This page is part of the Quality Improvement Core Framework (v2.0.0: STU 2) based on FHIR R3. The current version which supercedes this version is 4.1.1. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

QICore-Communication


<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="qicore-communication"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;"><tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;"><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/formats.html#table" title="The logical name of the element">Name</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/formats.html#table" title="Information about the use of the element">Flags</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/formats.html#table" title="Minimum and Maximum # of times the the element can appear in the instance">Card.</a></th><th style="width: 100px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/formats.html#table" title="Reference to the type of the element">Type</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/formats.html#table" title="Additional information about the element">Description &amp; Constraints</a><span style="float: right"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/formats.html#table" title="Legend for this format"><img src="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/help16.png" alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_element.gif" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Element" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication" title="An occurrence of information being transmitted; e.g. an alert that was sent to a responsible provider, a public health agency was notified about a reportable condition.">Communication</a><a name="Communication"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">*</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">A record of information transmitted from a sender to a receiver</span></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_primitive.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.status" title="The status of the transmission.">status</a><a name="Communication.status"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="padding: 3px; color: white; background-color: red" title="This element must be supported">S</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">1</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a style="opacity: 0.4" href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/datatypes.html#code">code</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">preparation | in-progress | suspended | aborted | completed | entered-in-error</span><br/><span style="font-weight:bold">Binding: </span><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/valueset-event-status.html">EventStatus</a> (<a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/terminologies.html#required" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set">required</a>)</td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_datatype.gif" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.notDoneReason" title="Describes why the communication event did not occur in coded and/or textual form.">notDoneReason</a><a name="Communication.notDoneReason"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a style="opacity: 0.4" href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">Why communication did not occur</span><br/><span style="font-weight:bold">Binding: </span><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/valueset-communication-not-done-reason.html">CommunicationNotDoneReason</a> (<a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/terminologies.html#example" title="Instances are not expected or even encouraged to draw from the specified value set.  The value set merely provides examples of the types of concepts intended to be included.">example</a>)</td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_datatype.gif" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.category" title="The type of message conveyed such as alert, notification, reminder, instruction, etc.">category</a><a name="Communication.category"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="padding: 3px; color: white; background-color: red" title="This element must be supported">S</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">*</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a style="opacity: 0.4" href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">Message category</span><br/><span style="font-weight:bold">Binding: </span><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/valueset-communication-category.html">CommunicationCategory</a> (<a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/terminologies.html#example" title="Instances are not expected or even encouraged to draw from the specified value set.  The value set merely provides examples of the types of concepts intended to be included.">example</a>)<br/></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_datatype.gif" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.medium" title="A channel that was used for this communication (e.g. email, fax).">medium</a><a name="Communication.medium"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="padding: 3px; color: white; background-color: red" title="This element must be supported">S</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">*</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a style="opacity: 0.4" href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">A channel of communication</span><br/><span style="font-weight:bold">Binding: </span><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/v3/ParticipationMode/vs.html">v3 Code System ParticipationMode</a> (<a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/terminologies.html#example" title="Instances are not expected or even encouraged to draw from the specified value set.  The value set merely provides examples of the types of concepts intended to be included.">example</a>)<br/></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_reference.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Reference to another Resource" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.subject" title="The patient or group that was the focus of this communication.">subject</a><a name="Communication.subject"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="padding: 3px; color: white; background-color: red" title="This element must be supported">S</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-patient.html">QICore-Patient</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/group.html">Group</a>)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">Focus of message</span></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_reference.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Reference to another Resource" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.recipient" title="The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, or device) which was the target of the communication. If receipts need to be tracked by individual, a separate resource instance will need to be created for each recipient.  Multiple recipient communications are intended where either a receipt(s) is not tracked (e.g. a mass mail-out) or is captured in aggregate (all emails confirmed received by a particular time).">recipient</a><a name="Communication.recipient"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="padding: 3px; color: white; background-color: red" title="This element must be supported">S</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">*</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-device.html">QICore-Device</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-organization.html">QICore-Organization</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-patient.html">QICore-Patient</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-practitioner.html">QICore-Practitioner</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-relatedperson.html">QICore-RelatedPerson</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/group.html">Group</a>)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">Message recipient</span><br/></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_reference.