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• dom-2: If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources
  contained.contained.empty()
• dom-4: If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated
  contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty()
• dom-3: 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
  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()
• dom-6: A resource should have narrative for robust management
  text.`div`.exists()
• dom-5: If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label
  contained.meta.security.empty()
• us-core-6: Either Patient.name.given and/or Patient.name.family SHALL be present or a Data Absent Reason Extension SHALL be present.
  (name.family.exists() or name.given.exists()) xor extension.where(url='http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/data-absent-reason').exists()

• rim: Entity. Role, or Act
• rim: Patient[classCode=PAT]
• cda: ClinicalDocument.recordTarget.patientRole
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient

The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.

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

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

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.

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

• rim: n/a

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).

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

• rim: n/a

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.extension

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.extension

The codes required are intended to present birth sex (i.e., the sex recorded on the patient’s birth certificate) and not gender identity or reassigned sex.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A
• rim: player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/administrativeGender
• iso11179: .patient.administrativeGenderCode
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.extension

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.extension

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.

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

Patients are almost always assigned specific numerical identifiers.

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

• 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: PID-3
• rim: id
• cda: .id
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.identifier

• rim: n/a

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

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

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

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

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

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

This element deals only with general categories of identifiers. It SHOULD not be used for codes that correspond 1..1 with the Identifier.system. Some identifiers may fall into multiple categories due to common usage. Where the system is known, a type is unnecessary because the type is always part of the system definition. However systems often need to handle identifiers where the system is not known. There is not a 1:1 relationship between type and system, since many different systems have the same type.

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

• 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

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.

Identifier.system is always case sensitive.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: CX.4 / EI-2-4
• rim: II.root or Role.id.root
• servd: ./IdentifierType
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.identifier.system

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.

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

• 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
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.identifier.value

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.

• 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)

• 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

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.

• 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.startsWith('#').not() or (reference.substring(1).trace('url') in %rootResource.contained.id.trace('ids'))

• 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

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

If a record is inactive, and linked to an active record, then future patient/record updates should occur on the other patient.

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

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

Need to be able to track the patient by multiple names. Examples are your official name and a partner name.

A patient may have multiple names with different uses or applicable periods. For animals, the name is a "HumanName" in the sense that is assigned and used by humans and has the same patterns.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XPN
• rim: EN (actually, PN)
• servd: ProviderName
• v2: PID-5, PID-9
• rim: name
• cda: .patient.name
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.name

• rim: n/a

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

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

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

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

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

A renderable, unencoded form.

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.

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

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

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

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XPN.1/FN.1
• rim: ./part[partType = FAM]
• servd: ./FamilyName
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.name.family

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.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XPN.2 + XPN.3
• rim: ./part[partType = GIV]
• servd: ./GivenNames
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.name.given

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

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

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

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XPN/4
• rim: ./part[partType = SFX]
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

Allows names to be placed in historical context.

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.

• 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)

• 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
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

People have (primary) ways to contact them in some way such as phone, email.

A Patient may have multiple ways to be contacted with different uses or applicable periods. May need to have options for contacting the person urgently and also to help with identification. The address might not go directly to the individual, but may reach another party that is able to proxy for the patient (i.e. home phone, or pet owner's phone).

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• v2: XTN
• rim: TEL
• servd: ContactPoint
• v2: PID-13, PID-14, PID-40
• rim: telecom
• cda: .telecom
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

• rim: n/a

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XTN.3
• rim: ./scheme
• servd: ./ContactPointType
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

Need to support legacy numbers that are not in a tightly controlled format.

Additional text data such as phone extension numbers, or notes about use of the contact are sometimes included in the value.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XTN.1 (or XTN.12)
• rim: ./url
• servd: ./Value
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

Need to track the way a person uses this contact, so a user can choose which is appropriate for their purpose.

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

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XTN.2 - but often indicated by field
• rim: unique(./use)
• servd: ./ContactPointPurpose
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

Note that rank does not necessarily follow the order in which the contacts are represented in the instance.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: n/a

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.

• 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)

• rim: n/a
• v2: DR
• rim: IVL<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"] or URG<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"]
• v2: N/A
• rim: ./usablePeriod[type="IVL<TS>"]
• servd: ./StartDate and ./EndDate

Needed for identification of the individual, in combination with (at least) name and birth date.

