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StructureDefinition UKCore-Patient
| Canonical_URL | Status | Current_Version | Last_Updated | Description |
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| https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/UKCore-Patient | active | 2.6.0 | 2024-03-28 | This profile defines the UK constraints and extensions on the International FHIR resource Patient. |
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This profile allows exchange of demographics and other administrative information about an individual receiving care or other health-related services. |
Detailed Descriptions
| Patient | |
| Definition | Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Alias | SubjectOfCare Client Resident |
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| Patient.id | |
| Definition | The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| Comments | The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation. |
| Patient.meta | |
| Definition | The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Meta |
| Summary | True |
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| Patient.implicitRules | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| 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. |
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| Patient.language | |
| Definition | The base language in which the resource is written. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | A human language. |
| 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). |
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| Patient.text | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Narrative |
| Alias | narrative, html, xhtml, display |
| 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. |
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| Patient.contained | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Resource |
| Alias | inline resources, anonymous resources, contained resources |
| 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. |
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| Patient.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.extension:birthPlace | |
| Definition | The registered place of birth of the patient. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(Address) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.extension:birthPlace.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.extension:birthPlace.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...0 |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.extension:birthPlace.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension. |
| Fixed Value | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-birthPlace |
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| Patient.extension:birthPlace.value[x] | |
| Definition | Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](extensibility.html) for a list). |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | Address |
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| Patient.extension:birthSex | |
| Definition | The patient's phenotypic sex at birth. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(CodeableConcept) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.extension:cadavericDonor | |
| Definition | Flag indicating whether the patient authorized the donation of body parts after death. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(boolean) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.extension:cadavericDonor.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.extension:cadavericDonor.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...0 |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.extension:cadavericDonor.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension. |
| Fixed Value | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-cadavericDonor |
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| Patient.extension:cadavericDonor.value[x] | |
| Definition | Flag indicating whether the patient authorized the donation of body parts after death. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | boolean |
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| Patient.extension:contactPreference | |
| Definition | The preferred method of contact, contact times and written communication format given by a Patient or Related Person. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(Complex) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus | |
| Definition | The patient's death notification status. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(Complex) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 1...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension:deathNotificationStatus | |
| Definition | The patient's death notification status. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension:deathNotificationStatus.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension:deathNotificationStatus.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension. |
| Fixed Value | deathNotificationStatus |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension:deathNotificationStatus.value[x] | |
| Definition | The patient's death notification status. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Binding | UKCoreDeathNotificationStatus (extensible) |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension:systemEffectiveDate | |
| Definition | System effective date for patient's death notification status. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension:systemEffectiveDate.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension:systemEffectiveDate.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension:systemEffectiveDate.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension. |
| Fixed Value | systemEffectiveDate |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension:systemEffectiveDate.value[x] | |
| Definition | System effective date for patient's death notification status. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | dateTime |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension. |
| Fixed Value | https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-DeathNotificationStatus |
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| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.value[x] | |
| Definition | Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](extensibility.html) for a list). |
| Cardinality | 0...0 |
| Type | base64Binary |
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| Patient.extension:ethnicCategory | |
| Definition | The ethnicity of the subject. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(CodeableConcept) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.extension:residentialStatus | |
| Definition | The residential status of the patient. For example if this patient is a UK resident. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(CodeableConcept) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.extension:patientInterpreterRequired | |
| Definition | This Patient requires an interpreter to communicate healthcare information to the practitioner. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(boolean) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| Comments | The Patient does not speak the default language of the organization, and hence requires an interpreter. If the patient has other languages in the Communications list, then that would be the type of interpreter required. |
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| Patient.extension:patientInterpreterRequired.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.extension:patientInterpreterRequired.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...0 |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.extension:patientInterpreterRequired.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension. |
| Fixed Value | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-interpreterRequired |
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| Patient.extension:patientInterpreterRequired.value[x] | |
| Definition | Indicator showing if this Patient requires an interpreter to communicate healthcare information to the practitioner. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | boolean |
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| Patient.extension:nhsNumberUnavailableReason | |
| Definition | The reason why a patient does not have an NHS Number. For example if this patient is an overseas patient. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(CodeableConcept) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.modifierExtension | |
| 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). |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Modifier | True |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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 | 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.identifier | |
| Definition | An identifier for this patient. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Identifier |
| Must Support | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Patients are almost always assigned specific numerical identifiers. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by system(Value) |
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| Patient.identifier:nhsNumber | |
| Definition | An identifier for this patient. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Identifier |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Patients are almost always assigned specific numerical identifiers. |
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| Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.extension:nhsNumberVerificationStatus | |
| Definition | The verification/tracing status of the NHS number. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(CodeableConcept) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.use | |
| Definition | The purpose of this identifier. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | Identifies the purpose for this identifier, if known . |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| 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. |
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| Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.type | |
| Definition | A coded type for the identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Binding | A coded type for an identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose. |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Allows users to make use of identifiers when the identifier system is not known. |
| Comments | 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. |
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| Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.system | |
| Definition | Establishes the namespace for the value - that is, a URL that describes a set values that are unique. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Summary | True |
| 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. |
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| Fixed Value | https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number |
