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Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: 0 | Draft | Compartments: Not linked to any defined compartments |
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the OrganizationRole resource.
OrganizationRole | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole |
Definition | A specific set of Roles/Locations/specialties/services that a practitioner may perform at an organization for a period of time. |
Control | 1..1 |
Requirements | Need to track services that a healthcare provider is able to provide at an organization's location, and the services that they can perform there. |
OrganizationRole.identifier | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.identifier |
Definition | Business Identifiers that are specific to a role/location. |
Note | This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
Control | 0..* |
Type | Identifier |
Requirements | Often, specific identities are assigned for the agent. |
Summary | true |
OrganizationRole.active | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.active |
Definition | Whether this practitioner role record is in active use. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | boolean |
Meaning if Missing | This resource is generally assumed to be active if no value is provided for the active element |
Requirements | Need to be able to mark a practitioner role record as not to be used because it was created in error, or otherwise no longer in active use. |
Summary | true |
Comments | If this value is false, you may refer to the period to see when the role was in active use. If there is no period specified, no inference can be made about when it was active. |
OrganizationRole.period | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.period |
Definition | The period during which the person is authorized to act as a practitioner in these role(s) for the organization. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Period |
Requirements | Even after the agencies is revoked, the fact that it existed must still be recorded. |
Summary | true |
OrganizationRole.organization | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.organization |
Definition | The organization where the Practitioner performs the roles associated. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Reference(Organization) |
Summary | true |
OrganizationRole.participatingOrganization | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.participatingOrganization |
Definition | Practitioner that is able to provide the defined services for the organization. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Reference(Organization) |
Summary | true |
OrganizationRole.network | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.network |
Definition | The network(s) this association applies to (if any). |
Control | 0..* |
Type | Reference(Organization) |
Summary | true |
OrganizationRole.code | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.code |
Definition | Roles which this practitioner is authorized to perform for the organization. |
Control | 0..* |
Terminology Binding | OrganizationRole (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Requirements | Need to know what authority the practitioner has - what can they do? |
Summary | true |
Comments | A person may have more than one role. At least one role is required. |
OrganizationRole.specialty | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.specialty |
Definition | Specific specialty of the practitioner. |
Control | 0..* |
Terminology Binding | Practice Setting Code Value Set (Preferred) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
OrganizationRole.location | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.location |
Definition | The location(s) at which this practitioner provides care. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | Reference(Location) |
Summary | true |
OrganizationRole.healthcareService | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.healthcareService |
Definition | The list of healthcare services that this worker provides for this role's Organization/Location(s). |
Control | 0..* |
Type | Reference(HealthcareService) |
OrganizationRole.telecom | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.telecom |
Definition | Contact details that are specific to the role/location/service. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | ContactPoint |
Requirements | Often practitioners have a dedicated line for each location (or service) that they work at, and need to be able to define separate contact details for each of these. |
Summary | true |
OrganizationRole.availableTime | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.availableTime |
Definition | A collection of times that the Service Site is available. |
Control | 0..* |
Comments | More detailed availability information may be provided in associated Schedule/Slot resources. |
OrganizationRole.availableTime.daysOfWeek | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.availableTime.daysOfWeek |
Definition | Indicates which days of the week are available between the start and end Times. |
Control | 0..* |
Terminology Binding | DaysOfWeek (Required) |
Type | code |
OrganizationRole.availableTime.allDay | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.availableTime.allDay |
Definition | Is this always available? (hence times are irrelevant) e.g. 24-hour service. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | boolean |
OrganizationRole.availableTime.availableStartTime | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.availableTime.availableStartTime |
Definition | The opening time of day. Note: If the AllDay flag is set, then this time is ignored. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | time |
Comments | The timezone is expected to be for where this HealthcareService is provided at. |
OrganizationRole.availableTime.availableEndTime | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.availableTime.availableEndTime |
Definition | The closing time of day. Note: If the AllDay flag is set, then this time is ignored. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | time |
Comments | The timezone is expected to be for where this HealthcareService is provided at. |
OrganizationRole.notAvailable | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.notAvailable |
Definition | The HealthcareService is not available during this period of time due to the provided reason. |
Control | 0..* |
OrganizationRole.notAvailable.description | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.notAvailable.description |
Definition | The reason that can be presented to the user as to why this time is not available. |
Control | 1..1 |
Type | string |
OrganizationRole.notAvailable.during | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.notAvailable.during |
Definition | Service is not available (seasonally or for a public holiday) from this date. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Period |
OrganizationRole.availabilityExceptions | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.availabilityExceptions |
Definition | A description of site availability exceptions, e.g. public holiday availability. Succinctly describing all possible exceptions to normal site availability as details in the available Times and not available Times. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
OrganizationRole.endpoint | |
Element Id | OrganizationRole.endpoint |
Definition | Technical endpoints providing access to services operated for the practitioner with this role. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | Reference(Endpoint) |
Requirements | Organizations have multiple systems that provide various services and ,ay also be different for practitioners too. So the endpoint satisfies the need to be able to define the technical connection details for how to connect to them, and for what purpose. |