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Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: 3 | Trial Use | Security Category: Business | Compartments: Device, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Schedule resource.
Schedule | |
Element Id | Schedule |
Definition | A container for slots of time that may be available for booking appointments. |
Short Display | A container for slots of time that may be available for booking appointments |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | DomainResource |
Alternate Names | Availability |
Summary | false |
Schedule.identifier | |
Element Id | Schedule.identifier |
Definition | External Ids for this item. |
Short Display | External Ids for this item |
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | Identifier |
Summary | true |
Schedule.active | |
Element Id | Schedule.active |
Definition | Whether this schedule record is in active use or should not be used (such as was entered in error). |
Short Display | Whether this schedule is in active use |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | boolean |
Is Modifier | true (Reason: This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that can indicate that a record should not be treated as valid) |
Meaning if Missing | This resource is generally assumed to be active if no value is provided for the active element |
Summary | true |
Comments | This element is labeled as a modifier because it may be used to mark that the resource was created in error. |
Schedule.serviceCategory | |
Element Id | Schedule.serviceCategory |
Definition | A broad categorization of the service that is to be performed during this appointment. |
Short Display | High-level category |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Terminology Binding | ServiceCategory (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
Schedule.serviceType | |
Element Id | Schedule.serviceType |
Definition | The specific service that is to be performed during this appointment. |
Short Display | Specific service |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Terminology Binding | ServiceType (Example) |
Type | CodeableReference(HealthcareService) |
Summary | true |
Schedule.specialty | |
Element Id | Schedule.specialty |
Definition | The specialty of a practitioner that would be required to perform the service requested in this appointment. |
Short Display | Type of specialty needed |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Terminology Binding | Practice Setting Code Value Set (Preferred) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
Schedule.name | |
Element Id | Schedule.name |
Definition | Further description of the schedule as it would be presented to a consumer while searching. |
Short Display | Human-readable label |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
Comments | This MAY be used to describe what the schedule is for where it is clearer than just the name of the single actor. |
Schedule.actor | |
Element Id | Schedule.actor |
Definition | Slots that reference this schedule resource provide the availability details to these referenced resource(s). |
Short Display | Resource(s) that availability information is being provided for |
Cardinality | 1..* |
Type | Reference(Patient | Practitioner | PractitionerRole | CareTeam | RelatedPerson | Device | HealthcareService | Location) |
Summary | true |
Comments | The capacity to support multiple referenced resource types should be used in cases where the specific resources themselves cannot be scheduled without the other, and thus only make sense to the system exposing them as a group. Common examples of this are where the combination of a practitioner and a room (Location) are always required by a system. |
Schedule.planningHorizon | |
Element Id | Schedule.planningHorizon |
Definition | The period of time that the slots that reference this Schedule resource cover (even if none exist). These cover the amount of time that an organization's planning horizon; the interval for which they are currently accepting appointments. This does not define a "template" for planning outside these dates. |
Short Display | Period of time covered by schedule |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | Period |
Summary | true |
Schedule.comment | |
Element Id | Schedule.comment |
Definition | Comments on the availability to describe any extended information. Such as custom constraints on the slots that may be associated. |
Short Display | Comments on availability |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | false |