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| Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.value | |
| Definition | The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| 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. |
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| Examples | General 123456 |
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| Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.period | |
| Definition | Time period during which identifier is/was valid for use. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Period |
| Summary | True |
| 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. |
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| Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.assigner | |
| Definition | Organization that issued/manages the identifier. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Reference(Organization) |
| Summary | True |
| 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. |
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| Patient.active | |
| Definition | Whether this patient record is in active use. Many systems use this property to mark as non-current patients, such as those that have not been seen for a period of time based on an organization's business rules. It is often used to filter patient lists to exclude inactive patients Deceased patients may also be marked as inactive for the same reasons, but may be active for some time after death. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | boolean |
| Must Support | True |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Need to be able to mark a patient record as not to be used because it was created in error. |
| Comments | If a record is inactive, and linked to an active record, then future patient/record updates should occur on the other patient. |
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| Patient.name | |
| Definition | A name associated with the individual. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | HumanName |
| Must Support | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Need to be able to track the patient by multiple names. Examples are your official name and a partner name. |
| Comments | 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. |
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| Patient.telecom | |
| Definition | A contact detail (e.g. a telephone number or an email address) by which the individual may be contacted. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | ContactPoint |
| Must Support | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | People have (primary) ways to contact them in some way such as phone, email. |
| Comments | 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). |
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| Patient.telecom.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.telecom.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.telecom.system | |
| Definition | Telecommunications form for contact point - what communications system is required to make use of the contact. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | Telecommunications form for contact point. |
| Summary | True |
| Comments | Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size |
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| Patient.telecom.system.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.telecom.system.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.telecom.system.extension:otherContactSystem | |
| Definition | Other contact system value which extends the system element in the ContactPoint datatype. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(CodeableConcept) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.telecom.system.value | |
| Definition | Primitive value for code |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | System.String |
| Patient.telecom.value | |
| Definition | The actual contact point details, in a form that is meaningful to the designated communication system (i.e. phone number or email address). |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Need to support legacy numbers that are not in a tightly controlled format. |
| Comments | Additional text data such as phone extension numbers, or notes about use of the contact are sometimes included in the value. |
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| Patient.telecom.use | |
| Definition | Identifies the purpose for the contact point. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | Use of contact point. |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Need to track the way a person uses this contact, so a user can choose which is appropriate for their purpose. |
| Comments | Applications can assume that a contact is current unless it explicitly says that it is temporary or old. |
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| Patient.telecom.rank | |
| Definition | Specifies a preferred order in which to use a set of contacts. ContactPoints with lower rank values are more preferred than those with higher rank values. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | positiveInt |
| Summary | True |
| Comments | Note that rank does not necessarily follow the order in which the contacts are represented in the instance. |
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| Patient.telecom.period | |
| Definition | Time period when the contact point was/is in use. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Period |
| Summary | True |
| 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. |
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| Patient.gender | |
| Definition | Administrative Gender - the gender that the patient is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. |
| Must Support | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Needed for identification of the individual, in combination with (at least) name and birth date. |
| Comments | 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. |
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| Patient.birthDate | |
| Definition | The date of birth for the individual. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | date |
| Must Support | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Age of the individual drives many clinical processes. |
| Comments | 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). |
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| Patient.birthDate.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.birthDate.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.birthDate.extension:birthTime | |
| Definition | The time of day that the patient was born. This includes the date to ensure that the timezone information can be communicated effectively. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(dateTime) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.birthDate.extension:birthTime.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.birthDate.extension:birthTime.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...0 |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.birthDate.extension:birthTime.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension. |
| Fixed Value | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-birthTime |
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| Patient.birthDate.extension:birthTime.value[x] | |
| Definition | The time of day that the patient was born. This includes the date to ensure that the timezone information can be communicated effectively. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | dateTime |
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| Patient.birthDate.value | |
| Definition | Primitive value for date |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | System.Date |
| Patient.deceased[x] | |
| Definition | Indicates if the individual is deceased or not. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | boolean |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | 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. |
| Comments | 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. |
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| Patient.address | |
| Definition | An address for the individual. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Address |
| Must Support | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | May need to keep track of patient addresses for contacting, billing or reporting requirements and also to help with identification. |
| Comments | Patient may have multiple addresses with different uses or applicable periods. |
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| Patient.address.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.address.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.address.extension:addressKey | |
| Definition | A patient's address key and type. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension(Complex) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.address.use | |
| Definition | The purpose of this address. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | The use of an address. |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| 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. |
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| Examples | General home |
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| Patient.address.type | |
| Definition | Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses). Most addresses are both. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | The type of an address (physical / postal). |
| Summary | True |
| 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). |
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| Examples | General both |
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| Patient.address.text | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| 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. |
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| Examples | General 137 Nowhere Street, Erewhon 9132 |
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| Patient.address.line | |
| Definition | This component contains the house number, apartment number, street name, street direction, P.O. Box number, delivery hints, and similar address information. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| Comments | Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size |
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| Examples | General 137 Nowhere Street |
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| Patient.address.city | |
| Definition | The name of the city, town, suburb, village or other community or delivery center. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| Alias | Municpality |
| Comments | Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size |
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| Examples | General Erewhon |
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| Patient.address.district | |
| Definition | The name of the administrative area (county). |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| Alias | 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. |
