Appointment

A booking of a healthcare event among patient(s), practitioner(s), related person(s) and/or device(s) for a specific date/time. This may result in one or more Encounter(s)
Base StructureDefinition for Appointment Resource

Key: = Must support, = QICore-defined extension, = Is-Modifier

Field	Card.	Type and Description
comment	`0..1`	`String` Additional comments about the appointment.
description	`0..1`	`String` The brief description of the appointment as would be shown on a subject line in a meeting request, or appointment list. Detailed or expanded information should be put in the comment field.
end	`0..1`	`DateTime` Date/Time that the appointment is to conclude.
identifier	`0..*`	`List<Identifier>` This records identifiers associated with this appointment concern that are defined by business processes and/or used to refer to it when a direct URL reference to the resource itself is not appropriate (e.g. in CDA documents, or in written / printed documentation).
minutesDuration	`0..1`	`positiveInt` Number of minutes that the appointment is to take. This can be less than the duration between the start and end times (where actual time of appointment is only an estimate or is a planned appointment request).
participant	`1..*`	`List<Participant> (TBD)` List of participants involved in the appointment.
priority	`0..1`	`unsignedInt` The priority of the appointment. Can be used to make informed decisions if needing to re-prioritize appointments. (The iCal Standard specifies 0 as undefined, 1 as highest, 9 as lowest priority).
reason	`0..1`	`Concept` The reason that this appointment is being scheduled. This is more clinical than administrative. Binding: Encounter Reason Codes (Required)
slot	`0..*`	`List<Slot>` The slot that this appointment is filling. If provided then the schedule will not be provided as slots are not recursive, and the start/end values MUST be the same as from the slot.
start	`0..1`	`DateTime` Date/Time that the appointment is to take place.
status	`1..1`	`code` The overall status of the Appointment. Each of the participants has their own participation status which indicates their involvement in the process, however this status indicates the shared status. Binding: AppointmentStatus (Required)
type	`0..1`	`Concept` The type of appointment that is being booked (This may also be associated with participants for location, and/or a HealthcareService). Binding: Practice Setting Code Value Set (Preferred)

Key: = Must support, = QICore-defined extension, = Is-Modifier