Fact Of Death Direct Enquiry Response Implementation Guide
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SubscriptionTopic: Deceased Patient Identified Topic

Draft as of 2026-04-26

SubscriptionTopicDeceased Patient Identified
Description

Fires when a Patient resource conforming to the FODDER Deceased Patient profile is created or updated, indicating that the Veritas Fact of Death API has confirmed a mortality for that patient.

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Resource Triggers
ResourceInteractionsFHIR PathDescription
http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patientcreate, updatePatient.deceased.exists() and Patient.deceased is dateTime

A Patient resource carrying a deceasedDateTime is created or updated.

Can Filter By
ResourceFilter Parameter
http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patientidentifier
Notification Shapes
Resource
http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient