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| patient-mothersMaidenName | Mother's Maiden name : Mother's maiden (unmarried) name, commonly collected to help verify patient identity. |
| patient-birthTime | Time of day of birth : The time of day that the Patient was born. This includes the date to ensure that the timezone information can be communicated effectively. |
| patient-nationality | Nationality : The nationality of the subject. |
| patient-citizenship | Nation(s) where the patient claims citizenship : The patient's legal status as citizen of a country. |
| patient-cadavericDonor | Post-mortem donor status : Flag indicating whether the patient authorized the donation of body parts after death. |
| patient-congregation | A group of place of religious practice : A group or place of religious practice that may provide services to the patient. |
| patient-adoptionInfo | The adoption status of the patient : Code indication the adoption status of the patient. |
| patient-disability | Condition(s) limiting movement, senses, or activities : Value(s) identifying physical or mental condition(s) that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities. |
| patient-importance | Special status given the patient : The importance of the patient (e.g. VIP). |
| patient-clinicalTrial | The patient's participation in clinical trials : The clinical trials this patient has or is participating in. |
| patient-interpreterRequired | Whether the patient needs an interpreter : This Patient requires an interpreter to communicate healthcare information to the practitioner. |
| patient-mpi-match | MPI assessment of patient match outcome : The Master Patient Index (MPI) assessment of whether a candidate patient record is a match or not. |

Search parameters defined by this package. See Searching for more information about searching in REST, messaging, and services.
| Name | Type | Description | Paths | Source |
| age | number | Searches for patients based on age as calculated based on current date and date of birth. Deceased patients are excluded from the search. | f:Patient/f:birthDate | XML / JSON |
| birthOrderBoolean | token | Search based on whether a patient was part of a multiple birth or not. | f:Patient/f:multipleBirthBoolean | f:Patient/f:multipleBirthInteger | XML / JSON |
| city | string | Return records where one of the patient addresses matches on city. | f:Patient/f:address/f:city | XML / JSON |
| country | string | Return records where one of the patient addresses matches on country. | f:Patient/f:address/f:country | XML / JSON |
| mothersMaidenName | string | Search based on patient's mother's maiden name | XML / JSON | |
| postalCode | string | Return records where one of the patient addresses matches on postalCode. | f:Patient/f:address/f:postalCode | XML / JSON |
| state | string | Return records where one of the patient addresses matches on state. | f:Patient/f:address/f:state | XML / JSON |