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| Examples | General Madison |
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| Patient.address.state | |
| 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). |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| Alias | Province, Territory |
| Comments | Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size |
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| Patient.address.postalCode | |
| Definition | A postal code designating a region defined by the postal service. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| Alias | Zip |
| Comments | Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size |
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| Examples | General 9132 |
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| Patient.address.country | |
| Definition | Country - a nation as commonly understood or generally accepted. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| Comments | ISO 3166 3 letter codes can be used in place of a human readable country name. |
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| Patient.address.period | |
| Definition | Time period when address was/is in use. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Period |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Allows addresses to be placed in historical context. |
| 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. |
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| Examples | General {
"start": "2010-03-23",
"end": "2010-07-01"
} |
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| Patient.maritalStatus | |
| Definition | This field contains a patient's most recent marital (civil) status. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Binding | An indicator to identify the legal marital status of a person |
| Requirements | Most, if not all systems capture it. |
| 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. |
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| Patient.multipleBirth[x] | |
| Definition | Indicates whether the patient is part of a multiple (boolean) or indicates the actual birth order (integer). |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | boolean |
| Requirements | For disambiguation of multiple-birth children, especially relevant where the care provider doesn't meet the patient, such as labs. |
| Comments | 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). |
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| Patient.photo | |
| Definition | Image of the patient. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Attachment |
| Requirements | Many EHR systems have the capability to capture an image of the patient. Fits with newer social media usage too. |
| Comments | Guidelines:
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| Patient.contact | |
| Definition | A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | BackboneElement |
| Requirements | Need to track people you can contact about the patient. |
| Comments | 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. |
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| Patient.contact.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.contact.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.contact.extension:contactRank | |
| Definition | The preferred ranking or order of contact applied to a contact on a patient's contact list. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(positiveInt) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.contact.extension:copyCorrespondenceIndicator | |
| Definition | Extension carrying a boolean indicator showing that a patient's contact or related person SHALL be copied in to patient correspondence. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(boolean) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.contact.modifierExtension | |
| 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). |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| Alias | extensions, user content, modifiers |
| 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 | There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone. |
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| Patient.contact.relationship | |
| Definition | The nature of the relationship between the patient and the contact person. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Binding | The nature of the relationship between a patient and a contact person for that patient. |
| Requirements | Used to determine which contact person is the most relevant to approach, depending on circumstances. |
| 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. |
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| Patient.contact.name | |
| Definition | A name associated with the contact person. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | HumanName |
| Requirements | Contact persons need to be identified by name, but it is uncommon to need details about multiple other names for that contact person. |
| Comments | 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. |
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| Patient.contact.telecom | |
| Definition | A contact detail for the person, e.g. a telephone number or an email address. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | ContactPoint |
| Requirements | People have (primary) ways to contact them in some way such as phone, email. |
| Comments | 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. |
| Invariants |
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| Patient.contact.telecom.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.contact.telecom.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.contact.telecom.system | |
| Definition | Telecommunications form for contact point - what communications system is required to make use of the contact. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | Telecommunications form for contact point. |
| Summary | True |
| Comments | Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size |
| Invariants |
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| Patient.contact.telecom.system.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.contact.telecom.system.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.contact.telecom.system.extension:otherContactSystem | |
| Definition | Other contact system value which extends the system element in the ContactPoint datatype. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(CodeableConcept) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.contact.telecom.system.value | |
| Definition | Primitive value for code |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | System.String |
| Patient.contact.telecom.value | |
| Definition | The actual contact point details, in a form that is meaningful to the designated communication system (i.e. phone number or email address). |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Need to support legacy numbers that are not in a tightly controlled format. |
| Comments | Additional text data such as phone extension numbers, or notes about use of the contact are sometimes included in the value. |
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| Patient.contact.telecom.use | |
| Definition | Identifies the purpose for the contact point. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | Use of contact point. |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Need to track the way a person uses this contact, so a user can choose which is appropriate for their purpose. |
| Comments | Applications can assume that a contact is current unless it explicitly says that it is temporary or old. |
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| Patient.contact.telecom.rank | |
| Definition | Specifies a preferred order in which to use a set of contacts. ContactPoints with lower rank values are more preferred than those with higher rank values. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | positiveInt |
| Summary | True |
| Comments | Note that rank does not necessarily follow the order in which the contacts are represented in the instance. |
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| Patient.contact.telecom.period | |
| Definition | Time period when the contact point was/is in use. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Period |
| Summary | True |
| 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. |
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| Patient.contact.address | |
| Definition | Address for the contact person. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Address |
| Requirements | Need to keep track where the contact person can be contacted per postal mail or visited. |
| Comments | 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). |
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| Patient.contact.gender | |
| Definition | Administrative Gender - the gender that the contact person is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. |
| Requirements | Needed to address the person correctly. |
| Comments | Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size |
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| Patient.contact.organization | |
| Definition | Organization on behalf of which the contact is acting or for which the contact is working. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Reference(Organization) |
| Requirements | For guardians or business related contacts, the organization is relevant. |
| 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. |
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| Patient.contact.period | |
| Definition | The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted relating to this patient. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Period |
| 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. |
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| Patient.communication | |
| Definition | A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | BackboneElement |
| Requirements | 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. |
| Comments | 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. |
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| Patient.communication.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.communication.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency | |
| Definition | Proficiency level of the communication. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension(Complex) |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:level | |
| Definition | How well the patient can communicate this communication (good, poor, etc.). |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:level.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:level.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...0 |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:level.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension. |
| Fixed Value | level |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:level.value[x] | |
| Definition | The proficiency level for the communication. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | Coding |
| Binding | The proficiency level for the communication. |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:type | |
