accept any liability for direct or indirect damage that may arise from the content of this specification.