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Patient Care Work Group | Maturity Level: 0 | Trial Use | Security Category: Patient | Compartments: Practitioner |
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Linkage resource.
Linkage | |||||||||
Element Id | Linkage | ||||||||
Definition | Identifies two or more records (resource instances) that refer to the same real-world "occurrence". | ||||||||
Cardinality | 0..* | ||||||||
Type | DomainResource | ||||||||
Summary | true | ||||||||
Invariants |
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Linkage.active | |||||||||
Element Id | Linkage.active | ||||||||
Definition | Indicates whether the asserted set of linkages are considered to be "in effect". | ||||||||
Cardinality | 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 linkage record as not to be used because it was created in error. | ||||||||
Summary | true | ||||||||
Comments | If false, any asserted linkages should not be considered current/relevant/applicable. | ||||||||
Linkage.author | |||||||||
Element Id | Linkage.author | ||||||||
Definition | Identifies the user or organization responsible for asserting the linkages as well as the user or organization who establishes the context in which the nature of each linkage is evaluated. | ||||||||
Cardinality | 0..1 | ||||||||
Type | Reference(Practitioner | PractitionerRole | Organization) | ||||||||
Patterns | Reference(Practitioner,PractitionerRole,Organization): Common patterns = Participant | ||||||||
Requirements | "Primary" for the same set of linked resources may be different from different user's/organization's perspectives. | ||||||||
Summary | true | ||||||||
Linkage.item | |||||||||
Element Id | Linkage.item | ||||||||
Definition | Identifies which record considered as the reference to the same real-world occurrence as well as how the items should be evaluated within the collection of linked items. | ||||||||
Cardinality | 1..* | ||||||||
Summary | true | ||||||||
Invariants |
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Linkage.item.type | |||||||||
Element Id | Linkage.item.type | ||||||||
Definition | Distinguishes which item is "source of truth" (if any) and which items are no longer considered to be current representations. | ||||||||
Cardinality | 1..1 | ||||||||
Terminology Binding | LinkageType (Required) | ||||||||
Type | code | ||||||||
Summary | true | ||||||||
Linkage.item.resource | |||||||||
Element Id | Linkage.item.resource | ||||||||
Definition | The resource instance being linked as part of the group. | ||||||||
Cardinality | 1..1 | ||||||||
Type | Reference(Any) | ||||||||
Summary | true |