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Reference to another Resource" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.context" title="The encounter within which the communication was sent.">context</a><a name="Communication.context"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="padding: 3px; color: white; background-color: red" title="This element must be supported">S</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-encounter.html">QICore-Encounter</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/episodeofcare.html">EpisodeOfCare</a>)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">Encounter or episode leading to message</span></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_primitive.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.sent" title="The time when this communication was sent.">sent</a><a name="Communication.sent"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="padding: 3px; color: white; background-color: red" title="This element must be supported">S</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a style="opacity: 0.4" href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/datatypes.html#dateTime">dateTime</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">When sent</span></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_primitive.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.received" title="The time when this communication arrived at the destination.">received</a><a name="Communication.received"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="padding: 3px; color: white; background-color: red" title="This element must be supported">S</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a style="opacity: 0.4" href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/datatypes.html#dateTime">dateTime</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">When received</span></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_reference.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Reference to another Resource" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.sender" title="The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, or device) which was the source of the communication.">sender</a><a name="Communication.sender"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="padding: 3px; color: white; background-color: red" title="This element must be supported">S</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-device.html">QICore-Device</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-organization.html">QICore-Organization</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-patient.html">QICore-Patient</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-practitioner.html">QICore-Practitioner</a>), <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/references.html">Reference</a>(<a href="qicore-relatedperson.html">QICore-RelatedPerson</a>)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">Message sender</span></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin_end.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_datatype.gif" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="qicore-communication-definitions.html#Communication.reasonCode" title="The reason or justification for the communication.">reasonCode</a><a name="Communication.reasonCode"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.4">*</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a style="opacity: 0.4" href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.4">Indication for message</span><br/><span style="font-weight:bold">Binding: </span><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/valueset-clinical-findings.html">SNOMED CT Clinical Findings</a> (<a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/terminologies.html#example" title="Instances are not expected or even encouraged to draw from the specified value set.  The value set merely provides examples of the types of concepts intended to be included.">example</a>)<br/></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="5" class="hierarchy"><br/><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/formats.html#table" title="Legend for this format"><img src="http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/help16.png" alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <url
       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-communication"/>
  <version value="0.5"/>
  <name value="QICore-Communication"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <date value="2017-08-21T00:00:00+10:00"/>
  <publisher
             value="Health Level Seven International (Clinical Quality Information - QICore)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/special/committees/CQI"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <fhirVersion value="3.0.1"/>
  <mapping>
    <identity value="qdm"/>
    <uri value="http://www.healthit.gov/quality-data-model"/>
    <name value="Quality Data Model"/>
  </mapping>
  <mapping>
    <identity value="workflow"/>
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow"/>
    <name value="Workflow Mapping"/>
  </mapping>
  <mapping>
    <identity value="w5"/>
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/w5"/>
    <name value="W5 Mapping"/>
  </mapping>
  <mapping>
    <identity value="rim"/>
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/>
    <name value="RIM Mapping"/>
  </mapping>
  <kind value="resource"/>
  <abstract value="false"/>
  <type value="Communication"/>
  <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Communication"/>
  <derivation value="constraint"/>
  <snapshot>
    <element id="Communication">
      <path value="Communication"/>
      <short
             value="A record of information transmitted from a sender to a receiver"/>
      <definition
                  value="An occurrence of information being transmitted; e.g. an alert that was sent to a responsible provider, a public health agency was notified about a reportable condition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <constraint>
        <key value="dom-2"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human
               value="If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources"/>
        <expression value="contained.contained.empty()"/>
        <xpath value="not(parent::f:contained and f:contained)"/>
        <source value="DomainResource"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="dom-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human
               value="If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain any narrative"/>
        <expression value="contained.text.empty()"/>
        <xpath value="not(parent::f:contained and f:text)"/>
        <source value="DomainResource"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="dom-4"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human
               value="If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated"/>
        <expression
                    value="contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty()"/>
        <xpath
               value="not(exists(f:contained/*/f:meta/f:versionId)) and not(exists(f:contained/*/f:meta/f:lastUpdated))"/>
        <source value="DomainResource"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="dom-3"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human
               value="If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource"/>
