Practitioner (PS-CA)

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.implicitRules

Short description

A set of rules under which this content was created

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.

Comments

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.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a

language

0..1

codeBinding

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.language

Short description

Language of the resource content

Definition

The base language in which the resource is written.

Comments

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).

Data type

Binding

A human language.

CommonLanguages (preferred)

Binding extensions

MaxValueSet	AllLanguages

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a

text

0..1

Narrative

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.text

Short description

Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation

Alternate names

narrative, html, xhtml, display

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.

Comments

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.

Data type

Narrative

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: N/A
rim: Act.text?

contained

0..*

Resource

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.contained

Short description

Contained, inline Resources

Alternate names

inline resources, anonymous resources, contained resources

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.

Comments

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.

Data type

Resource

Mappings

rim: Entity. Role, or Act
rim: N/A

extension

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.extension

Short description

Additional content defined by implementations

Alternate names

extensions, user content

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.

Comments

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.

Data type

Slicing

Unordered, Open, by url(Value)

Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
extension.exists() != value.exists()

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: N/A

modifierExtension

?! C

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.modifierExtension

Short description

Extensions that cannot be ignored

Alternate names

extensions, user content

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.

Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).

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.

Comments

Data type

Slicing

Unordered, Open, by url(Value)

Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
extension.exists() != value.exists()

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: N/A

identifier

SO Σ

0..*

Element id

Practitioner.identifier

Short description

An identifier for the person as this agent

Definition

An identifier that applies to this person in this role.

Requirements

Often, specific identities are assigned for the agent.

Comments

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.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: CX / EI (occasionally, more often EI maps to a resource id or a URL)
rim: II - The Identifier class is a little looser than the v3 type II because it allows URIs as well as registered OIDs or GUIDs. Also maps to Role[classCode=IDENT]
servd: Identifier
w5: FiveWs.identifier
v2: PRD-7 (or XCN.1)
rim: ./id
servd: ./Identifiers

Obligations

Code	Actor
SHALL:able-to-populate	http://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/io/psca/ActorDefinition/producer
SHALL:no-error	http://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/io/psca/ActorDefinition/consumer
SHOULD:handle	http://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/io/psca/ActorDefinition/consumer

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.identifier.id

Short description

Unique id for inter-element referencing

Definition

Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

Data type

Mappings

rim: n/a

extension

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.identifier.extension

Short description

Additional content defined by implementations

Alternate names

extensions, user content

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.

Comments

Data type

Slicing

Unordered, Open, by url(Value)

Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
extension.exists() != value.exists()

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: N/A

use

Σ ?!

0..1

codeBinding

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.identifier.use

Short description

usual | official | temp | secondary | old (If known)

Definition

The purpose of this identifier.

Requirements

Allows the appropriate identifier for a particular context of use to be selected from among a set of identifiers.

Comments

Applications can assume that an identifier is permanent unless it explicitly says that it is temporary.

Data type

Binding

Identifies the purpose for this identifier, if known .

IdentifierUse (required)

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: N/A
rim: Role.code or implied by context

type

0..1

CodeableConceptBinding

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.identifier.type

Short description

Description of identifier

Definition

A coded type for the identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose.

Requirements

Allows users to make use of identifiers when the identifier system is not known.

Comments

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.

Data type

Identifier Type Codes (extensible)

Binding

A coded type for an identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose.

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: CE/CNE/CWE
rim: CD
orim: fhir:CodeableConcept rdfs:subClassOf dt:CD
v2: CX.5
rim: Role.code or implied by context

system

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.identifier.system

Short description

The namespace for the identifier value

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.

Comments

Identifier.system is always case sensitive.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Examples
General

http://www.acme.com/identifiers/patient

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: CX.4 / EI-2-4
rim: II.root or Role.id.root
servd: ./IdentifierType

value

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.identifier.value

Short description

The value that is unique

Definition

The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system.