The gender might not match the biological sex as determined by genetics or the individual's preferred identification. Note that for both humans and particularly animals, there are other legitimate possibilities than male and female, though the vast majority of systems and contexts only support male and female. Systems providing decision support or enforcing business rules should ideally do this on the basis of Observations dealing with the specific sex or gender aspect of interest (anatomical, chromosomal, social, etc.) However, because these observations are infrequently recorded, defaulting to the administrative gender is common practice. Where such defaulting occurs, rule enforcement should allow for the variation between administrative and biological, chromosomal and other gender aspects. For example, an alert about a hysterectomy on a male should be handled as a warning or overridable error, not a "hard" error. See the Patient Gender and Sex section for additional information about communicating patient gender and sex.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: PID-8
• rim: player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/administrativeGender
• cda: .patient.administrativeGenderCode
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.gender

Age of the individual drives many clinical processes.

At least an estimated year should be provided as a guess if the real DOB is unknown There is a standard extension "patient-birthTime" available that should be used where Time is required (such as in maternity/infant care systems).

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: PID-7
• rim: player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/birthTime
• cda: .patient.birthTime
• loinc: 21112-8
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.birthDate

The fact that a patient is deceased influences the clinical process. Also, in human communication and relation management it is necessary to know whether the person is alive.

If there's no value in the instance, it means there is no statement on whether or not the individual is deceased. Most systems will interpret the absence of a value as a sign of the person being alive.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: PID-30 (bool) and PID-29 (datetime)
• rim: player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/deceasedInd, player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/deceasedTime
• cda: n/a

May need to keep track of patient addresses for contacting, billing or reporting requirements and also to help with identification.

Patient may have multiple addresses with different uses or applicable periods.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XAD
• rim: AD
• servd: Address
• v2: PID-11
• rim: addr
• cda: .addr
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.birthDate

• rim: n/a

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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

A renderable, unencoded form.

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.

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

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

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

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

• 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)
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XAD.3
• rim: AD.part[parttype = CTY]
• vcard: locality
• servd: ./Jurisdiction
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

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.

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

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

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XAD.4
• rim: AD.part[parttype = STA]
• vcard: region
• servd: ./Region
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XAD.5
• rim: AD.part[parttype = ZIP]
• vcard: code
• servd: ./PostalIdentificationCode
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

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

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

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

Allows addresses to be placed in historical context.

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.

• 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)

• 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
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: NA

Most, if not all systems capture it.

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.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: CE/CNE/CWE
• rim: CD
• orim: fhir:CodeableConcept rdfs:subClassOf dt:CD
• v2: PID-16
• rim: player[classCode=PSN]/maritalStatusCode
• cda: .patient.maritalStatusCode

For disambiguation of multiple-birth children, especially relevant where the care provider doesn't meet the patient, such as labs.

Where the valueInteger is provided, the number is the birth number in the sequence. E.g. The middle birth in triplets would be valueInteger=2 and the third born would have valueInteger=3 If a boolean value was provided for this triplets example, then all 3 patient records would have valueBoolean=true (the ordering is not indicated).

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: PID-24 (bool), PID-25 (integer)
• rim: player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/multipleBirthInd, player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/multipleBirthOrderNumber
• cda: n/a

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

Guidelines:

• Use id photos, not clinical photos.
• Limit dimensions to thumbnail.
• Keep byte count low to ease resource updates.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• v2: ED/RP
• rim: ED
• v2: OBX-5 - needs a profile
• rim: player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/desc
• cda: n/a

Need to track people you can contact about the patient.

Contact covers all kinds of contact parties: family members, business contacts, guardians, caregivers. Not applicable to register pedigree and family ties beyond use of having contact.

• ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
  hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
• pat-1: SHALL at least contain a contact's details or a reference to an organization
  name.exists() or telecom.exists() or address.exists() or organization.exists()

• rim: n/a
• rim: player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/scopedRole[classCode=CON]
• cda: n/a

• rim: n/a

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

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.

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

Used to determine which contact person is the most relevant to approach, depending on circumstances.

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.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: CE/CNE/CWE
• rim: CD
• orim: fhir:CodeableConcept rdfs:subClassOf dt:CD
• v2: NK1-7, NK1-3
• rim: code
• cda: n/a

Contact persons need to be identified by name, but it is uncommon to need details about multiple other names for that contact person.

Names may be changed, or repudiated, or people may have different names in different contexts. Names may be divided into parts of different type that have variable significance depending on context, though the division into parts does not always matter. With personal names, the different parts might or might not be imbued with some implicit meaning; various cultures associate different importance with the name parts and the degree to which systems must care about name parts around the world varies widely.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XPN
• rim: EN (actually, PN)
• servd: ProviderName
• v2: NK1-2
• rim: name
• cda: n/a

People have (primary) ways to contact them in some way such as phone, email.

Contact may have multiple ways to be contacted with different uses or applicable periods. May need to have options for contacting the person urgently, and also to help with identification.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• v2: XTN
• rim: TEL
• servd: ContactPoint
• v2: NK1-5, NK1-6, NK1-40
• rim: telecom
• cda: n/a

Need to keep track where the contact person can be contacted per postal mail or visited.

