Profiles & Operations > Profile: Practitioner
Profile: Practitioner
The Practitioner resource is used to support creating a FHIR Group resource intended to list specific healthcare providers for topic-based subscriptions in the Publish/Subscribe system within Canada. To ensure that practitioners added as members to this Group are identified appropriately we are using attributes defined and standardized by the CA Core+ Practitioner profile to enable precise and interoperable communication. This adherence to the CA Core+ profile allows the publishing system to accurately recognize the specified practitioners, thereby reliably filtering and delivering relevant notifications only to the intended provider group for the subscribed topic.
Simplifier project page: CA Core Practitioner
Derived from: Practitioner R4
| Canonical_Url | Profile_Status | Profile_Version | FHIR_Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| http://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/cacore/StructureDefinition/practitioner-ca-core | Active | 1.1.0 | 4.0 |
Formal Views of Profile Content
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work
Differential View
| PractitionerCACore (Practitioner) | C | Practitioner | |
| id | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| meta | Σ | 0..1 | Meta |
| implicitRules | Σ ?! | 0..1 | uri |
| language | 0..1 | codeBinding | |
| text | 0..1 | Narrative | |
| contained | 0..* | Resource | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| modifierExtension | ?! C | 0..* | Extension |
| identifier | Σ | 0..* | Identifier |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| use | Σ ?! | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| type | Σ | 0..1 | CodeableConceptBinding |
| system | Σ | 0..1 | uri |
| value | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period |
| assigner | Σ | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) |
| active | Σ | 0..1 | boolean |
| name | Σ | 0..* | HumanName |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| use | Σ ?! | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| text | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| family | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| given | Σ | 0..* | string |
| prefix | Σ | 0..* | string |
| suffix | Σ | 0..* | string |
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period |
| telecom | Σ | 0..* | ContactPoint |
| address | Σ | 0..* | Address |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| preferred | C | 0..1 | Extension(boolean) |
| use | Σ ?! | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| type | Σ | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| text | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| line | Σ | 0..* | string |
| city | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| district | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| state | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| postalCode | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| country | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period |
| gender | Σ | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| birthDate | Σ | 0..1 | date |
| photo | 0..* | Attachment | |
| qualification | 0..* | BackboneElement | |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| modifierExtension | Σ ?! C | 0..* | Extension |
| identifier | 0..* | Identifier | |
| code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | |
| period | 0..1 | Period | |
| issuer | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) | |
| communication | 0..* | CodeableConceptBinding |
Hybrid View
| PractitionerCACore (Practitioner) | C | Practitioner | |
| id | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| meta | Σ | 0..1 | Meta |
| implicitRules | Σ ?! | 0..1 | uri |
| language | 0..1 | codeBinding | |
| text | 0..1 | Narrative | |
| contained | 0..* | Resource | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| modifierExtension | ?! C | 0..* | Extension |
| identifier | Σ | 0..* | Identifier |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| use | Σ ?! | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| type | Σ | 0..1 | CodeableConceptBinding |
| system | Σ | 0..1 | uri |
| value | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period |
| assigner | Σ | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) |
| active | Σ | 0..1 | boolean |
| name | Σ | 0..* | HumanName |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| use | Σ ?! | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| text | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| family | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| given | Σ | 0..* | string |
| prefix | Σ | 0..* | string |
| suffix | Σ | 0..* | string |
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period |
| telecom | Σ | 0..* | ContactPoint |
| address | Σ | 0..* | Address |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| preferred | C | 0..1 | Extension(boolean) |
| use | Σ ?! | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| type | Σ | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| text | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| line | Σ | 0..* | string |
| city | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| district | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| state | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| postalCode | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| country | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period |
| gender | Σ | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| birthDate | Σ | 0..1 | date |
| photo | 0..* | Attachment | |
| qualification | 0..* | BackboneElement | |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| modifierExtension | Σ ?! C | 0..* | Extension |
| identifier | 0..* | Identifier | |
| code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | |
| period | 0..1 | Period | |
| issuer | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) | |
| communication | 0..* | CodeableConceptBinding |
Snapshot View
| PractitionerCACore (Practitioner) | C | Practitioner | |
| id | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| meta | Σ | 0..1 | Meta |
| implicitRules | Σ ?! | 0..1 | uri |
| language | 0..1 | codeBinding | |
| text | 0..1 | Narrative | |
| contained | 0..* | Resource | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| modifierExtension | ?! C | 0..* | Extension |
| identifier | Σ | 0..* | Identifier |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| use | Σ ?! | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| type | Σ | 0..1 | CodeableConceptBinding |
| system | Σ | 0..1 | uri |
| value | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period |
| assigner | Σ | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) |
| active | Σ | 0..1 | boolean |
