STARS Implementation Guide
0.5.1 - release

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Official URL: https://starsapi.csiro.au/fhir-ig/stars/ImplementationGuide/csiro.stars | Version: 0.5.1
Active as of 2025-10-15 | Computable Name: CsiroStars

### Background

The STARS network provides restricted sample submission. This implementation guide outlines the requirements for users to implement a common standard FHIR protocol to transfer specimen information between laboratories for the purpose of testing.

This verison has been built to the R5.0.0 build of FHIR.

### Workflow

Basic outline of sending and receiving Workflow.

### Message Format

The message format has been refreshed and is based on the opend FHIR standard leading to more compatibility between systems.

### STARS Client

The STARS Client has been refreshed inline with the stars-api project. stars-client

### STARS Api

The api is the preferred connection method for better integration your your LIMS. stars-api

### Profiles

See more detailed specifics for CSV fields, FHIR Profiles, ConceptMaps and ValueSets on Profile - ServiceRequest and Profile - DiagnosticReport. The Artifact Summary gives an in depth description for the expectations of each field within the process.

### Terminology

The FHIR system is built to take advantage of standardised terminology lists hosted on an ontology server.

A dedicated Ontoserver has been implemented for the purpose of creating and hosting custom user codesystems and value sets. This will be utilised for developing concept maps linked to standardised terminology lists (e.g. SNOMED, LONIC).

Initial setup of the Ontoserver will take advantage of the exisiting STARS legacy terminology sets as the core of the terminology server.

### Migrating

See the Migration Guide for direction and testing plans to get ready to migrate.

### Downloads

downloads

### FHIR Shorthand Resources

This guide has been automatically built using FHIR Shorthand to define a standard set of required fields that form a profile schema for specimen transmission.

HL7 Confluence site

FHIR Shorthand Documentation

FHIR Shorthand documentation code repository

SUSHI code repository

Zulip channel: #shorthand

### Dependencies

IG | Package | FHIR | Comment
--- | --- | --- | ---
STARS Implementation Guide | csiro.stars#0.5.1 | R5 |
HL7 Terminology (THO) | hl7.terminology.r5#6.5.0 | R5 | Automatically added as a dependency - all IGs depend on HL7 Terminology
FHIR Extensions Pack | hl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r5#5.2.0 | R5 |
FHIR Tooling Extensions IG | hl7.fhir.uv.tools.r5#0.8.0 | R5 | for example references

Package hl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r5#5.2.0 This IG defines the global extensions - the ones defined for everyone. These extensions are always in scope wherever FHIR is being used (built Mon, Feb 10, 2025 21:45+1100+11:00)

Package hl7.fhir.uv.tools.r5#0.8.0 This IG defines the extensions that the tools use internally. Some of these extensions are content that are being evaluated for elevation into the main spec, and others are tooling concerns (built Tue, Aug 5, 2025 20:09+1000+10:00)

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### IP Statements

This publication includes IP covered under the following statements.

- The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved. https://ucum.org/trac/wiki/TermsOfUse
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  - Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM): Observation/observation-example-category3-bat-RABIESFAV
- This material contains content from LOINC. LOINC is copyright © 1995-2020, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) Committee and is available at no cost under the license. LOINC® is a registered United States trademark of Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
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  - LOINC: Bundle/aa4dd75c-673b-4263-8c70-6e92fef4a48b, Bundle/zzzzzzzz-bbbb-zzzz-zzzz-zzzzzzzzaaaa, Bundle/zzzzzzzz-bbbb-zzzz-zzzz-zzzzzzzzbbbb, CsiroStarsDiagnosticReportProfile and DiagnosticReport/Example-ID
- This material contains content that is copyright of SNOMED International. Implementers of these specifications must have the appropriate SNOMED CT Affiliate license - for more information contact https://www.snomed.org/get-snomed or info@snomed.org.
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  - SNOMED Clinical Terms&reg; (SNOMED CT&reg;): Bundle/zz4dd75c-673b-4263-8c70-6e92fef4a48b, CsiroStarsSpecimenProfile... Show 5 more, Observation/observation-example-category3-bat-ABLVIn, Observation/observation-example-category3-bat-ABLVPt, Patient/Patient-Example1, Specimen/specimen-example-bat and SpecimenTypeValueSet
- This material derives from the HL7 Terminology (THO). THO is copyright ©1989+ Health Level Seven International and is made available under the CC0 designation. For more licensing information see: https://terminology.hl7.org/license.html
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  - DataAbsentReason: Bundle/zzzzzzzz-bbbb-zzzz-zzzz-zzzzzzzzaaaa and Bundle/zzzzzzzz-bbbb-zzzz-zzzz-zzzzzzzzbbbb
  - identifierType: CsiroStarsObservationResultProfile, CsiroStarsPatientProfile, CsiroStarsSpecimenProfile and StarsIdentifierTypeValueSet
  - specimenCondition: Bundle/zz4dd75c-673b-4263-8c70-6e92fef4a48b, Bundle/zzzzzzzz-aaaa-zzzz-zzzz-zzzzzzzzaaaa, Bundle/zzzzzzzz-aaaa-zzzz-zzzz-zzzzzzzzbbbb, Specimen/specimen-example and Specimen/specimen-example-bat
  - ObservationInterpretation: Bundle/aa4dd75c-673b-4263-8c70-6e92fef4a48b, Bundle/zzzzzzzz-bbbb-zzzz-zzzz-zzzzzzzzaaaa... Show 4 more, Bundle/zzzzzzzz-bbbb-zzzz-zzzz-zzzzzzzzbbbb, Observation/observation-example-category3-bat-ABLVIn, Observation/observation-example-category3-bat-ABLVPt and Observation/observation-example-category3-bat-RABIESFAV