ePMA Implementation Guidance for FHIR STU3

This guidance is under active development by NHS Digital and content may be added or updated on a regular basis.
Please note: This guidance has been superseded by the Implementation guide for digitial medicines, which contains up-to-date information.

Element: identifier

A business required element to identify the clinical practitioner using their professional code issued by their professional body.

The identifier.system must be the appropriate uri for the professional body:

The identifier.value must be the practitioner’s professional code issued by their professional body.

Note: Where a user has been issued with an NHS Identity (e.g. issued with an NHS Smartcard) it is recommended to include their SDS User Id as an additional identifier.

The identifier.system must be:

The identifier.value must be the SDS-User Identifier.

Example

The example below contains a practitioner (e.g., a consultant with a GMC Code) who has an SDS User Id of 1415870201 and a GMC code of C2134567:

{
  "resourceType": "Practitioner",
  ...
  "identifier": [
          {
            "system": "https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/sds-user-id",
            "value": "1415870201"
          },
          {
            "system": "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/Id/gmc-number",
            "value": "C2134567"
          }
        ]
  ...
}
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