| Definition | What type of communication for the proficiency (spoken, written, etc.). |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:type.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:type.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...0 |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:type.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension. |
| Fixed Value | type |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:type.value[x] | |
| Definition | The proficiency type for the communication. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | Coding |
| Binding | The proficiency type for the communication. |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension. |
| Fixed Value | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency |
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| Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.value[x] | |
| Definition | Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](extensibility.html) for a list). |
| Cardinality | 0...0 |
| Type | base64Binary |
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| Patient.communication.modifierExtension | |
| 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). |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| Alias | extensions, user content, modifiers |
| 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 | There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone. |
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| Patient.communication.language | |
| Definition | A ValueSet that identifies the language used by a person. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Binding | A ValueSet that identifies the language used by a person. |
| Requirements | Most systems in multilingual countries will want to convey language. Not all systems actually need the regional dialect. |
| Comments | 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. |
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| Patient.communication.preferred | |
| Definition | Indicates whether or not the patient prefers this language (over other languages he masters up a certain level). |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | boolean |
| Requirements | 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. |
| Comments | This language is specifically identified for communicating healthcare information. |
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| Patient.generalPractitioner | |
| Definition | Patient's nominated care provider. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Reference(Organization | Practitioner | PractitionerRole) |
| Alias | careProvider |
| Comments | 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. |
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| Patient.managingOrganization | |
| Definition | Organization that is the custodian of the patient record. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | Reference(Organization) |
| Must Support | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | Need to know who recognizes this patient record, manages and updates it. |
| Comments | 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). |
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| Patient.link | |
| Definition | Link to another patient resource that concerns the same actual patient. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | BackboneElement |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| Requirements | There are multiple use cases:
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| Comments | There is no assumption that linked patient records have mutual links. |
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| Patient.link.id | |
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
| Cardinality | 0...1 |
| Type | string |
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| Patient.link.extension | |
| 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. |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alias | extensions, user content |
| 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. |
| Slicing | Unordered, Open, by url(Value) |
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| Patient.link.modifierExtension | |
| 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). |
| Cardinality | 0...* |
| Type | Extension |
| Modifier | True |
| Summary | True |
| Alias | extensions, user content, modifiers |
| 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 | There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone. |
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| Patient.link.other | |
| Definition | The other patient resource that the link refers to. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson) |
| Summary | True |
| Comments | Referencing a RelatedPerson here removes the need to use a Person record to associate a Patient and RelatedPerson as the same individual. |
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| Patient.link.type | |
| Definition | The type of link between this patient resource and another patient resource. |
| Cardinality | 1...1 |
| Type | code |
| Binding | The type of link between this patient resource and another patient resource. |
| Summary | True |
| Comments | Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1MB in size |
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Table View
| Patient | .. | |
| Patient.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.extension.value[x] | .. | |
| Patient.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.extension.value[x] | .. | |
| Patient.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.extension.extension | 1.. | |
| Patient.extension | Extension | ..1 |
| Patient.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.extension.value[x] | .. | |
| Patient.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.identifier | .. | |
| Patient.identifier | ..1 | |
| Patient.identifier.extension | Extension | ..1 |
| Patient.identifier.system | 1.. | |
| Patient.identifier.value | 1.. | |
| Patient.active | .. | |
| Patient.name | .. | |
| Patient.telecom | .. | |
| Patient.telecom.system | .. | |
| Patient.telecom.system.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.gender | .. | |
| Patient.birthDate | .. | |
| Patient.birthDate.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.birthDate.extension.value[x] | .. | |
| Patient.address | .. | |
| Patient.address.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.maritalStatus | .. | |
| Patient.contact | .. | |
| Patient.contact.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.contact.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.contact.relationship | .. | |
| Patient.contact.telecom | .. | |
| Patient.contact.telecom.system | .. | |
| Patient.contact.telecom.system.extension | Extension | .. |
| Patient.communication | .. | |
| Patient.communication.extension | Extension | ..1 |
| Patient.communication.extension.extension | .. | |
| Patient.communication.extension.extension.value[x] | .. | |
| Patient.communication.extension.extension | .. | |
| Patient.communication.extension.extension.value[x] | .. | |
| Patient.communication.language | .. | |
| Patient.managingOrganization | .. |
XML View
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="UKCore-Patient" /> <url value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/UKCore-Patient" /> <version value="2.6.0" /> <name value="UKCorePatient" /> <title value="UK Core Patient" /> <status value="active" /> <date value="2024-03-28" /> <publisher value="HL7 UK" /> <contact> <name value="HL7 UK" /> <telecom> <system value="email" /> <value value="ukcore@hl7.org.uk" /> <use value="work" /> <rank value="1" /> </telecom> </contact> <description value="This profile defines the UK constraints and extensions on the International FHIR resource [Patient](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/Patient.html)." /> <purpose value="This profile allows exchange of demographics and other administrative information about an individual receiving care or other health-related services." /> <copyright value="Copyright © 2021+ HL7 UK Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. HL7® FHIR® standard Copyright © 2011+ HL7 The HL7® FHIR® standard is used under the FHIR license. You may obtain a copy of the FHIR license at https://www.hl7.org/fhir/license.html." /> <fhirVersion value="4.0.1" /> <kind value="resource" /> <abstract value="false" /> <type value="Patient" /> <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient" /> <derivation value="constraint" /> <differential> <element id="Patient.extension:birthPlace"> <path value="Patient.extension" /> <sliceName value="birthPlace" /> <short value="The registered place of birth of the patient." /> <definition value="The registered place of birth of the patient." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-birthPlace" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:birthPlace.value[x]"> <path value="Patient.extension.value[x]" /> <short value="The registered place of birth of the patient." /> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:birthSex"> <path value="Patient.extension" /> <sliceName value="birthSex" /> <short value="The patient's phenotypic sex at birth." /> <definition value="The patient's phenotypic sex at birth." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-BirthSex" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:cadavericDonor"> <path value="Patient.extension" /> <sliceName value="cadavericDonor" /> <short value="Post-mortem donor status." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-cadavericDonor" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:cadavericDonor.value[x]"> <path value="Patient.extension.value[x]" /> <short value="Post-mortem donor status." /> <definition value="Flag indicating whether the patient authorized the donation of body parts after death." /> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:contactPreference"> <path value="Patient.extension" /> <sliceName value="contactPreference" /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-ContactPreference" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus"> <path value="Patient.extension" /> <sliceName value="deathNotificationStatus" /> <short value="The patient's death notification status." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-DeathNotificationStatus" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension"> <path value="Patient.extension.extension" /> <min value="1" /> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:ethnicCategory"> <path value="Patient.extension" /> <sliceName value="ethnicCategory" /> <short value="The ethnicity of the subject." /> <max value="1" /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-EthnicCategory" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:residentialStatus"> <path value="Patient.extension" /> <sliceName value="residentialStatus" /> <short value="The residential status of the patient." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-ResidentialStatus" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:patientInterpreterRequired"> <path value="Patient.extension" /> <sliceName value="patientInterpreterRequired" /> <short value="Indicator showing whether the patient needs an interpreter." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-interpreterRequired" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:patientInterpreterRequired.value[x]"> <path value="Patient.extension.value[x]" /> <short value="Indicator showing whether the patient needs an interpreter" /> <definition value="Indicator showing if this Patient requires an interpreter to communicate healthcare information to the practitioner." /> </element> <element id="Patient.extension:nhsNumberUnavailableReason"> <path value="Patient.extension" /> <sliceName value="nhsNumberUnavailableReason" /> <short value="Reason why this Patient does not include an NHS Number identifier." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-NHSNumberUnavailableReason" /> </type> <isModifier value="false" /> </element> <element id="Patient.identifier"> <path value="Patient.identifier" /> <slicing> <discriminator> <type value="value" /> <path value="system" /> </discriminator> <ordered value="false" /> <rules value="open" /> </slicing> <short value="An identifier for this patient." /> <mustSupport value="true" /> </element> <element id="Patient.identifier:nhsNumber"> <path value="Patient.identifier" /> <sliceName value="nhsNumber" /> <short value="The patient's NHS number." /> <max value="1" /> <mustSupport value="false" /> </element> <element id="Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.extension:nhsNumberVerificationStatus"> <path value="Patient.identifier.extension" /> <sliceName value="nhsNumberVerificationStatus" /> <max value="1" /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-NHSNumberVerificationStatus" /> </type> <mustSupport value="false" /> </element> <element id="Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.system"> <path value="Patient.identifier.system" /> <min value="1" /> <fixedUri value="https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number" /> </element> <element id="Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.value"> <path value="Patient.identifier.value" /> <min value="1" /> </element> <element id="Patient.active"> <path value="Patient.active" /> <short value="Whether this patient's record is in active use." /> <mustSupport value="true" /> </element> <element id="Patient.name"> <path value="Patient.name" /> <short value="A name associated with the patient." /> <mustSupport value="true" /> </element> <element id="Patient.telecom"> <path value="Patient.telecom" /> <short value="A contact detail for the individual." /> <mustSupport value="true" /> </element> <element id="Patient.telecom.system.extension:otherContactSystem"> <path value="Patient.telecom.system.extension" /> <sliceName value="otherContactSystem" /> <short value="Information about other contact methods which could be used in addition to those listed in `ContactPoint.system`." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-OtherContactSystem" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.gender"> <path value="Patient.gender" /> <short value="The gender that the patient is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes." /> <mustSupport value="true" /> </element> <element id="Patient.birthDate"> <path value="Patient.birthDate" /> <short value="The date of birth for the individual." /> <mustSupport value="true" /> </element> <element id="Patient.birthDate.extension:birthTime"> <path value="Patient.birthDate.extension" /> <sliceName value="birthTime" /> <short value="The time of day that the patient was born. This SHOULD be included when the birth time is relevant." /> <definition value="The time of day that the patient was born. This includes the date to ensure that the timezone information can be communicated effectively." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-birthTime" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.birthDate.extension:birthTime.value[x]"> <path value="Patient.birthDate.extension.value[x]" /> <short value="Time of day of birth." /> <definition value="The time of day that the patient was born. This includes the date to ensure that the timezone information can be communicated effectively." /> </element> <element id="Patient.address"> <path value="Patient.address" /> <definition value="An address for the individual." /> <mustSupport value="true" /> </element> <element id="Patient.address.extension:addressKey"> <path value="Patient.address.extension" /> <sliceName value="addressKey" /> <short value="A patient's address key and type" /> <definition value="A patient's address key and type." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-AddressKey" /> </type> <mustSupport value="false" /> </element> <element id="Patient.maritalStatus"> <path value="Patient.maritalStatus" /> <binding> <strength value="extensible" /> <description value="An indicator to identify the legal marital status of a person" /> <valueSet value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/ValueSet/UKCore-PersonMaritalStatusCode" /> </binding> </element> <element id="Patient.contact.extension:contactRank"> <path value="Patient.contact.extension" /> <sliceName value="contactRank" /> <short value="The preferred ranking or order of contact applied to a contact on a Patient's contact list." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-ContactRank" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.contact.extension:copyCorrespondenceIndicator"> <path value="Patient.contact.extension" /> <sliceName value="copyCorrespondenceIndicator" /> <short value="Indicates that a must be copied in to all related correspondence." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-CopyCorrespondenceIndicator" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.contact.relationship"> <path value="Patient.contact.relationship" /> <binding> <strength value="extensible" /> <valueSet value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/ValueSet/UKCore-PersonRelationshipType" /> </binding> </element> <element id="Patient.contact.telecom.system.extension:otherContactSystem"> <path value="Patient.contact.telecom.system.extension" /> <sliceName value="otherContactSystem" /> <short value="Information about other contact methods which could be used in addition to those listed in `ContactPoint.system`." /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-OtherContactSystem" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.communication.extension:proficiency"> <path value="Patient.communication.extension" /> <sliceName value="proficiency" /> <short value="The patient's proficiency level of the communication method." /> <max value="1" /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency" /> </type> </element> <element id="Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:level"> <path value="Patient.communication.extension.extension" /> <sliceName value="level" /> </element> <element id="Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:level.value[x]"> <path value="Patient.communication.extension.extension.value[x]" /> <short value="The proficiency level for the communication" /> <definition value="The proficiency level for the communication." /> </element> <element id="Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:type"> <path value="Patient.communication.extension.extension" /> <sliceName value="type" /> </element> <element id="Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:type.value[x]"> <path value="Patient.communication.extension.extension.value[x]" /> <short value="The proficiency type for the communication" /> <definition value="The proficiency type for the communication." /> </element> <element id="Patient.communication.language"> <path value="Patient.communication.language" /> <short value="A ValueSet that identifies the language used by a person." /> <definition value="A ValueSet that identifies the language used by a person." /> <binding> <strength value="required" /> <description value="A ValueSet that identifies the language used by a person." /> <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/all-languages" /> </binding> </element> <element id="Patient.managingOrganization"> <path value="Patient.managingOrganization" /> <mustSupport value="true" /> </element> </differential> </StructureDefinition>
JSON View
{ "resourceType": "StructureDefinition", "id": "UKCore-Patient", "url": "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/UKCore-Patient", "version": "2.6.0", "name": "UKCorePatient", "title": "UK Core Patient", "status": "active", "date": "2024-03-28", "publisher": "HL7 UK", "contact": [ { "name": "HL7 UK", "telecom": [ { "system": "email", "value": "ukcore@hl7.org.uk", "use": "work", "rank": 1 } ] } ], "description": "This profile defines the UK constraints and extensions on the International FHIR resource [Patient](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/Patient.html).", "purpose": "This profile allows exchange of demographics and other administrative information about an individual receiving care or other health-related services.", "copyright": "Copyright © 2021+ HL7 UK Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \"License\"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. HL7® FHIR® standard Copyright © 2011+ HL7 The HL7® FHIR® standard is used under the FHIR license. You may obtain a copy of the FHIR license at https://www.hl7.org/fhir/license.html.", "fhirVersion": "4.0.1", "kind": "resource", "abstract": false, "type": "Patient", "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient", "derivation": "constraint", "differential": { "element": [ { "id": "Patient.extension:birthPlace", "path": "Patient.extension", "sliceName": "birthPlace", "short": "The registered place of birth of the patient.", "definition": "The registered place of birth of the patient.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-birthPlace" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.extension:birthPlace.value[x]", "path": "Patient.extension.value[x]", "short": "The registered place of birth of the patient." }, { "id": "Patient.extension:birthSex", "path": "Patient.extension", "sliceName": "birthSex", "short": "The patient's phenotypic sex at birth.", "definition": "The patient's phenotypic sex at birth.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-BirthSex" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.extension:cadavericDonor", "path": "Patient.extension", "sliceName": "cadavericDonor", "short": "Post-mortem donor status.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-cadavericDonor" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.extension:cadavericDonor.value[x]", "path": "Patient.extension.value[x]", "short": "Post-mortem donor status.", "definition": "Flag indicating whether the patient authorized the donation of body parts after death." }, { "id": "Patient.extension:contactPreference", "path": "Patient.extension", "sliceName": "contactPreference", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-ContactPreference" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus", "path": "Patient.extension", "sliceName": "deathNotificationStatus", "short": "The patient's death notification status.