Note: address is intended to describe postal addresses for administrative purposes, not to describe absolute geographical coordinates. Postal addresses are often used as proxies for physical locations (also see the Location resource).

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: XAD
• rim: AD
• servd: Address
• v2: NK1-4
• rim: addr
• cda: n/a

Needed to address the person correctly.

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: NK1-15
• rim: player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/administrativeGender
• cda: n/a

For guardians or business related contacts, the organization is relevant.

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.

• 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.startsWith('#').not() or (reference.substring(1).trace('url') in %rootResource.contained.id.trace('ids'))

• rim: n/a
• rim: The target of a resource reference is a RIM entry point (Act, Role, or Entity)
• v2: NK1-13, NK1-30, NK1-31, NK1-32, NK1-41
• rim: scoper
• cda: n/a

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.

• 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)

• rim: n/a
• v2: DR
• rim: IVL<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"] or URG<TS>[lowClosed="true" and highClosed="true"]
• rim: effectiveTime
• cda: n/a

If a patient does not speak the local language, interpreters may be required, so languages spoken and proficiency are important things to keep track of both for patient and other persons of interest.

If no language is specified, this implies that the default local language is spoken. If you need to convey proficiency for multiple modes, then you need multiple Patient.Communication associations. For animals, language is not a relevant field, and should be absent from the instance. If the Patient does not speak the default local language, then the Interpreter Required Standard can be used to explicitly declare that an interpreter is required.

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

• rim: n/a
• rim: LanguageCommunication
• cda: patient.languageCommunication
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.communication

• rim: n/a

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

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.

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

Most systems in multilingual countries will want to convey language. Not all systems actually need the regional dialect.

The structure aa-BB with this exact casing is one the most widely used notations for locale. However not all systems actually code this but instead have it as free text. Hence CodeableConcept instead of code as the data type.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: CE/CNE/CWE
• rim: CD
• orim: fhir:CodeableConcept rdfs:subClassOf dt:CD
• v2: PID-15, LAN-2
• rim: player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/languageCommunication/code
• cda: .languageCode
• argonaut-dq-dstu2: Patient.communication.language

People that master multiple languages up to certain level may prefer one or more, i.e. feel more confident in communicating in a particular language making other languages sort of a fall back method.

This language is specifically identified for communicating healthcare information.

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

• rim: n/a
• v2: PID-15
• rim: preferenceInd
• cda: .preferenceInd

This may be the primary care provider (in a GP context), or it may be a patient nominated care manager in a community/disability setting, or even organization that will provide people to perform the care provider roles. It is not to be used to record Care Teams, these should be in a CareTeam resource that may be linked to the CarePlan or EpisodeOfCare resources. Multiple GPs may be recorded against the patient for various reasons, such as a student that has his home GP listed along with the GP at university during the school semesters, or a "fly-in/fly-out" worker that has the onsite GP also included with his home GP to remain aware of medical issues.

Jurisdictions may decide that they can profile this down to 1 if desired, or 1 per type.

• 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.startsWith('#').not() or (reference.substring(1).trace('url') in %rootResource.contained.id.trace('ids'))

• rim: n/a
• rim: The target of a resource reference is a RIM entry point (Act, Role, or Entity)
• v2: PD1-4
• rim: subjectOf.CareEvent.performer.AssignedEntity
• cda: n/a

Need to know who recognizes this patient record, manages and updates it.

There is only one managing organization for a specific patient record. Other organizations will have their own Patient record, and may use the Link property to join the records together (or a Person resource which can include confidence ratings for the association).

• 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.startsWith('#').not() or (reference.substring(1).trace('url') in %rootResource.contained.id.trace('ids'))

• rim: n/a
• rim: The target of a resource reference is a RIM entry point (Act, Role, or Entity)
• rim: scoper
• cda: .providerOrganization

There are multiple use cases:

• Duplicate patient records due to the clerical errors associated with the difficulties of identifying humans consistently, and
• Distribution of patient information across multiple servers.

There is no assumption that linked patient records have mutual links.

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

• rim: n/a
• rim: outboundLink
• cda: n/a

• rim: n/a

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

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.

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.

• 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()

• rim: n/a
• rim: N/A

Referencing a RelatedPerson here removes the need to use a Person record to associate a Patient and RelatedPerson as the same individual.

• 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.startsWith('#').not() or (reference.substring(1).trace('url') in %rootResource.contained.id.trace('ids'))

• rim: n/a
• rim: The target of a resource reference is a RIM entry point (Act, Role, or Entity)
• v2: PID-3, MRG-1
• rim: id
• cda: n/a

Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size

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

• rim: n/a
• rim: typeCode
• cda: n/a