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2.37.12 Clinical Document Profile for Composition

The base Composition is a general resource for compositions or documents about any kind of subject that might be encountered in healthcare including such things as guidelines, medicines, etc. A clinical document is focused on documents related to the provision of care process, where the subject is a patient, a group of patients, or a closely related concept. A clinical document has additional reqiurements around confidentiality that do not apply in the same way to other kinds of documents

2.37.12.1 Content

Profiles:
ClinicalDocument	The base Composition is a general resource for compositions or documents about any kind of subject that might be encountered in healthcare including such things as guidelines, medicines, etc. A clinical document is focused on documents related to the provision of care process, where the subject is a patient, a group of patients, or a closely related concept. A clinical document has additional reqiurements around confidentiality that do not apply in the same way to other kinds of documents
Extensions:
composition-clindoc-otherConfidentiality	Additional confidentiality codes : Carries additional confidentiality codes beyond the base fixed code specified in the CDA document.