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-DeathNotificationStatus" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension", "path": "Patient.extension.extension", "min": 1 }, { "id": "Patient.extension:ethnicCategory", "path": "Patient.extension", "sliceName": "ethnicCategory", "short": "The ethnicity of the subject.", "max": "1", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-EthnicCategory" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.extension:residentialStatus", "path": "Patient.extension", "sliceName": "residentialStatus", "short": "The residential status of the patient.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-ResidentialStatus" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.extension:patientInterpreterRequired", "path": "Patient.extension", "sliceName": "patientInterpreterRequired", "short": "Indicator showing whether the patient needs an interpreter.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-interpreterRequired" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.extension:patientInterpreterRequired.value[x]", "path": "Patient.extension.value[x]", "short": "Indicator showing whether the patient needs an interpreter", "definition": "Indicator showing if this Patient requires an interpreter to communicate healthcare information to the practitioner." }, { "id": "Patient.extension:nhsNumberUnavailableReason", "path": "Patient.extension", "sliceName": "nhsNumberUnavailableReason", "short": "Reason why this Patient does not include an NHS Number identifier.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-NHSNumberUnavailableReason" ] } ], "isModifier": false }, { "id": "Patient.identifier", "path": "Patient.identifier", "short": "An identifier for this patient.", "slicing": { "discriminator": [ { "type": "value", "path": "system" } ], "ordered": false, "rules": "open" }, "mustSupport": true }, { "id": "Patient.identifier:nhsNumber", "path": "Patient.identifier", "sliceName": "nhsNumber", "short": "The patient's NHS number.", "max": "1", "mustSupport": false }, { "id": "Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.extension:nhsNumberVerificationStatus", "path": "Patient.identifier.extension", "sliceName": "nhsNumberVerificationStatus", "max": "1", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-NHSNumberVerificationStatus" ] } ], "mustSupport": false }, { "id": "Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.system", "path": "Patient.identifier.system", "min": 1, "fixedUri": "https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number" }, { "id": "Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.value", "path": "Patient.identifier.value", "min": 1 }, { "id": "Patient.active", "path": "Patient.active", "short": "Whether this patient's record is in active use.", "mustSupport": true }, { "id": "Patient.name", "path": "Patient.name", "short": "A name associated with the patient.", "mustSupport": true }, { "id": "Patient.telecom", "path": "Patient.telecom", "short": "A contact detail for the individual.", "mustSupport": true }, { "id": "Patient.telecom.system.extension:otherContactSystem", "path": "Patient.telecom.system.extension", "sliceName": "otherContactSystem", "short": "Information about other contact methods which could be used in addition to those listed in `ContactPoint.system`.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-OtherContactSystem" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.gender", "path": "Patient.gender", "short": "The gender that the patient is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes.", "mustSupport": true }, { "id": "Patient.birthDate", "path": "Patient.birthDate", "short": "The date of birth for the individual.", "mustSupport": true }, { "id": "Patient.birthDate.extension:birthTime", "path": "Patient.birthDate.extension", "sliceName": "birthTime", "short": "The time of day that the patient was born. This SHOULD be included when the birth time is relevant.", "definition": "The time of day that the patient was born. This includes the date to ensure that the timezone information can be communicated effectively.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-birthTime" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.birthDate.extension:birthTime.value[x]", "path": "Patient.birthDate.extension.value[x]", "short": "Time of day of birth.", "definition": "The time of day that the patient was born. This includes the date to ensure that the timezone information can be communicated effectively." }, { "id": "Patient.address", "path": "Patient.address", "definition": "An address for the individual.", "mustSupport": true }, { "id": "Patient.address.extension:addressKey", "path": "Patient.address.extension", "sliceName": "addressKey", "short": "A patient's address key and type", "definition": "A patient's address key and type.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-AddressKey" ] } ], "mustSupport": false }, { "id": "Patient.maritalStatus", "path": "Patient.maritalStatus", "binding": { "strength": "extensible", "description": "An indicator to identify the legal marital status of a person", "valueSet": "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/ValueSet/UKCore-PersonMaritalStatusCode" } }, { "id": "Patient.contact.extension:contactRank", "path": "Patient.contact.extension", "sliceName": "contactRank", "short": "The preferred ranking or order of contact applied to a contact on a Patient's contact list.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-ContactRank" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.contact.extension:copyCorrespondenceIndicator", "path": "Patient.contact.extension", "sliceName": "copyCorrespondenceIndicator", "short": "Indicates that a must be copied in to all related correspondence.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-CopyCorrespondenceIndicator" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.contact.relationship", "path": "Patient.contact.relationship", "binding": { "strength": "extensible", "valueSet": "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/ValueSet/UKCore-PersonRelationshipType" } }, { "id": "Patient.contact.telecom.system.extension:otherContactSystem", "path": "Patient.contact.telecom.system.extension", "sliceName": "otherContactSystem", "short": "Information about other contact methods which could be used in addition to those listed in `ContactPoint.system`.", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-OtherContactSystem" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.communication.extension:proficiency", "path": "Patient.communication.extension", "sliceName": "proficiency", "short": "The patient's proficiency level of the communication method.", "max": "1", "type": [ { "code": "Extension", "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency" ] } ] }, { "id": "Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:level", "path": "Patient.communication.extension.extension", "sliceName": "level" }, { "id": "Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:level.value[x]", "path": "Patient.communication.extension.extension.value[x]", "short": "The proficiency level for the communication", "definition": "The proficiency level for the communication." }, { "id": "Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:type", "path": "Patient.communication.extension.extension", "sliceName": "type" }, { "id": "Patient.communication.extension:proficiency.extension:type.value[x]", "path": "Patient.communication.extension.extension.value[x]", "short": "The proficiency type for the communication", "definition": "The proficiency type for the communication." }, { "id": "Patient.communication.language", "path": "Patient.communication.language", "short": "A ValueSet that identifies the language used by a person.", "definition": "A ValueSet that identifies the language used by a person.", "binding": { "strength": "required", "description": "A ValueSet that identifies the language used by a person.", "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/all-languages" } }, { "id": "Patient.managingOrganization", "path": "Patient.managingOrganization", "mustSupport": true } ] } }
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Address Key - An example to illustrate the use of an address key used with the address datatype. Example UKCore-Extension-AddressKeyBirth Sex - An example to illustrate the extension for a patient's birth sex.
Example UKCore-Extension-BirthSex
Contact Rank - An example to illustrate the extension for the patient's contact ranking.
Example UKCore-Extension-ContactRank
Contact Preference - An example to illustrate the extension for a patient's contact preferences.
Example UKCore-Extension-ContactPreference
Copy Correspondence Indicator - An Example to illustrate the extension for copy correspondence indicators.
Example UKCore-Extension-CopyCorrespondenceIndicator
Death Notification Status - An example to illustrate the extension to indicate the death notification status of the patient.
Example UKCore-Extension-DeathNotificationStatus
Ethnic Category - An example to illustrate patient Ethnic Category information.
Example UKCore-Extension-EthnicCategory
Melanie Jones - An example of a baby patient.
Example UKCore-Patient-BabyPatient
NHS Number Unavailable Reason- An example of the extension which states the reason a patient's NHS number is unavailable.
Example UKCore-Extension-NHSNumberUnavailableReason
NHS Number Verification Status - An example of the extension which states the patient's NHS number verification status.
Example UKCore-Extension-NHSNumberVerificationStatus
Other Contact System - An example to illustrate the extension to indicate other contact system(s) for a patient Richard Smith.
Example UKCore-Extension-OtherContactSystem
Residential Status - An example to illustrate the extension to show the patient's residential status.
Example UKCore-Extension-ResidentialStatus
Richard Smith - An example to illustrate a male patient's demographics.
Example UKCore-Patient-RichardSmith
Example Usage Scenarios
The following are example usage scenarios for the UK Core Patient profile:
- Query for Patient demographic information using the query parameter
Patient.identifierfor a known NHS number. - Query for Patient demographic information using query parameters such as
Patient.name.family,Patient.name.given,Patient.birthDate, andPatient.gender. - Exchange Patient demographic information within a FHIR document or message.
Profile Specific Implementation Guidance:
Mandatory and Must Support Data Elements
The following elements are identified as MustSupport, and it is expected that consumers and suppliers SHALL support these as per the MustSupport Guidance.
| Element | Reason |
|---|---|
Patient.identifier | An identifier for this patient. |
Patient.identifier | The patient's NHS number. |
Patient.identifier.extension | |
Patient.active | Whether this patient's record is in active use. |
Patient.name | A name associated with the patient. |
Patient.telecom | A contact detail for the individual. |
Patient.gender | The gender that the patient is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes. |
Patient.birthDate | The date of birth for the individual. |
Patient.address | |
Patient.address.extension | A patient's address key and type |
Patient.managingOrganization |
Extensions
More information about the extensions can be found using the links below.