Comments

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. 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.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Examples
General

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: CX.1 / EI.1
rim: II.extension or II.root if system indicates OID or GUID (Or Role.id.extension or root)
servd: ./Value

period

Σ C

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.identifier.period

Short description

Time period when id is/was valid for use

Definition

Time period during which identifier is/was valid for use.

Comments

A Period specifies a range of time; the context of use will specify whether the entire range applies (e.g. "the patient was an inpatient of the hospital for this time range") or one value from the range applies (e.g. "give to the patient between these two times").

Period is not used for a duration (a measure of elapsed time). See Duration.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
per-1: If present, start SHALL have a lower value than end
start.hasValue().not() or end.hasValue().not() or (start <= end)

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: DR
rim: IVL<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"] or URG<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"]
v2: CX.7 + CX.8
rim: Role.effectiveTime or implied by context
servd: ./StartDate and ./EndDate

assigner

Σ C

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.identifier.assigner

Short description

Organization that issued id (may be just text)

Definition

Organization that issued/manages the identifier.

Comments

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.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ref-1: SHALL have a contained resource if a local reference is provided
reference.exists() implies (reference.startsWith('#').not() or (reference.substring(1).trace('url') in %rootResource.contained.id.trace('ids')) or (reference='#' and %rootResource!=%resource))

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: The target of a resource reference is a RIM entry point (Act, Role, or Entity)
v2: CX.4 / (CX.4,CX.9,CX.10)
rim: II.assigningAuthorityName but note that this is an improper use by the definition of the field. Also Role.scoper
servd: ./IdentifierIssuingAuthority

active

0..1

boolean

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.active

Short description

Whether this practitioner's record is in active use

Definition

Whether this practitioner's record is in active use.

Requirements

Need to be able to mark a practitioner record as not to be used because it was created in error.

Comments

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.

Meaning when missing

This resource is generally assumed to be active if no value is provided for the active element

Data type

boolean

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
w5: FiveWs.status
rim: ./statusCode

name

SO Σ

0..*

HumanName

Element id

Practitioner.name

Short description

The name(s) associated with the practitioner

Definition

The name(s) associated with the practitioner.

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.

Comments

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.

In general, select the value to be used in the ResourceReference.display based on this:

There is more than 1 name
Use = usual
Period is current to the date of the usage
Use = official
Other order as decided by internal business rules.

Data type

HumanName

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XPN
rim: EN (actually, PN)
servd: ProviderName
v2: XCN Components
rim: ./name
servd: ./PreferredName (GivenNames, FamilyName, TitleCode)
CACDI: Person Name

Obligations

Code	Actor
SHALL:able-to-populate	http://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/io/psca/ActorDefinition/producer
SHALL:no-error	http://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/io/psca/ActorDefinition/consumer
SHOULD:handle	http://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/io/psca/ActorDefinition/consumer

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.name.id

Short description

Unique id for inter-element referencing

Definition

Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

Data type

Mappings

rim: n/a

extension

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.name.extension

Short description

Additional content defined by implementations

Alternate names

extensions, user content

Definition

Comments

Data type

Slicing

Unordered, Open, by url(Value)

Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
extension.exists() != value.exists()

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: N/A

use

Σ ?!

0..1

codeBinding

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.name.use

Short description

Definition

Identifies the purpose for this name.

Requirements

Allows the appropriate name for a particular context of use to be selected from among a set of names.

Comments

Applications can assume that a name is current unless it explicitly says that it is temporary or old.

Data type

Binding

The use of a human name.

NameUse (required)

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XPN.7, but often indicated by which field contains the name
rim: unique(./use)
servd: ./NamePurpose

text

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.name.text

Short description

Text representation of the full name

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

Requirements

A renderable, unencoded form.

Comments

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.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: implied by XPN.11
rim: ./formatted

family

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.name.family

Short description

Family name (often called 'Surname')

Alternate names

surname

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.

