Release 5
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| Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: 5 | Trial Use | Security Category: Patient | Compartments: Patient, RelatedPerson |
Information about a person that is involved in a patient's health or the care for a patient, but who is not the target of healthcare, nor has a formal responsibility in the care process.
RelatedPersons typically have a personal relationship or non-healthcare-specific professional relationship to the patient. A RelatedPerson resource is primarily used for attribution of information, since RelatedPersons are often a source of information about the patient. For keeping information about people for contact purposes for a patient, use a Patient's Contact element. Some individuals may serve as both a Patient's Contact and a Related Person.
Example RelatedPersons are:
The primary distinction between a Practitioner and a RelatedPerson is based on whether:
A standard extension animalSpecies can be used to indicate the species of a service animal.
Structure
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints | ||||
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  RelatedPerson | TU | DomainResource | A person that is related to a patient, but who is not a direct target of care Elements defined in Ancestors: id, meta, implicitRules, language, text, contained, extension, modifierExtension | |||||
  identifier | Σ | 0..* | Identifier | A human identifier for this person | ||||
 active | ?!Σ | 0..1 | boolean | Whether this related person's record is in active use | ||||
 patient | Σ | 1..1 | Reference(Patient) | The patient this person is related to | ||||
| relationship | Σ | 0..* | CodeableConcept | The relationship of the related person to the patient Binding: Patient Relationship Type (Preferred) | ||||
| name | Σ | 0..* | HumanName | A name associated with the person | ||||
| telecom | Σ | 0..* | ContactPoint | A contact detail for the person | ||||
| gender | Σ | 0..1 | code | male | female | other | unknown Binding: AdministrativeGender (Required) | ||||
| birthDate | Σ | 0..1 | date | The date on which the related person was born | ||||
| address | Σ | 0..* | Address | Address where the related person can be contacted or visited | ||||
| photo | 0..* | Attachment | Image of the person | |||||
| period | 0..1 | Period | Period of time that this relationship is considered valid | |||||
  communication | 0..* | BackboneElement | A language which may be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health | |||||
 language | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | The language which can be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health Binding: All Languages (Required)
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 preferred | 0..1 | boolean | Language preference indicator | |||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||
See the Extensions for this resource
UML Diagram (Legend)
XML Template
<RelatedPerson xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><!-- from Resource: id, meta, implicitRules, and language --> <!-- from DomainResource: text, contained, extension, and modifierExtension --> <identifier><!-- 0..* Identifier A human identifier for this person --></identifier> <active value="[boolean]"/><!-- 0..1 Whether this related person's record is in active use --> <patient><!-- 1..1 Reference(Patient) The patient this person is related to --></patient> <relationship><!-- 0..* CodeableConcept The relationship of the related person to the patient --></relationship> <name><!-- 0..* HumanName A name associated with the person --></name> <telecom><!-- 0..* ContactPoint A contact detail for the person --></telecom> <gender value="[code]"/><!-- 0..1 male | female | other | unknown --> <birthDate value="[date]"/><!-- 0..1 The date on which the related person was born --> <address><!-- 0..* Address Address where the related person can be contacted or visited --></address> <photo><!-- 0..* Attachment Image of the person --></photo> <period><!-- 0..1 Period Period of time that this relationship is considered valid --></period> <communication> <!-- 0..* A language which may be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health --> <language><!-- 1..1 CodeableConcept The language which can be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health --></language> <preferred value="[boolean]"/><!-- 0..1 Language preference indicator --> </communication> </RelatedPerson>
JSON Template
{
"resourceType" : "RelatedPerson",
// from Resource: id, meta, implicitRules, and language
// from DomainResource: text, contained, extension, and modifierExtension
"identifier" : [{ Identifier }], // A human identifier for this person
"active" : <boolean>, // Whether this related person's record is in active use
"patient" : { Reference(Patient) }, // R! The patient this person is related to
"relationship" : [{ CodeableConcept }], // The relationship of the related person to the patient
"name" : [{ HumanName }], // A name associated with the person
"telecom" : [{ ContactPoint }], // A contact detail for the person
"gender" : "<code>", // male | female | other | unknown
"birthDate" : "<date>", // The date on which the related person was born
"address" : [{ Address }], // Address where the related person can be contacted or visited
"photo" : [{ Attachment }], // Image of the person
"period" : { Period }, // Period of time that this relationship is considered valid
"communication" : [{ // A language which may be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health
"language" : { CodeableConcept }, // R! The language which can be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health
"preferred" : <boolean> // Language preference indicator
}]
}
Turtle Template
@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
Changes from both R4 and R4B
| RelatedPerson | |
| RelatedPerson.communication.language |
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See the Full Difference for further information
This analysis is available for R4 as XML or JSON and for R4B as XML or JSON.
See R4 <--> R5 Conversion Maps (status = See Conversions Summary.)
