This page is part of the Bidirectional Services eReferrals (BSeR) (v1.0.0: STU 1) based on FHIR R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
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The primary participants in referral functions within the scope of the BSeR FHIR IG are the referral service request initiator, referral service request recipient, and referral service request patient. The resource profiles for the referral service request initiator and referral service request recipient use the FHIR R4 Practitioner and Practitioner Role as their base resources. The referral service request patient is the US Core Patient profile.
The referral initiator is the practitioner that initiates the referral task by sending the referral service request to the referral recipient. The initiator is related to an organization and a service delivery location.
The referral recipient is the practitioner that performs services requested in a referral service request received from a referral initiator. The referral recipient owns the referral task and authors the referral feedback. The recipient is related to an organization and a service delivery location.
The referral patient is the subject of a referral service request, referral feedback composition, and clinical statements used as supporting information for referral requests and feedback. In addition to basic demographics the referral patient is the beneficiary of coverage, the subject of education level and employment status, and the target patient of a consent resource.