Patient

The US Core Patient Profile is based upon the core FHIR Patient Resource and designed to meet the applicable patient demographic data elements from the 2015 Edition Common Clinical Data Set.

= Must Support, = Is Modifier, = QiCore defined extension

Field	Card.	Type	Description
race	0..1	Extension	An Extension
ethnicity	0..1	Extension	An Extension
religion	0..1	Extension	An Extension Binding: Religious affiliation of the patient. (extensible)
birthPlace	0..1	Extension	An Extension
disability	0..*	List<Extension>	An Extension Binding: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/ValueSet/qicore-patient-disability (example)
nationality	0..*	List<Extension>	An Extension
cadavericDonor	0..1	Extension	An Extension
military-service	0..1	Extension	Not in QIDAM, but recognized as important, e.g., veterans may be at increased risk for conditions such as traumatic brain injury, agent orange exposure. Binding: The military service of the patient (example)
clinicalTrial	0..*	List<Extension>	An Extension
clinicalTrial-NCT	0..*	List<Extension>	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.
clinicalTrial-period	0..*	List<Extension>	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.
clinicalTrial-reason	0..*	List<Extension>	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.
birthTime	0..1	Extension	An Extension
identifier	1..*	List<Identifier>	An identifier for this patient.
active	0..1	Boolean	Whether this patient record is in active use.
name	1..*	List<HumanName>	A name associated with the individual.
telecom	0..*	List<ContactPoint>	A contact detail (e.g. a telephone number or an email address) by which the individual may be contacted.
telecom-preferred	0..1	Extension	An Extension
gender	1..1	String	Administrative Gender - the gender that the patient is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes. Binding: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender (required)
birthDate	0..1	DateTime	The date of birth for the individual.
deceased[x]	0..1	Boolean | DateTime	Indicates if the individual is deceased or not.
address	0..*	List<Address>	Addresses for the individual.
address-preferred	0..1	Extension	An Extension
contact	0..*	List<contact>	A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient.
animal	0..0	animal	This patient is known to be an animal.
communication	0..*	List<communication>	Languages which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health.
generalPractitioner	0..*	List<Organization | Practitioner>	Patient's nominated care provider.
managingOrganization	0..1	Organization	Organization that is the custodian of the patient record.
link	0..*	List<link>	Link to another patient resource that concerns the same actual patient.