HL7 Patient Patient 1 1 Mandatory false A patient is a person or animal that is receiving care Tracking patient is the center of the healthcare process Patient Patient.id 1 1 Mandatory id false Master Resource Id, always first in all resources .id(scope=OBJ) Patient.link 0 unbounded Mandatory Resource(Patient) true A linked patient record is a record that concerns the same patient. Records are linked after it is realised that at least one was created in error. Due to the clerical errors associated with the difficulties of identifying humans consistently, duplicate patient records are frequently created in error More then two patient records may be linked. Note that there is a special transaction for linking patient records in the RESTful context, as record linking consistency must be maintained Patient.active 1 1 Mandatory boolean true Whether the patient record is in use, or has been removed from active use Need to be able to mark a patient record as not to be used because it was created in error If a record is inactive, and linked to an active record, then future patient/person/record updates should occur on the other patient Patient.person 0 1 Conditional Either an animal or a person must be provided, but not both Resource(Person) true The person that this patient record is about Need to link this patient record to a known and identifiable person (or animal) Patient.animal 0 1 Conditional Either an animal or a person must be provided, but not both Resource(Animal) false The animal that this patient record is about Need to link this patient record to a known and identifiable animal (or person) Patient.provider 1 1 Mandatory Resource(Organization) true The provider for whom this is a patient record Need to know who recognises this patient record But is thie same as institution above? Patient.identifier 0 unbounded HumanId true An identifier that applies to this person as a patient Patients are almos always assigned specific numerical identifiers Patient.diet 0 1 Optional CodeableConcept PatientDiet false Dietary restrictions for the patient Track patients reported dietary restrictions to help with catering requirements not for specifying medical diets, but for casual dietary restrictions such as vegetarian, diary-free, nut-free, etc Patient.confidentiality 0 1 Optional CodeableConcept PatientConfidentiality false Confidentiality of the patient records Need to be able to track which patient records are particularly sensitive Confidentiality tracking also occurs at more detailed points in the medical record Patient.recordLocation 0 1 Optional CodeableConcept PaperRecordLocation false The location of the paper record for the patient, if there is one Track old paper records where these are still in use Patient.extensions 0 1 Optional false See Extensions Patient.text 1 1 Mandatory Narrative false Text summary of person, for human interpretation