        <expression
                    value="contained.where((&#39;#&#39;+id in %resource.descendants().reference).not()).empty()"/>
        <xpath
               value="not(exists(for $id in f:contained/*/@id return $id[not(ancestor::f:contained/parent::*/descendant::f:reference/@value=concat(&#39;#&#39;, $id))]))"/>
        <source value="DomainResource"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="com-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human
               value="Not Done Reason can only be specified if NotDone is &quot;true&quot;"/>
        <expression value="notDone or notDoneReason.exists().not()"/>
        <xpath value="f:notDone/@value=true() or not(exists(f:notDoneReason))"/>
        <source value="Communication"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="Entity. Role, or Act"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="workflow.encounter"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map
             value="&quot;Communication: From Patient to Provider&quot; and &quot;Communication: From Provider to Patient&quot; and &quot;Communication: From Provider to Provider&quot;; &quot;Intervention, Performed&quot; (when Communication.status=&quot;completed&quot;)"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.id">
      <path value="Communication.id"/>
      <short value="Logical id of this artifact"/>
      <definition
                  value="The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes."/>
      <comment
               value="The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Resource.id"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="id"/>
      </type>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.meta">
      <path value="Communication.meta"/>
      <short value="Metadata about the resource"/>
      <definition
                  value="The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content may not always be associated with version changes to the resource."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Resource.meta"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Meta"/>
      </type>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.implicitRules">
      <path value="Communication.implicitRules"/>
      <short value="A set of rules under which this content was created"/>
      <definition
                  value="A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content."/>
      <comment
               value="Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element. 

This element is labelled as a modifier because the implicit rules may provide additional knowledge about the resource that modifies it&#39;s meaning or interpretation."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Resource.implicitRules"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="uri"/>
      </type>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.language">
      <path value="Communication.language"/>
      <short value="Language of the resource content"/>
      <definition value="The base language in which the resource is written."/>
      <comment
               value="Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies  to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource  Not all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Resource.language"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <binding>
        <extension
                   url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-maxValueSet">
          <valueReference>
            <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/all-languages"/>
          </valueReference>
        </extension>
        <extension
                   url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="Language"/>
        </extension>
        <extension
                   url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="extensible"/>
        <description value="A human language."/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.text">
      <path value="Communication.text"/>
      <short value="Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation"/>
      <definition
                  value="A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource, and may be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it &quot;clinically safe&quot; for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety."/>
      <comment
               value="Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no additional discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied).  This may be necessary for data from legacy systems where information is captured as a &quot;text blob&quot; or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated and encoded in formation is added later."/>
      <alias value="narrative"/>
      <alias value="html"/>
      <alias value="xhtml"/>
      <alias value="display"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="DomainResource.text"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Narrative"/>
      </type>
      <condition value="dom-1"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="Act.text?"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.contained">
      <path value="Communication.contained"/>
      <short value="Contained, inline Resources"/>
      <definition
                  value="These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope."/>
      <comment
               value="This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again."/>
      <alias value="inline resources"/>
      <alias value="anonymous resources"/>
      <alias value="contained resources"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="DomainResource.contained"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Resource"/>
      </type>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.extension">
      <path value="Communication.extension"/>
      <short value="Additional Content defined by implementations"/>
      <definition
                  value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension."/>
      <comment
               value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/>
      <alias value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="DomainResource.extension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.modifierExtension">
      <path value="Communication.modifierExtension"/>
      <short value="Extensions that cannot be ignored"/>
      <definition
                  value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions."/>
      <comment
               value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/>
      <alias value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="DomainResource.modifierExtension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.identifier">
      <path value="Communication.identifier"/>
      <short value="Unique identifier"/>
      <definition
                  value="Identifiers associated with this Communication that are defined by business processes and/ or used to refer to it when a direct URL reference to the resource itself is not appropriate (e.g. in CDA documents, or in written / printed documentation)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.identifier"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Identifier"/>
      </type>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.identifier"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="id"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.definition">
      <path value="Communication.definition"/>
      <short value="Instantiates protocol or definition"/>
      <definition
                  value="A protocol, guideline, or other definition that was adhered to in whole or in part by this communication event."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.definition"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PlanDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ActivityDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.definition"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.basedOn">