Comments

Family Name may be decomposed into specific parts using extensions (de, nl, es related cultures).

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XPN.1/FN.1
rim: ./part[partType = FAM]
servd: ./FamilyName

given

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.name.given

Short description

Given names (not always 'first'). Includes middle names

Alternate names

first name, middle name

Definition

Given name.

Comments

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.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XPN.2 + XPN.3
rim: ./part[partType = GIV]
servd: ./GivenNames

prefix

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.name.prefix

Short description

Parts that come before the name

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.

Comments

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XPN.5
rim: ./part[partType = PFX]
servd: ./TitleCode

suffix

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.name.suffix

Short description

Parts that come after the name

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.

Comments

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XPN/4
rim: ./part[partType = SFX]

period

Σ C

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.name.period

Short description

Time period when name was/is in use

Definition

Indicates the period of time when this name was valid for the named person.

Requirements

Allows names to be placed in historical context.

Comments

Period is not used for a duration (a measure of elapsed time). See Duration.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
per-1: If present, start SHALL have a lower value than end
start.hasValue().not() or end.hasValue().not() or (start <= end)

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: DR
rim: IVL<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"] or URG<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"]
v2: XPN.13 + XPN.14
rim: ./usablePeriod[type="IVL<TS>"]
servd: ./StartDate and ./EndDate

telecom

Σ C

0..*

ContactPoint

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.telecom

Short description

A contact detail for the practitioner (that apply to all roles)

Definition

A contact detail for the practitioner, e.g. a telephone number or an email address.

Requirements

Need to know how to reach a practitioner independent to any roles the practitioner may have.

Comments

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.

Data type

ContactPoint

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
cpt-2: A system is required if a value is provided.
value.empty() or system.exists()

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XTN
rim: TEL
servd: ContactPoint
v2: PRT-15, STF-10, ROL-12
rim: ./telecom
servd: ./ContactPoints

address

0..*

Address

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address

Short description

Address(es) of the practitioner that are not role specific (typically home address)

Definition

Address(es) of the practitioner that are not role specific (typically home address). Work addresses are not typically entered in this property as they are usually role dependent.

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.

Comments

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).

Data type

Address

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XAD
rim: AD
servd: Address
v2: ORC-24, STF-11, ROL-11, PRT-14
rim: ./addr
servd: ./Addresses
CACDI: Address

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.id

Short description

Unique id for inter-element referencing

Definition

Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

Data type

Mappings

rim: n/a

extension

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.extension

Short description

Additional content defined by implementations

Alternate names

extensions, user content

Definition

Comments

Data type

Slicing

Unordered, Open, by url(Value)

Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
extension.exists() != value.exists()

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: N/A

preferred

0..1

Extension(boolean)

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.extension:preferred

Short description

Preferred

Alternate names

extensions, user content

Definition

Flag denoting whether parent item is preferred - e.g., a preferred address or telephone number.

Comments

Data type

Extension(boolean)

Extension URL

Preferred

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
extension.exists() != value.exists()

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: N/A

use

Σ ?!

0..1

codeBinding

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.use

Short description

home | work | temp | old | billing - purpose of this address

Definition

The purpose of this address.

Requirements

Allows an appropriate address to be chosen from a list of many.

Comments

Applications can assume that an address is current unless it explicitly says that it is temporary or old.

Data type

Binding

The use of an address.

AddressUse (required)

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Examples
General

home

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XAD.7
rim: unique(./use)
servd: ./AddressPurpose

type

0..1

codeBinding

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.type

Short description

postal | physical | both

Definition

Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses). Most addresses are both.

Comments

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 resource).

Data type

Binding

The type of an address (physical / postal).

AddressType (required)

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Examples
General

both

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XAD.18
rim: unique(./use)
vcard: address type parameter

text

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.text

Short description

Text representation of the address

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.

Requirements

A renderable, unencoded form.