| name | Σ | 0..* | HumanName |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| use | Σ ?! | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| text | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| family | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| given | Σ | 0..* | string |
| prefix | Σ | 0..* | string |
| suffix | Σ | 0..* | string |
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period |
| telecom | Σ | 0..* | ContactPoint |
| address | Σ | 0..* | Address |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| preferred | C | 0..1 | Extension(boolean) |
| use | Σ ?! | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| type | Σ | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| text | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| line | Σ | 0..* | string |
| city | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| district | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| state | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| postalCode | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| country | Σ | 0..1 | string |
| period | Σ | 0..1 | Period |
| gender | Σ | 0..1 | codeBinding |
| birthDate | Σ | 0..1 | date |
| photo | 0..* | Attachment | |
| qualification | 0..* | BackboneElement | |
| id | 0..1 | string | |
| extension | C | 0..* | Extension |
| modifierExtension | Σ ?! C | 0..* | Extension |
| identifier | 0..* | Identifier | |
| code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | |
| period | 0..1 | Period | |
| issuer | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) | |
| communication | 0..* | CodeableConceptBinding |
Table View
| Practitioner | 0..* | |
| Practitioner.id | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.meta | Meta | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.implicitRules | uri | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.language | code | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.text | Narrative | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.contained | Resource | 0..* |
| Practitioner.extension | Extension | 0..* |
| Practitioner.modifierExtension | Extension | 0..* |
| Practitioner.identifier | Identifier | 0..* |
| Practitioner.identifier.id | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.identifier.extension | Extension | 0..* |
| Practitioner.identifier.use | code | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.identifier.type | CodeableConcept | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.identifier.system | uri | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.identifier.value | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.identifier.period | Period | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.identifier.assigner | Reference(Organization) | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.active | boolean | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.name | HumanName | 0..* |
| Practitioner.name.id | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.name.extension | Extension | 0..* |
| Practitioner.name.use | code | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.name.text | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.name.family | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.name.given | string | 0..* |
| Practitioner.name.prefix | string | 0..* |
| Practitioner.name.suffix | string | 0..* |
| Practitioner.name.period | Period | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.telecom | ContactPoint | 0..* |
| Practitioner.address | Address | 0..* |
| Practitioner.address.id | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.address.extension | Extension | 0..* |
| Practitioner.address.extension:preferred | Extension | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.address.use | code | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.address.type | code | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.address.text | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.address.line | string | 0..* |
| Practitioner.address.city | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.address.district | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.address.state | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.address.postalCode | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.address.country | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.address.period | Period | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.gender | code | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.birthDate | date | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.photo | Attachment | 0..* |
| Practitioner.qualification | BackboneElement | 0..* |
| Practitioner.qualification.id | string | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.qualification.extension | Extension | 0..* |
| Practitioner.qualification.modifierExtension | Extension | 0..* |
| Practitioner.qualification.identifier | Identifier | 0..* |
| Practitioner.qualification.code | CodeableConcept | 1..1 |
| Practitioner.qualification.period | Period | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.qualification.issuer | Reference(Organization) | 0..1 |
| Practitioner.communication | CodeableConcept | 0..* |
JSON View
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"description": "This profile applies constraints to the Patient resource for CA Core+ to support identity, demographics, and administrative data in the pan-Canadian context.",
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"copyright": "Copyright © 2025+ Canada Health Infoway. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use and License Agreements](https://ic.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/about/tou). [Privacy Policy](https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/legal/privacy-policy).",
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"short": "A person with a formal responsibility in the provisioning of healthcare or related services",
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"human": "If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource",
"expression": "contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().as(canonical) | %resource.descendants().as(uri) | %resource.descendants().as(url))) or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmatched', id).empty()",
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"human": "If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated",
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"valueMarkdown": "When a resource has no narrative, only systems that fully understand the data can display the resource to a human safely. Including a human readable representation in the resource makes for a much more robust eco-system and cheaper handling of resources by intermediary systems. Some ecosystems restrict distribution of resources to only those systems that do fully understand the resources, and as a consequence implementers may believe that the narrative is superfluous. However experience shows that such eco-systems often open up to new participants over time."
