Schedule - FHIR v5.0.0

Release 5

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12.16.7 Resource Schedule - Detailed Descriptions

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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	Service Category (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	Service Type (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	markdown
Summary	false