Comments

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.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Examples
General

137 Nowhere Street, Erewhon 9132

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XAD.1 + XAD.2 + XAD.3 + XAD.4 + XAD.5 + XAD.6
rim: ./formatted
vcard: address label parameter

line

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.line

Short description

Street name, number, direction & P.O. Box etc.

Definition

This component contains the house number, apartment number, street name, street direction, P.O. Box number, delivery hints, and similar address information.

Comments

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Examples
General

137 Nowhere Street

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XAD.1 + XAD.2 (note: XAD.1 and XAD.2 have different meanings for a company address than for a person address)
rim: AD.part[parttype = AL]
vcard: street
servd: ./StreetAddress (newline delimitted)

city

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.city

Short description

Name of city, town etc.

Alternate names

Municpality

Definition

The name of the city, town, suburb, village or other community or delivery center.

Comments

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Examples
General

Erewhon

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XAD.3
rim: AD.part[parttype = CTY]
vcard: locality
servd: ./Jurisdiction

district

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.district

Short description

District name (aka county)

Alternate names

County

Definition

The name of the administrative area (county).

Comments

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.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Examples
General

Madison

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XAD.9
rim: AD.part[parttype = CNT | CPA]

state

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.state

Short description

Sub-unit of country (abbreviations ok)

Alternate names

Province, Territory

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).

Comments

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XAD.4
rim: AD.part[parttype = STA]
vcard: region
servd: ./Region

postalCode

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.postalCode

Short description

Postal code for area

Alternate names

Zip

Definition

A postal code designating a region defined by the postal service.

Comments

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Examples
General

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XAD.5
rim: AD.part[parttype = ZIP]
vcard: code
servd: ./PostalIdentificationCode

country

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.country

Short description

Country (e.g. can be ISO 3166 2 or 3 letter code)

Definition

Country - a nation as commonly understood or generally accepted.

Comments

ISO 3166 3 letter codes can be used in place of a human readable country name.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: XAD.6
rim: AD.part[parttype = CNT]
vcard: country
servd: ./Country

period

Σ C

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.address.period

Short description

Time period when address was/is in use

Definition

Time period when address was/is in use.

Requirements

Allows addresses to be placed in historical context.

Comments

Period is not used for a duration (a measure of elapsed time). See Duration.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
per-1: If present, start SHALL have a lower value than end
start.hasValue().not() or end.hasValue().not() or (start <= end)

Examples
General

{
  "start": "2010-03-23",
  "end": "2010-07-01"
}

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: DR
rim: IVL<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"] or URG<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"]
v2: XAD.12 / XAD.13 + XAD.14
rim: ./usablePeriod[type="IVL<TS>"]
servd: ./StartDate and ./EndDate

gender

0..1

codeBinding

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.gender

Short description

male | female | other | unknown

Definition

Administrative Gender - the gender that the person is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes.

Requirements

Needed to address the person correctly.

Comments

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

Data type

AdministrativeGender (required)

Binding

The gender of a person used for administrative purposes.

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: STF-5
rim: ./administrativeGender
servd: ./GenderCode

birthDate

0..1

date

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.birthDate

Short description

The date on which the practitioner was born

Definition

The date of birth for the practitioner.

Requirements

Needed for identification.

Data type

date

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: STF-6
rim: ./birthTime
servd: (not represented in ServD)

photo

0..*

Attachment

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.photo

Short description

Image of the person

Definition

Image of the person.

Requirements

Many EHR systems have the capability to capture an image of patients and personnel. Fits with newer social media usage too.

Comments

When providing a summary view (for example with Observation.value[x]) Attachment should be represented with a brief display text such as "Signed Procedure Consent".

Data type

Attachment

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
att-1: If the Attachment has data, it SHALL have a contentType
data.empty() or contentType.exists()

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: ED/RP
rim: ED
rim: ./subjectOf/ObservationEvent[code="photo"]/value
servd: ./ImageURI (only supports the URI reference)

qualification

0..*

BackboneElement

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.qualification

Short description

Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care

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.

