## eRef /Organization Resource Profile
**Completeness: 60% - Advanced Draft%**
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This resource is used in eReferral to for linking eReferral participants to organzations, and to support a HealthcareService / PractitionerRole directory.

### LEGEND
* ~~strikethrough~~ indicates the the element is not included in this profile
* `red` indicates that the field is likely useful in a future iteration of the specification

**Canonical URl for this profile:**
http://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/StructureDefinition/ca-eReferral-Organization

| Name | Card | Type | Comments |Terminology Binding|
|---|---|---|---|
|`<>identifier`| `0..*` | `Identifier` | `for future use` used to provide identifier codes for the organization. This may only apply to some organization, such as for pharmacies. |
| `<>`active | 0..1 | boolean | =1 if the organization is still in use 
| type | 0..* | CodeableConcept | Use the [OrganizationType Valueset](http://build.fhir.org/valueset-organization-type.html). This is expected to be = "prov" (Healthcare Provider) in nearly all cases. 
| name | 0..1 | string | The full name of the organization (e.g., "Canadian Red Cross") 
| ~~alias~~ | ~~0..*~~ | ~~string~~ | ~~A list of alternate names that the organization is known as, or was known as in the past~~ 
| `<>telecom` | `0..*` | `ContactPoint` | `for future use` List the inquiry phone, email, fax for the HEAD OFFICE of this organization. Note that this is not necessarily related to the referred HealthcareService.telecom. In most cases this element does NOT need to be displayed to users sending referrals as it may get confused with the HealthcareService.telecom info (which is of higher relevance for referrals). See comments in [Common Resource Elements](https://simplifier.net/ui/ig/edit/ereferraldraftiguide/editor)
| `<>address` | `0..*` | `Address` | `for future use` List the address of the HEAD OFFICE of this organization. Note that this is not necessarily related to the referred HealthcareService.location > address. In most cases this element does NOT need to be displayed to users sending referrals as it may get confused with the HealthcareService.location > address info (which is of higher relevance for referrals). See comments in [Common Resource Elements](https://simplifier.net/ui/ig/edit/ereferraldraftiguide/editor)
| `<>partOf` | `0..1` | `Reference(Organization)` | `for future use` The organization of which this organization forms a part
| `<>contact` | `0..*` | `BackboneElement` | `for future use` - Is not used because the contact information important for eReferrals is managed by the /HealthcareService or /PractitionerRole resource. May have future application for administration based purposes (e.g., identifying the person responsible for listing accuracy, or the privacy officer, etc...).  
| ~~endpoint~~ | ~~0..*~~ | ~~Reference(Endpoint)~~ | is managed by the /HealtcareService or /PractitionerRole resource.


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