| Extension | Context | Link | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| addressKey | Patient.address | Extension UKCore-AddressKey | A patient's address key and type. |
| birthPlace | Patient | Core-defined Extension patient-birthPlace | The registered place of birth of the patient. |
| birthSex | Patient | Extension UKCore-BirthSex | The patient's phenotypic sex at birth. |
| birthTime | Patient.birthDate | Core-defined Extension patient-birthTime | The time of day that the patient was born. This SHOULD be included when the birth time is relevant. |
| cadavericDonor | Patient | Core-defined Extension patient-cadavericDonor | Post-mortem donor status. |
| contactPreference | Patient | Extension UKCore-ContactPreference | |
| contactRank | Patient.contact | Extension UKCore-ContactRank | The preferred ranking or order of contact applied to a contact on a Patient's contact list. |
| copyCorrespondenceIndicator | Patient.contact | Extension UKCore-CopyCorrespondenceIndicator | Indicates that the contact must be copied in to all related correspondence. |
| deathNotificationStatus | Patient | Extension UKCore-DeathNotificationStatus | The patient's death notification status. |
| ethnicCategory | Patient | Extension UKCore-EthnicCategory | The ethnicity of the subject. |
| nhsNumberUnavailableReason | Patient | Extension UKCore-NHSNumberUnavailableReason | Reason why this Patient does not include an NHS Number identifier. |
| nhsNumberVerificationStatus | Patient.identifier:nhsNumber | Extension UKCore-NHSNumberVerificationStatus | |
| otherContactSystem | Patient.telecom.system | Extension UKCore-OtherContactSystem | Information about other contact methods which could be used in addition to those listed in `ContactPoint.system`. |
| patientInterpreterRequired | Patient | Core-defined Extension patient-interpreterRequired | Indicator showing whether the patient needs an interpreter. |
| proficiency | Patient.communication | Core-defined Extension patient-proficiency | The patient's proficiency level of the communication method. |
| residentialStatus | Patient | Extension UKCore-ResidentialStatus | The residential status of the patient. |
Bindings (differential)
More information about the bindings to UK Core ValueSets can be found below.
| Context | Strength | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Patient.extension:birthSex | Required | ValueSet UKCore-BirthSex |
| Patient.extension:contactPreference.extension: PreferredContactMethod |
Extensible | ValueSet UKCore-PreferredContactMethod |
| Patient.extension:contactPreference.extension: PreferredWrittenCommunicationFormat |
Extensible | ValueSet UKCore-PreferredWrittenCommunicationFormat |
| Patient.extension:deathNotificationStatus.extension: deathNotificationStatus |
Extensible | ValueSet UKCore-DeathNotificationStatus |
| Patient.extension:ethnicCategory | Preferred | ValueSet UKCore-EthnicCategory |
| Patient.extension:nhsNumberUnavailableReason | Extensible | ValueSet UKCore-NHSNumberUnavailableReason |
| Patient.extension:residentialStatus | Extensible | ValueSet UKCore-ResidentialStatus |
| Patient.address.extension: addressKey.extension:type |
Extensible | ValueSet UKCore-AddressKeyType |
| Patient.communication.language | Required | Core-defined ValueSet All Languages |
| Patient.contact.relationship | Extensible | ValueSet UKCore-PersonRelationshipType |
| Patient.identifer.nhsNumber.extension: nhsNumberVerificationStatus |
Required | ValueSet UKCore-NHSNumberVerificationStatus |
| Patient.maritalStatus | Extensible | ValueSet UKCore-PersonMaritalStatusCode |
identifier
In England and Wales this SHOULD include the patient's NHS number, where this is not possible then a Medical Records Number (MRN) MAY be used.
If the identifier is an NHS number then the extension Patient.identifier:nhsNumber.extension:nhsNumberVerificationStatus SHOULD be populated to indicate the verification status with a code from the ValueSet UKCore-NHSNumberVerificationStatus.
telecom
Patient.telecom.system has the UKCore extension Extension UKCore-OtherContactSystem.
A contact detail for the person using the ContactPoint data type.
address
The address of the patient using the Address datatype.
A patient may have multiple addresses with different uses or applicable periods.
photo
A photograph relating to a patient. This can be included as either:
- An attachment encoded as base64Binary with a relevant MIME contentType: image/png, image/jpg or image/jpeg preferred.
Example of Patient.photo usage:
Table View
| Patient.id[0] | UKCore-Patient-Sn-Photo-Example |
| Patient.photo[0].contentType[0] | image/png |
| Patient.photo[0].data[0] | base64Binary |
Tree View
| Patient |
| id : UKCore-Patient-Sn-Photo-Example |
| photo |
| contentType : image/png |
| data : base64Binary |
XML View
<Patient xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="UKCore-Patient-Sn-Photo-Example" /> <!-- **************snippet start************** --> <photo> <contentType value="image/png" /> <data value="base64Binary" /> </photo> <!-- **************snippet end************** --> </Patient>
JSON View
{ "resourceType": "Patient", "id": "UKCore-Patient-Sn-Photo-Example", "photo": [ { "contentType": "image/png", "data": "base64Binary" } ] }
and/or
- URL where the data can be found.
If both are used, the URL SHALL point to the same data as that encoded in the attachment.
communication
Breaking Change
The binding onPatient.communication.language was changed, from ValueSet-UKCore-HumanLanguage and rebound to the Core-defined ValueSet All Languages, and it's strength has been set to Required, as a result of the UK Core STU2 Sequence ballot reconciliation actions. This action was agreed in order to align UK Core with known changes in future FHIR versions.
Patient.communication has the Core-defined Extension patient-proficiency.
One or more instances of this element can be used to list the languages the patient is able to communicate in.
The Patient.communication.language element has a Required binding to the Core-defined ValueSet All Languages which is derived from urn:ietf:bcp:47.