Data type

BackboneElement

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: CER?
rim: .playingEntity.playingRole[classCode=QUAL].code
servd: ./Qualifications

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.qualification.id

Short description

Unique id for inter-element referencing

Definition

Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

Data type

Mappings

rim: n/a

extension

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.qualification.extension

Short description

Additional content defined by implementations

Alternate names

extensions, user content

Definition

Comments

Data type

Slicing

Unordered, Open, by url(Value)

Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
extension.exists() != value.exists()

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: N/A

modifierExtension

Σ ?! C

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.qualification.modifierExtension

Short description

Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized

Alternate names

extensions, user content, modifiers

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.

Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).

Requirements

Comments

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
extension.exists() != value.exists()

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: N/A

identifier

0..*

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.qualification.identifier

Short description

An identifier for this qualification for the practitioner

Definition

An identifier that applies to this person's qualification in this role.

Requirements

Often, specific identities are assigned for the qualification.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: CX / EI (occasionally, more often EI maps to a resource id or a URL)
rim: II - The Identifier class is a little looser than the v3 type II because it allows URIs as well as registered OIDs or GUIDs. Also maps to Role[classCode=IDENT]
servd: Identifier
rim: .playingEntity.playingRole[classCode=QUAL].id

code

1..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.qualification.code

Short description

Coded representation of the qualification

Definition

Coded representation of the qualification.

Comments

Not all terminology uses fit this general pattern. In some cases, models should not use CodeableConcept and use Coding directly and provide their own structure for managing text, codings, translations and the relationship between elements and pre- and post-coordination.

Data type

Binding

Specific qualification the practitioner has to provide a service.

v2.0360.2.7 (example)

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: CE/CNE/CWE
rim: CD
orim: fhir:CodeableConcept rdfs:subClassOf dt:CD
rim: .playingEntity.playingRole[classCode=QUAL].code
servd: ./Qualifications.Value

period

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.qualification.period

Short description

Period during which the qualification is valid

Definition

Period during which the qualification is valid.

Requirements

Qualifications are often for a limited period of time, and can be revoked.

Comments

Period is not used for a duration (a measure of elapsed time). See Duration.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
per-1: If present, start SHALL have a lower value than end
start.hasValue().not() or end.hasValue().not() or (start <= end)

Mappings

rim: n/a
v2: DR
rim: IVL<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"] or URG<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"]
rim: .playingEntity.playingRole[classCode=QUAL].effectiveTime
servd: ./Qualifications.StartDate and ./Qualifications.EndDate

issuer

0..1

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.qualification.issuer

Short description

Organization that regulates and issues the qualification

Definition

Organization that regulates and issues the qualification.

Comments

References SHALL be a reference to an actual FHIR resource, and SHALL be resolveable (allowing for access control, temporary unavailability, etc.). Resolution can be either by retrieval from the URL, or, where applicable by resource type, by treating an absolute reference as a canonical URL and looking it up in a local registry/repository.

Data type

Conditions

The cardinality or value of this element may be affected by these constraints: ele-1

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ref-1: SHALL have a contained resource if a local reference is provided
reference.exists() implies (reference.startsWith('#').not() or (reference.substring(1).trace('url') in %rootResource.contained.id.trace('ids')) or (reference='#' and %rootResource!=%resource))

Mappings

rim: n/a
rim: The target of a resource reference is a RIM entry point (Act, Role, or Entity)
rim: .playingEntity.playingRole[classCode=QUAL].scoper

communication

0..*

CodeableConceptBinding

There are no (further) constraints on this element

Element id

Practitioner.communication

Short description

A language the practitioner can use in patient communication

Definition

A language the practitioner can use in patient communication.

Requirements

Knowing which language a practitioner speaks can help in facilitating communication with patients.

Comments

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.

Data type