Copy-to Provider

Ocean referral senders have the ability to 'carbon copy' (or 'copy-to') other providers on the referrals they are sending so that they are informed of the progress and outcome of the referral. The sender selects within the HealthMap UI one or more listings that represent the providers that will receive a carbon copy. Subsequently, the providers and/or listings which have been copied on a referral will be present in the payload which is sent to the referral receiver, informing the referral receiver of the copied providers. Additionally, if the listings are also integrated with Ocean via the FHIR APIs, the copied providers/listings will also receive a copy of the referral via the FHIR API integration, in addition to any updates made on that referral.

In the payload that is sent to the main referral receiver, an extension is present in the ServiceRequest resource to highlight that there are copied providers on the referral and indicate who the copied providers are. The extension includes a reference to the PractitionerRole which would reference the Practitioner resource and Location resource of the copied provider. It’s important to note that the Practitioner resource will only be included when the clinician information is present in the listing.

The applicable extension (extension.url) that'll be present in the ServiceRequest resource is http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/StructureDenition/ca-on-lab-ext-cc-list, where the extension.valueReference is the CC'ed provider's PractitionerRole Resource.