      <path value="Communication.basedOn"/>
      <short value="Request fulfilled by this communication"/>
      <definition
                  value="An order, proposal or plan fulfilled in whole or in part by this Communication."/>
      <comment
               value="This must point to some sort of a &#39;Request&#39; resource, such as CarePlan, CommunicationRequest, ReferralRequest, MedicationRequest, etc."/>
      <alias value="fulfills"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.basedOn"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource"/>
      </type>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.basedOn"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.partOf">
      <path value="Communication.partOf"/>
      <short value="Part of this action"/>
      <definition value="Part of this action."/>
      <alias value="container"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.partOf"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource"/>
      </type>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.partOf"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.status">
      <path value="Communication.status"/>
      <short
             value="preparation | in-progress | suspended | aborted | completed | entered-in-error"/>
      <definition value="The status of the transmission."/>
      <comment
               value="This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains the codes aborted and entered-in-error that mark the communication as not currently valid."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.status"/>
        <min value="1"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description
                     value="Codes identifying the stage lifecycle stage of a event"/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/event-status"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.status"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="status"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map value="status"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.notDone">
      <path value="Communication.notDone"/>
      <short value="Communication did not occur"/>
      <definition
                  value="If true, indicates that the described communication event did not actually occur."/>
      <comment
               value="This element is labeled as a modifier because it marks the communication as a communication that did not occur.  The more attributes are populated, the more constrained the negated statement is."/>
      <requirements
                    value="Creating a Communication where notDone is true is intended for situations where there&#39;s a need for a specific statement in the record about something not being done.  If the need is merely to indicate that a request wasn&#39;t fulfilled, that should be handled using Task."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.notDone"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="boolean"/>
      </type>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.notDone"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.notDoneReason">
      <path value="Communication.notDoneReason"/>
      <short value="Why communication did not occur"/>
      <definition
                  value="Describes why the communication event did not occur in coded and/or textual form."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.notDoneReason"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
      </type>
      <condition value="com-1"/>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="example"/>
        <description
                     value="Codes for the reason why a communication was not done."/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference
                     value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/communication-not-done-reason"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.notDoneReason"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map
             value="negation rationale (when Communication.status=&quot;rejected&quot;)"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.category">
      <path value="Communication.category"/>
      <short value="Message category"/>
      <definition
                  value="The type of message conveyed such as alert, notification, reminder, instruction, etc."/>
      <comment
               value="There may be multiple axes of categorization and one communication may serve multiple purposes."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.category"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="example"/>
        <description
                     value="Codes for general categories of communications such as alerts, instruction, etc."/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/communication-category"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.code"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="class"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map value="primary code"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.medium">
      <path value="Communication.medium"/>
      <short value="A channel of communication"/>
      <definition
                  value="A channel that was used for this communication (e.g. email, fax)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.medium"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="example"/>
        <description
                     value="A set of codes specifying the modality by which the Entity playing the Role is participating in the Act. Examples: Physically present, over the telephone, written communication. Rationale: Particularly for author (originator) participants this is used to specify whether the information represented by the act was initially provided verbally, (hand-)written, or electronically. Open Issue: There needs to be a reexamination of the hierarchies as there seems to be some muddling between ELECTRONIC and other concepts that involve electronic communication that are in other hierarchies."/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ParticipationMode"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.subject">
      <path value="Communication.subject"/>
      <short value="Focus of message"/>
      <definition
                  value="The patient or group that was the focus of this communication."/>
      <alias value="patient"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.subject"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patient"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.subject"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="who.focus"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.recipient">
      <path value="Communication.recipient"/>
      <short value="Message recipient"/>
      <definition
                  value="The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, or device) which was the target of the communication. If receipts need to be tracked by individual, a separate resource instance will need to be created for each recipient.  Multiple recipient communications are intended where either a receipt(s) is not tracked (e.g. a mass mail-out) or is captured in aggregate (all emails confirmed received by a particular time)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.recipient"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-device"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-organization"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patient"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-practitioner"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-relatedperson"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="who.focus"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.topic">