An example of a patient with a single language
Table View
| Patient.id[0] | UKCore-Patient-Sn-SingleLanguage-Example |
| Patient.name[0].use[0] | official |
| Patient.name[0].family[0] | JONES |
| Patient.name[0].given[0] | Jason |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[0].system[0] | urn:ietf:bcp:47 |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[0].code[0] | en |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[0].display[0] | English |
Tree View
| Patient |
| id : UKCore-Patient-Sn-SingleLanguage-Example |
| name |
| use : official |
| family : JONES |
| given : Jason |
| communication |
| language |
| coding |
| system : urn:ietf:bcp:47 |
| code : en |
| display : English |
XML View
<Patient xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="UKCore-Patient-Sn-SingleLanguage-Example" /> <name> <use value="official" /> <family value="JONES" /> <given value="Jason" /> </name> <communication> <language> <coding> <system value="urn:ietf:bcp:47" /> <code value="en" /> <display value="English" /> </coding> </language> </communication> </Patient>
JSON View
{ "resourceType": "Patient", "id": "UKCore-Patient-Sn-SingleLanguage-Example", "name": [ { "use": "official", "family": "JONES", "given": [ "Jason" ] } ], "communication": [ { "language": { "coding": [ { "system": "urn:ietf:bcp:47", "code": "en", "display": "English" } ] } } ] }
An example of a patient with multiple languages, with different proficiencies
Table View
| Patient.id[0] | UKCore-Patient-Sn-MultipleLanguages-Example |
| Patient.name[0].use[0] | official |
| Patient.name[0].family[0] | JONES |
| Patient.name[0].given[0] | Jason |
| Patient.communication[0].extension[0].extension[0].url[0] | level |
| Patient.communication[0].extension[0].extension[0].value[0].system[0] | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityProficiency |
| Patient.communication[0].extension[0].extension[0].value[0].code[0] | E |
| Patient.communication[0].extension[0].extension[0].value[0].display[0] | Excellent |
| Patient.communication[0].extension[0].url[0] | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[0].system[0] | urn:ietf:bcp:47 |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[0].code[0] | en |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[0].display[0] | English |
| Patient.communication[1].extension[0].extension[0].url[0] | level |
| Patient.communication[1].extension[0].extension[0].value[0].system[0] | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityProficiency |
| Patient.communication[1].extension[0].extension[0].value[0].code[0] | P |
| Patient.communication[1].extension[0].extension[0].value[0].display[0] | Poor |
| Patient.communication[1].extension[0].extension[1].url[0] | type |
| Patient.communication[1].extension[0].extension[1].value[0].system[0] | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityMode |
| Patient.communication[1].extension[0].extension[1].value[0].code[0] | ESP |
| Patient.communication[1].extension[0].extension[1].value[0].display[0] | Expressed spoken |
| Patient.communication[1].extension[0].url[0] | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency |
| Patient.communication[1].language[0].coding[0].system[0] | urn:ietf:bcp:47 |
| Patient.communication[1].language[0].coding[0].code[0] | fr |
| Patient.communication[1].language[0].coding[0].display[0] | French |
Tree View
| Patient |
| id : UKCore-Patient-Sn-MultipleLanguages-Example |
| name |
| use : official |
| family : JONES |
| given : Jason |
| communication |
| extension |
| url : http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency |
| extension |
| url : level |
| value |
| system : http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityProficiency |
| code : E |
| display : Excellent |
| language |
| coding |
| system : urn:ietf:bcp:47 |
| code : en |
| display : English |
| communication |
| extension |
| url : http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency |
| extension |
| url : level |
| value |
| system : http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityProficiency |
| code : P |
| display : Poor |
| extension |
| url : type |
| value |
| system : http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityMode |
| code : ESP |
| display : Expressed spoken |
| language |
| coding |
| system : urn:ietf:bcp:47 |
| code : fr |
| display : French |
XML View
<Patient xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="UKCore-Patient-Sn-MultipleLanguages-Example" /> <name> <use value="official" /> <family value="JONES" /> <given value="Jason" /> </name> <communication> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency"> <extension url="level"> <valueCoding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityProficiency" /> <code value="E" /> <display value="Excellent" /> </valueCoding> </extension> </extension> <language> <coding> <system value="urn:ietf:bcp:47" /> <code value="en" /> <display value="English" /> </coding> </language> </communication> <communication> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency"> <extension url="level"> <valueCoding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityProficiency" /> <code value="P" /> <display value="Poor" /> </valueCoding> </extension> <extension url="type"> <valueCoding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityMode" /> <code value="ESP" /> <display value="Expressed spoken" /> </valueCoding> </extension> </extension> <language> <coding> <system value="urn:ietf:bcp:47" /> <code value="fr" /> <display value="French" /> </coding> </language> </communication> </Patient>
JSON View
{ "resourceType": "Patient", "id": "UKCore-Patient-Sn-MultipleLanguages-Example", "name": [ { "use": "official", "family": "JONES", "given": [ "Jason" ] } ], "communication": [ { "extension": [ { "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency", "extension": [ { "url": "level", "valueCoding": { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityProficiency", "code": "E", "display": "Excellent" } } ] } ], "language": { "coding": [ { "system": "urn:ietf:bcp:47", "code": "en", "display": "English" } ] } }, { "extension": [ { "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency", "extension": [ { "url": "level", "valueCoding": { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityProficiency", "code": "P", "display": "Poor" } }, { "url": "type", "valueCoding": { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-LanguageAbilityMode", "code": "ESP", "display": "Expressed spoken" } } ] } ], "language": { "coding": [ { "system": "urn:ietf:bcp:47", "code": "fr", "display": "French" } ] } } ] }
An example of a patient with British Sign Language and Makaton
Table View
| Patient.id[0] | UKCore-Patient-Sn-Makaton-Example |
| Patient.name[0].use[0] | official |
| Patient.name[0].family[0] | JONES |
| Patient.name[0].given[0] | Jason |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[0].system[0] | urn:ietf:bcp:47 |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[0].code[0] | bfi |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[0].display[0] | British Sign Language |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[1].system[0] | http://snomed.info/sct |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[1].code[0] | 703963007 |
| Patient.communication[0].language[0].coding[1].display[0] | Makaton vocabulary |
Tree View
| Patient |
| id : UKCore-Patient-Sn-Makaton-Example |
| name |
| use : official |
| family : JONES |
| given : Jason |
| communication |
| language |
| coding |
| system : urn:ietf:bcp:47 |
| code : bfi |
| display : British Sign Language |
| coding |
| system : http://snomed.info/sct |
| code : 703963007 |
| display : Makaton vocabulary |
XML View
<Patient xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="UKCore-Patient-Sn-Makaton-Example" /> <name> <use value="official" /> <family value="JONES" /> <given value="Jason" /> </name> <communication> <language> <coding> <system value="urn:ietf:bcp:47" /> <code value="bfi" /> <display value="British Sign Language" /> </coding> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct" /> <code value="703963007" /> <display value="Makaton vocabulary" /> </coding> </language> </communication> </Patient>
JSON View
{ "resourceType": "Patient", "id": "UKCore-Patient-Sn-Makaton-Example", "name": [ { "use": "official", "family": "JONES", "given": [ "Jason" ] } ], "communication": [ { "language": { "coding": [ { "system": "urn:ietf:bcp:47", "code": "bfi", "display": "British Sign Language" }, { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "703963007", "display": "Makaton vocabulary" } ] } } ] }
NOTE: Makaton is a communication tool with speech, signs, and symbols to enable people with disabilities or learning disabilities to communicate. As such, it is not recognised as a language in
urn:ietf:bcp:47, and should be populated as a CodeableConcept.coding element alongside the urn:ietf:bcp:47 parent language from which its country specific adaptation is derived.
managingOrganization
An Organization that is the custodian of the patient record (such as a general practice).
The Patient.managingOrganization may change according to the setting (a mental health record may be managed by a MH trust), whereas the Patient.generalPractitioner points to your GP or GP Practice.
generalPractitioner
The patient's GP by reference to Practitioner which SHOULD conform to Profile UKCore-Practitioner for the GP
and/or Profile UKCore-Organization for the patient's GP practice.
Where possible, it is expected that the resource being referenced SHOULD conform to a UK Core profile.