## eRef /Patient Resource Profile
**Completeness: 60% - Pilot Ready%**
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The Patient resources contains demographics and other administrative information about the individual who is the subject of the ereferral.
**Canonical URl for this profile:**
http://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/StructureDefinition/ca-eReferral-Patient
### 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
| Name | Card | Type | Comments|Terminology Binding|
|---|---|---|---|
|identifier| 0..* | Identifier | All identifiers sent with the ServiceRequest will be stored by the receiving system, and included in any subsequent updates. This allows sending systems to inject their own identifiers that can be used for tracking + any type of official identifier to be used such as HCN, passport, band #, etc... Always use identifer.type.text (e.g., Ontario HCN, Band #, CHRIS #, Caredove #, etc...) and identifier.value. For Health Information System assigned and similar Identifier values record the organization that issued the identifier in identifier.assigner.display. |
| ~~active~~ |~~0..1~~|~~boolean~~| ~~not needed~~ |
| name | 0..* | HumanName | will use name.family and name.given only. Middle name is supported by using subsequent given names.
| telecom | 0..* | ContactPoint | see notes on [Common Resource Elements](https://simplifier.net/guide/eReferraldraftiGuide/CommonResourceElements)
| gender | 0..1 | code | "male \ female \ other \ unknown" (valueset [Administrative Gender](http://hl7.org/fhir/2018Jan/valueset-administrative-gender.html))
| birthDate | 0..1 | date | e.g., 1928-06-29
| ~~deceased~~ |~~0..1~~|||
| address | 0..* | Address | see notes on [Common Resource Elements](https://simplifier.net/guide/eReferraldraftiGuide/CommonResourceElements)
| maritalStatus | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | For the .codeset use [FHIR marital status codeset](http://hl7.org/fhir/2018Jan/valueset-marital-status.html). Always fill the .text for plaintext representation.
| ~~multipleBirth[x]~~ |~~0..1~~|||
| ~~photo~~ |~~0..1~~|~~Attachment~~||
| contact | 0..* | BackboneElement | Represents various types of alternate contacts for the patient
| contact.relationship | 0..* | CodeableConcept | Use **.text** for relationship of the contact to the patient, with values such as such as "Parent \ Mother \ Father \ Child \ Sibling \ Friend \ Legal Guardian \ Power of Attorney \ Substitute Decision Maker \ Emergency Contact". `Future use: consider using .coding extended code set for (Contact Role)[http://hl7.org/fhir/2018Jan/v2/0131/index.html]`
| contact.name | 0..1 | HumanName | see notes on [Common Resource Elements](https://simplifier.net/guide/eReferraldraftiGuide/CommonResourceElements)
| contact.telecom | 0..* | ContactPoint | see notes on [Common Resource Elements](https://simplifier.net/guide/eReferraldraftiGuide/CommonResourceElements)
| contact.address | 0..1 | Address | see notes on [Common Resource Elements](https://simplifier.net/guide/eReferraldraftiGuide/CommonResourceElements)
| contact.gender | 0..1 | code | "male \ female \ other \ unknown" (valueset [Administrative Gender](http://hl7.org/fhir/2018Jan/valueset-administrative-gender.html))
`contact.organization` | `0..1` | `Reference (Organization)` | `candidate for future use`
| ~~contact.period~~ | ~~0..1~~ | ~~Period~~ | ~~The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted relating to this patient~~
| ~~animal~~ |~~0..1~~|~~BackboneElement~~||
| communication | 0..* | BackboneElement |
| communication.language | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Use [Languages Valueset](https://hl7.org/fhir/2018May/valueset-languages.html). Always fill the .text for plaintext representation. If the sending system has freetext language option (e.g., an "other" field), then put the value in .text with no code |
| communication.preferred | 0..1 | boolean | true for primary language
| generalPractitioner | 0..* | Reference (PractitionerRole) | reference to a /PractitionerRole resource representing the patients primary care provider / family doctor (note: referencing /practitionerRole is not part of 3.2 but is part of 3.4) [gForge proposal to be added](http://build.fhir.org/patient-definitions.html#Patient.generalPractitioner)
| ~~managingOrganization~~ | ~~0..1~~ | ~~reference (Organization)~~ | ~~Organization that is custodian of the patient record~~
| `link` | `0..*` | `BackboneElement` | `candidate for future use` Link to another patient resource that concerns the same actual person