      <path value="Communication.topic"/>
      <short value="Focal resources"/>
      <definition
                  value="The resources which were responsible for or related to producing this communication."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.topic"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource"/>
      </type>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="context"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.context">
      <path value="Communication.context"/>
      <short value="Encounter or episode leading to message"/>
      <definition value="The encounter within which the communication was sent."/>
      <alias value="encounter"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.context"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-encounter"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/EpisodeOfCare"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.context"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="context"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.sent">
      <path value="Communication.sent"/>
      <short value="When sent"/>
      <definition value="The time when this communication was sent."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.sent"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="dateTime"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map
             value="Event.occurrenceDateTime (Invariant: maps to either sent OR received)"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="when.init"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map value="start datetime"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.received">
      <path value="Communication.received"/>
      <short value="When received"/>
      <definition
                  value="The time when this communication arrived at the destination."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.received"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="dateTime"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map
             value="Event.occurrenceDateTime (Invariant: maps to either sent OR received)"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="when.done"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map value="stop datetime"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.sender">
      <path value="Communication.sender"/>
      <short value="Message sender"/>
      <definition
                  value="The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, or device) which was the source of the communication."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.sender"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-device"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-organization"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patient"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-practitioner"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-relatedperson"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.performer.actor"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="who.actor"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.reasonCode">
      <path value="Communication.reasonCode"/>
      <short value="Indication for message"/>
      <definition value="The reason or justification for the communication."/>
      <comment value="Textual reasons can be caprued using reasonCode.text."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.reasonCode"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="example"/>
        <description
                     value="This value set includes all the &quot;Clinical finding&quot; SNOMED CT codes - concepts where concept is-a 404684003 (Clinical finding (finding))."/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/clinical-findings"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.reasonCodableConcept"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value=".reasonCode"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="why"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map value="reasonCode"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.reasonReference">
      <path value="Communication.reasonReference"/>
      <short value="Why was communication done?"/>
      <definition
                  value="Indicates another resource whose existence justifies this communication."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.reasonReference"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Condition"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation"/>
      </type>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.reasonReference"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value=".outboundRelationship[typeCode=RSON].target"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="why"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.payload">
      <path value="Communication.payload"/>
      <short value="Message payload"/>
      <definition
                  value="Text, attachment(s), or resource(s) that was communicated to the recipient."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.payload"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="BackboneElement"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() | (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/>
        <source value="Element"/>
      </constraint>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.payload.id">
      <path value="Communication.payload.id"/>
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
      <short value="xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)"/>
      <definition
                  value="unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.id"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="n/a"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.payload.extension">
      <path value="Communication.payload.extension"/>
      <short value="Additional Content defined by implementations"/>
      <definition
                  value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension."/>
      <comment
               value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/>
      <alias value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.extension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="n/a"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.payload.modifierExtension">
      <path value="Communication.payload.modifierExtension"/>
      <short value="Extensions that cannot be ignored"/>
      <definition
                  value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions."/>
      <comment
               value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/>
      <alias value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <alias value="modifiers"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="BackboneElement.modifierExtension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.payload.content[x]">
      <path value="Communication.payload.content[x]"/>
      <short value="Message part content"/>
      <definition
                  value="A communicated content (or for multi-part communications, one portion of the communication)."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.payload.content[x]"/>
        <min value="1"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Attachment"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource"/>
      </type>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.note">
      <path value="Communication.note"/>
      <short value="Comments made about the communication"/>
      <definition
                  value="Additional notes or commentary about the communication by the sender, receiver or other interested parties."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Communication.note"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Annotation"/>
