Organization

For any organization/institution/government department that has relevance to the care process.

The relative url is /organizations

Content

<Organization xmlns="...">
  <id mand type="id">Master Resource Id, always first in all resources</id>
  <version opt type="id">version identifier</id>
  <status mand type="code">active|retired. See status below</status>
  <created opt type="datetime">date created, always present except on create</created>
  <updated opt type="datetime">date updated, present if resource updated</updated>
  <code opt type="Concept">kind of organisation</code>
  <industryCode opt type="Concept">kind of industry</industryCode>
  
  <identifiers type="list">  <!-- Zero+ -->
    <identifier type="HumanId"/>Human identifiers for this organization</identifier>
  </identifiers>
  <institution opt type="Resource(Organisation)">Which institution 
          this organization registered by???</institution> 
  <names type="list">  <!-- Zero+ -->
    <name type="Name">A name associated with the organization</name>
  </names>
  <addresses type="list">  <!-- Zero+ -->
    <address type="Address">An address for the organization</address>
  </addresses>
  <contacts type="list">  <!-- Zero+ -->
    <contact type="Contact">A contact detail for the organization</address>
  </contacts> 
  <parts type="list">  <!-- Zero+ -->
    <part>
      <code opt type="Concept">How the organizations are related</code>
      <organization text type="Resource(Organization)">The other organization</organization>
      <period opt type="Interval(HumanDate)">When organizations were related</period>
    </part>
  </parts> 
  <partOfs type="list">  <!-- Zero+ -->
    <partOf>
      <code opt type="Concept">How the organizations are related</code>
      <organization text type="Resource(Organization)">The other organization</organization>
      <period opt type="Interval(HumanDate)">When organizations were related</period>
    </partOf>
  </partOfs> 
  <agents type="list">  <!-- Zero+ -->
    <agent opt type="Resource(Agent)">A agent of the organization</agent>
  </agents> 
  <accreditations type="list">  <!-- Zero+ -->
    <accreditation>
      <code opt type="Concept">What kind of accreditation</code>
      <identifier type="HumanId"/>Identifier provided with Accreditation</identifier>
      <conferror text type="Resource(Organization)">Conferring organization</conferrror>
      <period opt type="Interval(HumanDate)">When organizations were related</period>
    </accreditation>
  </accreditations> 
  <extensions> See Extensions </extensions>
  <text type="Narrative">Text summary of organization, fall back for human interpretation</id>
</Organization>

Concept Bindings:

• industryCode is bound to the concept domain "IndustryCodes"
• partOf.code and part.code are bound to the concept domain "OrganizationRelationships"
• accreditation.code is bound to the concept domain "AccreditationCodes"

Notes:

• Possible coding systems for code include Snomed-CT, and the HL7 v3 Entity Code table
• Possible coding systems for industryCode, see the HL7 OrganizationIndustryClass value set
• The organization references are all optional, so can be replaced by simple text

Resource Status

Organization records may only be in one of two statuses: active and retired. A normal record is active - it is in use. The status retired is used when a record is created in error. Once the error is discovered, it can either be retired or deleted.

Searching Criteria

The following simple search/filter parameters are defined for organization:

The standard search parameters also apply (see Searching).

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