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"definition": "The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.",
"comment": "The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.",
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"definition": "The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.",
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"definition": "A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc.",
"comment": "Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element. Often, when used, the URL is a reference to an implementation guide that defines these special rules as part of it's narrative along with other profiles, value sets, etc.",
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"isModifierReason": "This element is labeled as a modifier because the implicit rules may provide additional knowledge about the resource that modifies it's meaning or interpretation",
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"comment": "Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource. Not all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute).",
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"definition": "A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it \"clinically safe\" for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety.",
"comment": "Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no additional discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied). This may be necessary for data from legacy systems where information is captured as a \"text blob\" or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated and encoded information is added later.",
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"definition": "These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope.",
"comment": "This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again. Contained resources may have profiles and tags In their meta elements, but SHALL NOT have security labels.",
"inline resources",
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"definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
"comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
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"definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.\n\nModifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).",
"comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
"requirements": "Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored. This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition of modifier extensions](extensibility.html#modifierExtension).",
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"comment": "pCHDCF modelling for care team concepts (including provider identifiers) is still underway. The requirements to support certain types of identifiers (e.g., province/territory registration identifiers) across all use cases and decisions on whether the identifier requirements should apply to both Practitioner and PractitionerRole are still undefined. Furthermore, the ways that these identifiers will be differentiated for conformance testing purposes is still undefined (see comment on identifier.type). For this reason, slice modelling and application of obligations towards certain identifiers is not currently expressed in this profile. The profile will continue to evolve as care team details undergo data modelling in the pCHDCF.",
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"definition": "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
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"definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
"comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
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"comment": "Applications can assume that an identifier is permanent unless it explicitly says that it is temporary.",
"requirements": "Allows the appropriate identifier for a particular context of use to be selected from among a set of identifiers.",
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"isModifierReason": "This is labeled as \"Is Modifier\" because applications should not mistake a temporary id for a permanent one.",
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"definition": "A coded type for the identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose.",
"comment": "The value in identifier.type is typically used to differentiate between identifiers that serve distinct purposes (e.g., Medical License Number, Regional Registry ID, Health Plan Identifier). Profiles typically use the identifier.type to differentiate between expectations that are expressed for some identifier types but not others. However, current implementations of practitioner identifiers in Canada use the identifier.type of 'Provider Number' (coded as 'PRN') to convey a number of different types of identifiers (e.g., registration number, license numbers, and billing numbers). Should there be expectations in the future for this profile to differentiate between these identifiers, current typing practices may need to change and/or further details may need to be used (e.g., identifier.system) to differentiate between concepts like registration number, license number, and billing number.",
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"description": "A coded type for an identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose.",
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"definition": "Establishes the namespace for the value - that is, a URL that describes a set values that are unique.",
"requirements": "There are many sets of identifiers. To perform matching of two identifiers, we need to know what set we're dealing with. The system identifies a particular set of unique identifiers.",
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"definition": "The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system.",
"comment": "If the value is a full URI, then the system SHALL be urn:ietf:rfc:3986. The value's primary purpose is computational mapping. As a result, it may be normalized for comparison purposes (e.g. removing non-significant whitespace, dashes, etc.) A value formatted for human display can be conveyed using the [Rendered Value extension](extension-rendered-value.html). Identifier.value is to be treated as case sensitive unless knowledge of the Identifier.system allows the processer to be confident that non-case-sensitive processing is safe.",
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"comment": "The Identifier.assigner may omit the .reference element and only contain a .display element reflecting the name or other textual information about the assigning organization.",
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"map": "II.assigningAuthorityName but note that this is an improper use by the definition of the field. Also Role.scoper"
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"comment": "If the practitioner is not in use by one organization, then it should mark the period on the PractitonerRole with an end date (even if they are active) as they may be active in another role.",
"requirements": "Need to be able to mark a practitioner record as not to be used because it was created in error.",
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"meaningWhenMissing": "This resource is generally assumed to be active if no value is provided for the active element",
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"comment": "The selection of the use property should ensure that there is a single usual name specified, and others use the nickname (alias), old, or other values as appropriate. \n\nIn general, select the value to be used in the ResourceReference.display based on this:\n\n1. There is more than 1 name\n2. Use = usual\n3. Period is current to the date of the usage\n4. Use = official\n5. Other order as decided by internal business rules.",
"requirements": "The name(s) that a Practitioner is known by. Where there are multiple, the name that the practitioner is usually known as should be used in the display.",
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"definition": "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
