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ParticipationType    NormativeStandard1

A code specifying the meaning and purpose of every Participation instance. Each of its values implies specific constraints on the Roles undertaking the participation.

This table controls values for structural elements of the HL7 Reference Information Model. Therefore, it is part of the Normative Ballot for the RIM.

Lvl Type, Domain name and/or Mnemonic code Concept ID Mnemonic Print Name Definition/Description
1 A: ParticipationAncillary V10247

Participations related, but not primary to an act. The Referring, Admitting, and Discharging practitioners must be the same person as those authoring the ControlAct event for their respective trigger events.

2   L:  (ADM) 16845 ADM admitter

The practitioner who is responsible for admitting a patient to a hospital stay.

2   L:  (ATND) 16843 ATND attender

The attending practitioner that has responsibility for a patient's care during a hospital stay.

2   L:  (CALLBCK) 20919 CALLBCK callback contact

A person or organization who should be contacted for follow-up questions about the act in place of the author.

2   L:  (CON) 10256 CON consultant

An advisor participating in the service by performing evaluations and making recommendations.

2   L:  (DIS) 16844 DIS discharger

The practitioner who is responsible for the discharge of a patient from a hospital stay.

2   L:  (ESC) 10250 ESC escort

Only with Transportation services. A person who escorts the patient.

2   L:  (REF) 10264 REF referrer

A person having referred the subject of the service to the performer (referring physician). Typically, a referring physician will receive a report.

1 S: ParticipationIndirectTarget (IND) V19032 IND indirect target

Target that is not substantially present in the act and which is not directly affected by the act, but which will be a focus of the record or documentation of the act.

2   L:  (BEN) 10288 BEN beneficiary

Target on behalf of whom the service happens, but that is not necessarily present in the service. Can occur together with direct target to indicate that a target is both. Includes, a participant who derives benefits from an act, such as a covered party

2   L:  (COV) 14017 COV coverage target

The target participation for an individual in a health care coverage act in which the target role is either the policy holder of the coverage, or a covered party under the coverage.

2   L:  (HLD) 16751 HLD holder

Participant who posses an instrument such as a financial contract (insurance policy) usually based on some agreement with the author.

2   L:  (RCT) 10289 RCT record target

The record target indicates whose medical record holds the documentation of this act. This is especially important when the subject of a service is not the patient himself.

2   L:  (RCV) 13974 RCV receiver

The person (or organization) who receives the product of an Act.

1 A: ParticipationInformationGenerator V10251

Parties that may or should contribute or have contributed information to the Act. Such information includes information leading to the decision to perform the Act and how to perform the Act (e.g., consultant), information that the Act itself seeks to reveal (e.g., informant of clinical history), or information about what Act was performed (e.g., informant witness).

2   L:  (AUT) 10252 AUT author (originator)

A party that originates the Act and therefore has responsibility for the information given in the Act and ownership of this Act. Example: the report writer, the person writing the act definition, the guideline author, the placer of an order, the EKG cart (device) creating a report etc. Every Act should have an author. Authorship is regardless of mood always actual authorship. The author (or authors) has ownership of the Acts that they originate. This means that a party other than this author (or those authors) cannot cancel, abort, complete or modify the state or content of this Act in any other way. A party other than the author may only amend, reverse, override, replace, or follow up in other ways on this Act, whereby the Act remains intact and is linked to another Act authored by that other party.

2   L:  (ENT) 10253 ENT data entry person

A person entering the data into the originating system. The data entry person is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the transcriptionist for dictated text.

2   L:  (INF) 10254 INF informant

A source of reported information (e.g., a next of kin who answers questions about the patient's history). For history questions, the patient is logically an informant, yet the informant of history questions is implicitly the subject.

2   L:  (WIT) 10260 WIT witness

Only with service events. A person witnessing the action happening without doing anything. A witness is not necessarily aware, much less approves of anything stated in the service event. Example for a witness is students watching an operation or an advanced directive witness.

1 S: ParticipationInformationRecipient (IRCP) V10263 IRCP information recipient

A party, who may or should receive or who has recieved the Act or subsequent or derivative information of that Act. Information recipient is inert, i.e., independent of mood." Rationale: this is a generalization of a too diverse family that the definition can't be any more specific, and the concept is abstract so one of the specializations should be used.

2   L:  (NOT) 19057 NOT ugent notification contact

An information recipient to notify for urgent matters about this Act. (e.g., in a laboratory order, critical results are being called by phone right away, this is the contact to call; or for an inpatient encounter, a next of kin to notify when the patient becomes critically ill).

