# Introduction - Carequality Healthcare Directory ImplementationGuide v1.11.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* **Introduction**

## Introduction

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| *Official URL*:https://sequoiaproject.org/fhir/cq/ImplementationGuide/sequoia.fhir.us.cq | *Version*:1.11.0 |
| Active as of 2026-02-12 | *Computable Name*:CarequalityHealthcareDirectoryImplementationGuide |

### Overview

This IG and other Sequoia FHIR R4 implementation guides (IGs) are based on [US Core](https://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/STU4/index.html), and use the same [conformance guidance](http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/STU4/conformance-expectations.html) as that IG, including the definition of must-support.

### Authors

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| Carequality | [http://carequality.org](http://carequality.org) |



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          "generation" : "markdown"
        }
      ]
    },
    "parameter" : [
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/capabilities"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/examples"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/extensions"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/models"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/operations"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/profiles"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/resources"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/vocabulary"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/maps"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/testing"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "input/history"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-resource",
        "value" : "fsh-generated/resources"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-pages",
        "value" : "template/config"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-pages",
        "value" : "input/images"
      },
      {
        "code" : "path-tx-cache",
        "value" : "input-cache/txcache"
      }
    ]
  }
}

```
