HL7 Agent Agent 1 1 Mandatory false A person who represents an organisation, and is authorised to perform actions on it's behalf Need to track doctors, staff, locums etc for both healthcare providers, funders, etc. Role PRD (as one example) Agent.id 1 1 Mandatory id false Master Resource Id, always first in all resources .id(scope=OBJ) Agent.person 1 1 Mandatory Resource(Person) true The person who acts as the agent Need to be able to track the person who represents the organisation separately PRD-2 Agent.organization 1 1 Mandatory Resource(Organization) true The organisation that is being represented Need to be able to track the represented organisation separately PRD-10 (-> 14) Agent.role 1 unbounded Mandatory CodeableConcept AgentRole true The way in which the person represents the organisation - what role do they have? Need to know what authority the agent has - what can they do? A person may have more than one role. At least one role is required - why have an agent who isn't actually an agent? PRD-1 Agent.period 0 1 Optional Interval(date) false The time period during which the agent was/is authorised to represent the organisation. Agencies are often for a limited period of time, and can be revoked. Even after the agencies is revoked, the fact that it existed must still be recorded PRD-8/9 Agent.identifier 0 unbounded HumanId true An identifier that applies to this person in this role Often, specific identifies are assigned for the agent The identifier changes when a new/different person steps into the same role PRD-7 Agent.address 0 unbounded Address false A postal address for this person playing this role i.e. the address is not their personal address. For many agents, this is the same as their work address PRD-3 What about place? (PRD-4) Agent.contact 0 unbounded Contact false A contact detail address for this person playing this role i.e. the contact is not their personal contact. For many agents, this is the same as their work contacts. Note that a person may choose to use a personal mobile phone (for instance) for their contact in a given role - in this case, the contact detail will be repeated in the agent resource PRD-5 Agent.extensions 0 1 Optional false See Extensions Agent.text 1 1 Mandatory Narrative false Text summary of the agent, for human interpretation