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"definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
"comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
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"comment": "Applications can assume that a name is current unless it explicitly says that it is temporary or old.",
"requirements": "Allows the appropriate name for a particular context of use to be selected from among a set of names.",
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"isModifierReason": "This is labeled as \"Is Modifier\" because applications should not mistake a temporary or old name etc.for a current/permanent one",
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"definition": "Text representation of the full name. Due to the cultural variance around the world a consuming system may not know how to present the name correctly; moreover not all the parts of the name go in given or family. Creators are therefore strongly encouraged to provide through this element a presented version of the name. Future versions of this guide may require this element",
"comment": "Can provide both a text representation and parts. Applications updating a name SHALL ensure that when both text and parts are present, no content is included in the text that isn't found in a part.",
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"definition": "The part of a name that links to the genealogy. In some cultures (e.g. Eritrea) the family name of a son is the first name of his father.",
"comment": "Family Name may be decomposed into specific parts using extensions (de, nl, es related cultures).",
"surname"
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"comment": "If only initials are recorded, they may be used in place of the full name parts. Initials may be separated into multiple given names but often aren't due to paractical limitations. This element is not called \"first name\" since given names do not always come first.",
"first name",
"middle name"
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"definition": "Part of the name that is acquired as a title due to academic, legal, employment or nobility status, etc. and that appears at the start of the name.",
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
"definition": "Part of the name that is acquired as a title due to academic, legal, employment or nobility status, etc. and that appears at the end of the name.",
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{
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],
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},
{
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],
{
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],
{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
"definition": "A contact detail for the practitioner, e.g. a telephone number or an email address.",
"comment": "Although the provider phone number and provider email concepts are expressed in the pCHDCF materials, their current definition does not distinctly identify the resource target(s) where it has to be applied (e.g., Practitioner vs PractitionerRole). The mappings and obligations for these details have been removed from the profile to avoid unintentional placement of these requirements until further pCHDCF data modelling for care team details is complete. Reviewers are encouraged to provide feedback on the potential impact of applying a 'no-error' obligation on this element for clients.",
"requirements": "Need to know how to reach a practitioner independent to any roles the practitioner may have.",
},
],
{
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],
{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
"definition": "Address(es) of the practitioner that are not role specific (typically home address). \nWork addresses are not typically entered in this property as they are usually role dependent.",
"comment": "The PractitionerRole does not have an address value on it, as it is expected that the location property be used for this purpose (which has an address).",
"requirements": "The home/mailing address of the practitioner is often required for employee administration purposes, and also for some rostering services where the start point (practitioners home) can be used in calculations.",
},
],
{
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],
{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
"xmlAttr"
],
"definition": "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
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{
{
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],
}
],
]
},
{
],
},
"definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
"comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
"extensions",
"user content"
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},
],
{
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{
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],
]
},
{
"definition": "Flag denoting whether parent item is preferred - e.g., a preferred address or telephone number.",
"comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
"extensions",
"user content"
],
},
{
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],
"ele-1"
],
{
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{
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],
]
},
{
"comment": "Applications can assume that an address is current unless it explicitly says that it is temporary or old.",
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],
],
{
}
],
"isModifierReason": "This is labeled as \"Is Modifier\" because applications should not mistake a temporary or old address etc.for a current/permanent one",
{
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],
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{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
"definition": "Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses). Most addresses are both.",
"comment": "The definition of Address states that \"address is intended to describe postal addresses, not physical locations\". However, many applications track whether an address has a dual purpose of being a location that can be visited as well as being a valid delivery destination, and Postal addresses are often used as proxies for physical locations (also see the [Location](location.html#) resource).",
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],
],
{
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],
{
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{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
"definition": "Specifies the entire address as it should be displayed e.g. on a postal label. This may be provided instead of or as well as the specific parts.",
"comment": "Can provide both a text representation and parts. Applications updating an address SHALL ensure that when both text and parts are present, no content is included in the text that isn't found in a part.",
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],
],
{
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],
{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
"definition": "This component contains the house number, apartment number, street name, street direction, P.O. Box number, delivery hints, and similar address information.",
},
],
],
{
}
],
{
"map": "XAD.1 + XAD.2 (note: XAD.1 and XAD.2 have different meanings for a company address than for a person address)"
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{
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{
},
{
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]
},
{
"Municpality"
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},
],
],
{
}
],
{
},
{
},
{
},
{
}
]
},
{
"comment": "District is sometimes known as county, but in some regions 'county' is used in place of city (municipality), so county name should be conveyed in city instead.",
"County"
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},
],
],
{
}
],
]
},
{
"definition": "Sub-unit of a country with limited sovereignty in a federally organized country. A code may be used if codes are in common use (e.g. US 2 letter state codes).",
"Province",