      </type>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Event.note"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
  </snapshot>
  <differential>
    <element id="Communication">
      <path value="Communication"/>
      <short
             value="A record of information transmitted from a sender to a receiver"/>
      <definition
                  value="An occurrence of information being transmitted; e.g. an alert that was sent to a responsible provider, a public health agency was notified about a reportable condition."/>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map
             value="&quot;Communication: From Patient to Provider&quot; and &quot;Communication: From Provider to Patient&quot; and &quot;Communication: From Provider to Provider&quot;; &quot;Intervention, Performed&quot; (when Communication.status=&quot;completed&quot;)"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.status">
      <path value="Communication.status"/>
      <short
             value="preparation | in-progress | suspended | aborted | completed | entered-in-error"/>
      <definition value="The status of the transmission."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description
                     value="Codes identifying the stage lifecycle stage of a event"/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/event-status"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map value="status"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.notDoneReason">
      <path value="Communication.notDoneReason"/>
      <short value="Why communication did not occur"/>
      <definition
                  value="Describes why the communication event did not occur in coded and/or textual form."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="example"/>
        <description
                     value="Codes for the reason why a communication was not done."/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference
                     value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/communication-not-done-reason"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map
             value="negation rationale (when Communication.status=&quot;rejected&quot;)"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.category">
      <path value="Communication.category"/>
      <short value="Message category"/>
      <definition
                  value="The type of message conveyed such as alert, notification, reminder, instruction, etc."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="example"/>
        <description
                     value="Codes for general categories of communications such as alerts, instruction, etc."/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/communication-category"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map value="primary code"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.medium">
      <path value="Communication.medium"/>
      <short value="A channel of communication"/>
      <definition
                  value="A channel that was used for this communication (e.g. email, fax)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="example"/>
        <description
                     value="A set of codes specifying the modality by which the Entity playing the Role is participating in the Act. Examples: Physically present, over the telephone, written communication. Rationale: Particularly for author (originator) participants this is used to specify whether the information represented by the act was initially provided verbally, (hand-)written, or electronically. Open Issue: There needs to be a reexamination of the hierarchies as there seems to be some muddling between ELECTRONIC and other concepts that involve electronic communication that are in other hierarchies."/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ParticipationMode"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.subject">
      <path value="Communication.subject"/>
      <short value="Focus of message"/>
      <definition
                  value="The patient or group that was the focus of this communication."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patient"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.recipient">
      <path value="Communication.recipient"/>
      <short value="Message recipient"/>
      <definition
                  value="The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, or device) which was the target of the communication. If receipts need to be tracked by individual, a separate resource instance will need to be created for each recipient.  Multiple recipient communications are intended where either a receipt(s) is not tracked (e.g. a mass mail-out) or is captured in aggregate (all emails confirmed received by a particular time)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-device"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-organization"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patient"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-practitioner"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-relatedperson"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.context">
      <path value="Communication.context"/>
      <short value="Encounter or episode leading to message"/>
      <definition value="The encounter within which the communication was sent."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-encounter"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/EpisodeOfCare"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.sent">
      <path value="Communication.sent"/>
      <short value="When sent"/>
      <definition value="The time when this communication was sent."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="dateTime"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map value="start datetime"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.received">
      <path value="Communication.received"/>
      <short value="When received"/>
      <definition
                  value="The time when this communication arrived at the destination."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="dateTime"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map value="stop datetime"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.sender">
      <path value="Communication.sender"/>
      <short value="Message sender"/>
      <definition
                  value="The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, or device) which was the source of the communication."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-device"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-organization"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patient"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-practitioner"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Reference"/>
        <targetProfile
                       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-relatedperson"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="true"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="Communication.reasonCode">
      <path value="Communication.reasonCode"/>
      <short value="Indication for message"/>
      <definition value="The reason or justification for the communication."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="example"/>
        <description
                     value="This value set includes all the &quot;Clinical finding&quot; SNOMED CT codes - concepts where concept is-a 404684003 (Clinical finding (finding))."/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/clinical-findings"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="qdm"/>
        <map value="reasonCode"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
  </differential>
</StructureDefinition>