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DataStandardsWales-Practitioner

The Practitioner resource covers all individuals who are engaged in the healthcare process and healthcare-related services as part of their formal responsibilities. This Resource is used for attribution of activities and responsibilities to these individuals. Examples include doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, midwives, dietitians, therapists, paramedics, laboratory scientists, prosthetic technicians, radiographers, social workers, etc.

The DataStandardsWales-Practitioner profile is derived from the UK Core Practitioner Profile. It defines additional rules for use within health and care organisations in Wales.

Formal Views of Profile Content

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Mandatory and Must Support Data Elements

When an element is mandatory (min=1), the data is expected to always be present. Elements marked with an S must be supported by both producing and receiving systems and SHOULD be populated if the data exists.

Each Practitioner record must have:

  1. A name

Each Practitioner record must support:

  1. An identifier *

*see Implementation Guidance for the identifier element below

Implementation Guidance

  • The Practitioner.identifier field SHALL contain at least one identifier. The Core Reference Data Standards mandates the use of Genaral Medical Council, Genaral Dental Council, Nursing and Midwifery, Health and Care Professions Council professional identifier codes. See the register of UK NamingSystems maintained by HL7 UK for the URLs for these ientifiers.
  • The Organisation.name field SHALL be populated.

Example Practitioners

The following example resources are provided within this guide: Dhiren Patel (Consultant), Philip Wickins (Physiotherapist), Sandra Huggins (Prescribing Nurse).

Mandatory Search Parameters

The following search parameters and search parameter combinations SHALL be supported:

  1. SHALL support searching by an practitioner identifier using the identifier search parameter:

    GET [base]/Practitioner?identifier={system|}[code]
    

    Example:

    1. GET [base]/Practitioner?identifier=https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/Id/gmc-number|9630333

    Implementation Notes: Fetches a bundle containing any Practitioner resources matching the identifier (how to search by token).

Optional Search Parameters

The following search parameters and search parameter combinations SHOULD be supported:

  1. SHOULD support searching by a practitioner's name using the name search parameter:

    GET [base]/Practitioner?name=[string]
    

    Example:

    1. GET [base]/Practitioner?name=Wickins

    Implementation Notes: Fetches a bundle of all Practitioner resources that match the address string (how to search by string).