"Territory"
],
},
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{
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],
{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
"Zip"
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],
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
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],
{
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],
{
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{
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{
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},
{
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],
{
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],
{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
"definition": "Administrative Gender - the gender that the person is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes.",
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{
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],
{
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{
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],
},
{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
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{
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],
{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
"requirements": "Many EHR systems have the capability to capture an image of patients and personnel. Fits with newer social media usage too.",
},
],
{
}
],
{
},
{
}
]
},
{
"definition": "The official certifications, training, and licenses that authorize or otherwise pertain to the provision of care by the practitioner. For example, a medical license issued by a medical board authorizing the practitioner to practice medicine within a certian locality.",
},
],
{
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],
{
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{
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{
}
]
},
{
"xmlAttr"
],
"definition": "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
},
{
{
}
],
}
],
]
},
{
"definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
"comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
"extensions",
"user content"
],
},
],
{
},
{
}
],
]
},
{
"definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.\n\nModifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).",
"comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
"requirements": "Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored. This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition of modifier extensions](extensibility.html#modifierExtension).",
"extensions",
"user content",
"modifiers"
],
},
],
{
},
{
}
],
"isModifierReason": "Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the element that contains them",
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},
{
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],
{
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],
]
},
{
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],
{
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],
{
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],
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{
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{
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
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{
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],
{
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],
]
},
{
"comment": "The structure aa-BB with this exact casing is one the most widely used notations for locale. However not all systems code this but instead have it as free text. Hence CodeableConcept instead of code as the data type.",
"requirements": "Knowing which language a practitioner speaks can help in facilitating communication with patients.",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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],
},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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]
}
]
},
{
]
},
{
"comment": "pCHDCF modelling for care team concepts (including provider identifiers) is still underway. The requirements to support certain types of identifiers (e.g., province/territory registration identifiers) across all use cases and decisions on whether the identifier requirements should apply to both Practitioner and PractitionerRole are still undefined. Furthermore, the ways that these identifiers will be differentiated for conformance testing purposes is still undefined (see comment on identifier.type). For this reason, slice modelling and application of obligations towards certain identifiers is not currently expressed in this profile. The profile will continue to evolve as care team details undergo data modelling in the pCHDCF."
},
{
"comment": "The value in identifier.type is typically used to differentiate between identifiers that serve distinct purposes (e.g., Medical License Number, Regional Registry ID, Health Plan Identifier). Profiles typically use the identifier.type to differentiate between expectations that are expressed for some identifier types but not others. However, current implementations of practitioner identifiers in Canada use the identifier.type of 'Provider Number' (coded as 'PRN') to convey a number of different types of identifiers (e.g., registration number, license numbers, and billing numbers). Should there be expectations in the future for this profile to differentiate between these identifiers, current typing practices may need to change and/or further details may need to be used (e.g., identifier.system) to differentiate between concepts like registration number, license number, and billing number."
},
{
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},
{
"definition": "Text representation of the full name. Due to the cultural variance around the world a consuming system may not know how to present the name correctly; moreover not all the parts of the name go in given or family. Creators are therefore strongly encouraged to provide through this element a presented version of the name. Future versions of this guide may require this element"
},
{
"comment": "Although the provider phone number and provider email concepts are expressed in the pCHDCF materials, their current definition does not distinctly identify the resource target(s) where it has to be applied (e.g., Practitioner vs PractitionerRole). The mappings and obligations for these details have been removed from the profile to avoid unintentional placement of these requirements until further pCHDCF data modelling for care team details is complete. Reviewers are encouraged to provide feedback on the potential impact of applying a 'no-error' obligation on this element for clients."
},
{
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},
{
{
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]
},
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},
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Usage Notes
Practitioner.Identifier
- The identifier element is used to capture one or more identifiers uniquely associated with the practitioner.
- Typical identifiers include: *License/registration number issued by a regulatory authority (e.g., CPSO, OCP, CNO). *Organizational identifiers (e.g., internal staff ID, HR ID).
Practitioner.name
- Must capture at least one official name, with use element (official, usual, etc.).
- Support for multiple names if applicable (e.g., legal vs. professional name).
Practitioner.telecom
- Supports contact details such as email, phone, or pager.
Practitioner.address *Optional, used when a professional or business address is known.
- Follow Canada Post formatting where possible.
Practitioner.gender
- Optional, typically used in administrative contexts (e.g., HR, credentialing).
Practitioner.qualification
- Captures licenses, certifications, or degrees.
- Each qualification includes:
- Identifier – license/registration number.
- Code – coded representation of qualification type (e.g., physician, pharmacist, nurse).
- Issuer – reference to the licensing authority (e.g., CPSO, OCP).
- Period – validity period of the license/certification.