Structure
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RelatedPerson | TU | DomainResource | A person that is related to a patient, but who is not a direct target of care Elements defined in Ancestors: id, meta, implicitRules, language, text, contained, extension, modifierExtension | |||||
| identifier | Σ | 0..* | Identifier | A human identifier for this person | ||||
| active | ?!Σ | 0..1 | boolean | Whether this related person's record is in active use | ||||
| patient | Σ | 1..1 | Reference(Patient) | The patient this person is related to | ||||
| relationship | Σ | 0..* | CodeableConcept | The relationship of the related person to the patient Binding: Patient Relationship Type (Preferred) | ||||
| name | Σ | 0..* | HumanName | A name associated with the person | ||||
| telecom | Σ | 0..* | ContactPoint | A contact detail for the person | ||||
| gender | Σ | 0..1 | code | male | female | other | unknown Binding: AdministrativeGender (Required) | ||||
| birthDate | Σ | 0..1 | date | The date on which the related person was born | ||||
| address | Σ | 0..* | Address | Address where the related person can be contacted or visited | ||||
| photo | 0..* | Attachment | Image of the person | |||||
| period | 0..1 | Period | Period of time that this relationship is considered valid | |||||
| communication | 0..* | BackboneElement | A language which may be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health | |||||
| language | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | The language which can be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health Binding: All Languages (Required)
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| preferred | 0..1 | boolean | Language preference indicator | |||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||
See the Extensions for this resource
XML Template
<RelatedPerson xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
JSON Template
{
"resourceType" : "RelatedPerson",
// from Resource: id, meta, implicitRules, and language
// from DomainResource: text, contained, extension, and modifierExtension
"identifier" : [{ Identifier }], // A human identifier for this person
"active" : <boolean>, // Whether this related person's record is in active use
"patient" : { Reference(Patient) }, // R! The patient this person is related to
"relationship" : [{ CodeableConcept }], // The relationship of the related person to the patient
"name" : [{ HumanName }], // A name associated with the person
"telecom" : [{ ContactPoint }], // A contact detail for the person
"gender" : "<code>", // male | female | other | unknown
"birthDate" : "<date>", // The date on which the related person was born
"address" : [{ Address }], // Address where the related person can be contacted or visited
"photo" : [{ Attachment }], // Image of the person
"period" : { Period }, // Period of time that this relationship is considered valid
"communication" : [{ // A language which may be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health
"language" : { CodeableConcept }, // R! The language which can be used to communicate with the related person about the patient's health
"preferred" : <boolean> // Language preference indicator
}]
}
Turtle Template
@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
Changes from both R4 and R4B
| RelatedPerson | |
| RelatedPerson.communication.language |
|
See the Full Difference for further information
This analysis is available for R4 as XML or JSON and for R4B as XML or JSON.
See R4 <--> R5 Conversion Maps (status = See Conversions Summary.)
Additional definitions: Master Definition XML + JSON, XML Schema/Schematron + JSON Schema, ShEx (for Turtle) + see the extensions, the spreadsheet version & the dependency analysis
| Path | ValueSet | Type | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RelatedPerson.relationship | PatientRelationshipType | Preferred | A set of codes that can be used to indicate the relationship between a Patient and a Related Person. |
| RelatedPerson.gender | AdministrativeGender | Required | The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. |
| RelatedPerson.communication.language | AllLanguages (a valid code from Tags for the Identification of Languages ) | Required | This value set includes all possible codes from BCP-47 (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47) |
| Common Languages | starter |
Search parameters for this resource. See also the full list of search parameters for this resource, and check the Extensions registry for search parameters on extensions related to this resource. The common parameters also apply. See Searching for more information about searching in REST, messaging, and services.
| Name | Type | Description | Expression | In Common |
| active | token | Indicates if the related person record is active | RelatedPerson.active | |
| address | string | A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text | RelatedPerson.address | 4 Resources |
| address-city | string | A city specified in an address | RelatedPerson.address.city | 4 Resources |
| address-country | string | A country specified in an address | RelatedPerson.address.country | 4 Resources |
| address-postalcode | string | A postal code specified in an address | RelatedPerson.address.postalCode | 4 Resources |
| address-state | string | A state specified in an address | RelatedPerson.address.state | 4 Resources |
| address-use | token | A use code specified in an address | RelatedPerson.address.use | 4 Resources |
| birthdate | date | The Related Person's date of birth | RelatedPerson.birthDate | 3 Resources |
| token | A value in an email contact | RelatedPerson.telecom.where(system='email') | 5 Resources | |
| family | string | A portion of the family name of the related person | RelatedPerson.name.family | |
| gender | token | Gender of the related person | RelatedPerson.gender | 4 Resources |
| given | string | A portion of the given name of the related person | RelatedPerson.name.given | |
| identifier | token | An Identifier of the RelatedPerson | RelatedPerson.identifier | 65 Resources |
| name | string | A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the HumanName, including family, give, prefix, suffix, suffix, and/or text | RelatedPerson.name | |
| patient | reference | The patient this related person is related to | RelatedPerson.patient (Patient) | 66 Resources |
| phone | token | A value in a phone contact | RelatedPerson.telecom.where(system='phone') | 5 Resources |
| phonetic | string | A portion of name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm | RelatedPerson.name | 4 Resources |
| relationship | token | The relationship between the patient and the relatedperson | RelatedPerson.relationship | |
| telecom | token | The value in any kind of contact | RelatedPerson.telecom | 5 Resources |
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