FHIR Extensions Pack
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Extension: Device Maintenance Responsibility

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/device-maintenanceresponsibility Version: 5.3.0
Standards status: Draft Maturity Level: 0 Responsible: HL7 International / Orders and Observations Computable Name: DeviceMaintenanceResponsibility
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.5.1730

Extension containing the information about the person and/or organization responsible for the maintenance of the device. Use DeviceAssociation.relationship with a value of 'maintainer' after R5.

This is an draft extension definition; the committee is seeking implementation feedback, and the definition or contents of the extension may change in future versions

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s)

Usage info

Usages:

  • This Extension is not used by any profiles in this Implementation Guide

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

Changes since version 5.2.0:

  • The resource metadata has changed (experimental, description)
  • The data elements list has changed
  • One or more text definitions, invariants or bindings have changed

    • Formal Views of Extension Content

    Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

    This structure is derived from Extension

    Summary

    Complex Extension: Extension containing the information about the person and/or organization responsible for the maintenance of the device. Use DeviceAssociation.relationship with a value of 'maintainer' after R5.

    • participant: Reference: A person that is individually responsible for the device maintenance.
    • organization: Reference: The organization that is responsible for the device maintenance.

    Maturity: 0

    This structure is derived from Extension

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. Extension 0..* Extension Device Maintenance Responsibility
    ... Slices for extension Content/Rules for all slices
    .... extension:participant 0..1 Extension Responsible individual
    ..... extension 0..0 Extension
    ..... url 1..1 uri "participant"
    ..... value[x] 0..1 Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson | Practitioner | PractitionerRole) Value of extension
    .... extension:organization 0..1 Extension Responsible organization
    ..... extension 0..0 Extension
    ..... url 1..1 uri "organization"
    ..... value[x] 0..1 Reference(Organization) Value of extension
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/device-maintenanceresponsibility"
    ... value[x] 0..0 Value of extension

    doco Documentation for this format
    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. Extension 0..* Extension Device Maintenance Responsibility
    ... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ... Slices for extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
    Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
    .... extension:participant 0..1 Extension Responsible individual
    ..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ..... extension 0..0 Extension
    Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
    ..... url 1..1 uri "participant"
    ..... value[x] 0..1 Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson | Practitioner | PractitionerRole) Value of extension
    .... extension:organization 0..1 Extension Responsible organization
    ..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ..... extension 0..0 Extension
    Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
    ..... url 1..1 uri "organization"
    ..... value[x] 0..1 Reference(Organization) Value of extension
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/device-maintenanceresponsibility"

    doco Documentation for this format

    This structure is derived from Extension

    Summary

    Complex Extension: Extension containing the information about the person and/or organization responsible for the maintenance of the device. Use DeviceAssociation.relationship with a value of 'maintainer' after R5.

    • participant: Reference: A person that is individually responsible for the device maintenance.
    • organization: Reference: The organization that is responsible for the device maintenance.

    Maturity: 0

    Differential View

    This structure is derived from Extension

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. Extension 0..* Extension Device Maintenance Responsibility
    ... Slices for extension Content/Rules for all slices
    .... extension:participant 0..1 Extension Responsible individual
    ..... extension 0..0 Extension
    ..... url 1..1 uri "participant"
    ..... value[x] 0..1 Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson | Practitioner | PractitionerRole) Value of extension
    .... extension:organization 0..1 Extension Responsible organization
    ..... extension 0..0 Extension
    ..... url 1..1 uri "organization"
    ..... value[x] 0..1 Reference(Organization) Value of extension
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/device-maintenanceresponsibility"
    ... value[x] 0..0 Value of extension

    doco Documentation for this format

    Snapshot View

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. Extension 0..* Extension Device Maintenance Responsibility
    ... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ... Slices for extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
    Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
    .... extension:participant 0..1 Extension Responsible individual
    ..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ..... extension 0..0 Extension
    Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
    ..... url 1..1 uri "participant"
    ..... value[x] 0..1 Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson | Practitioner | PractitionerRole) Value of extension
    .... extension:organization 0..1 Extension Responsible organization
    ..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ..... extension 0..0 Extension
    Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
    ..... url 1..1 uri "organization"
    ..... value[x] 0..1 Reference(Organization) Value of extension
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/device-maintenanceresponsibility"

    doco Documentation for this format

     

    Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

    Constraints

    Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
    ele-1 error **ALL** elements All FHIR elements must have a @value or children hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
    ext-1 error **ALL** extensions Must have either extensions or value[x], not both extension.exists() != value.exists()

    R4B

    The extension is unchanged in R4B

    R4

    The extension is unchanged in R4

    R3

    The extension is unchanged in R3

    Search Parameters for this Extension

    (none found)