2   L:  (PRCP) 19055 PRCP primary information recipient

Information recipient to whom an act statement is primarily directed. E.g., a primary care provider receiving a discharge letter from a hospitalist, a health department receiving information on a suspected case of infectious disease. Multiple of these participations may exist on the same act without requiring that recipients be ranked as primary vs. secondary.

2   L:  (REFB) 20842 REFB Referred By

A participant (e.g. provider) who has referred the subject of an act (e.g. patient).

Typically, a referred by participant will provide a report (e.g. referral).

2   L:  (REFT) 18116 REFT Referred to

The person who receives the patient

2   L:  (TRC) 10265 TRC tracker

A secondary information recipient, who receives copies (e.g., a primary care provider receiving copies of results as ordered by specialist).

1 S: ParticipationPhysicalPerformer (PRF) V10248 PRF performer

A person who actually and principally carries out the action. Need not be the principal responsible actor, e.g. a surgery resident operating under supervision of attending surgeon, and may be the patient in self-care, e.g. fingerstick blood sugar. The traditional order filler is a performer. This information should accompany every service event.

2   L:  (DIST) 19063 DIST distributor

Distributes material used in or generated during the act.

2   L:  (PPRF) 19064 PPRF primary performer

The principal or primary performer of the act.

2   L:  (SPRF) 19065 SPRF secondary performer

A person assisting in an act through his substantial presence and involvement This includes: assistants, technicians, associates, or whatever the job titles may be.

1 S: ParticipationTargetDirect (DIR) V10286 DIR direct target

Target that is substantially present in the service and which is directly affected by the service action (includes consumed material, devices, etc.).

2   S: ParticipationTargetDevice (DEV) V10298 DEV device

Something used in delivering the service without being substantially affected by the service (i.e. durable or inert with respect to that particular service). Examples are: monitoring equipment, tools, but also access/drainage lines, prostheses, pace maker, etc.

3     L:  (NRD) 10299 NRD non-reuseable device

A device that changes ownership due to the service, e.g., a pacemaker, a prosthesis, an insulin injection equipment (pen), etc. Such material may need to be restocked after he service.

3     L:  (RDV) 10300 RDV reusable device

A device that does not change ownership due to the service, i.e., a surgical instrument or tool or an endoscope. The distinction between reuseable and non-reuseable must be made in order to know whether material must be re-stocked.

2   S: ParticipationTargetSubject (SBJ) V19584 SBJ subject

The principle target that the service acts on. E.g. the patient in physical examination, a specimen in a lab observation. May also be a patient's family member (teaching) or a device or room (cleaning, disinfecting, housekeeping). Note: not all direct targets are subjects, consumables, and devices used as tools for a service are not subjects. However, a device may be a subject of a maintenance service.

3     L:  (SPC) 10294 SPC specimen

The subject of non-clinical (e.g. laboratory) observation services is a specimen.

2   L:  (BBY) 10293 BBY baby

In an obstetric service, the baby.

2   L:  (CSM) 10296 CSM consumable

Target that is taken up, is diminished, and disappears in the service.

2   L:  (DON) 10291 DON donor

In some organ transplantation services and rarely in transfusion services a donor will be a target participant in the service. However, in most cases transplantation is decomposed in three services: explantation, transport, and implantation. The identity of the donor (recipient) is often irrelevant for the explantation (implantation) service.

2   L:  (PRD) 10295 PRD product

A material target that is brought forth (produced) in the service (e.g., specimen in a specimen collection, access or drainage in a placement service, medication package in a dispense service). It doesn't matter whether the material produced had existence prior to the service, or whether it is created in the service (e.g., in supply services the product is taken from a stock).

1 S: ParticipationTargetLocation (LOC) V10302 LOC location

The facility where the service is done. May be a static building (or room therein) or a moving location (e.g., ambulance, helicopter, aircraft, train, truck, ship, etc.)

2   L:  (DST) 10304 DST destination

The destination for services. May be a static building (or room therein) or a movable facility (e.g., ship).

2   L:  (ELOC) 13973 ELOC entry location

A location where data about an Act was entered.

2   L:  (ORG) 10303 ORG origin

The location of origin for services. May be a static building (or room therein) or a movable facility (e.g., ship).

2   L:  (RML) 10306 RML remote

Some services take place at multiple concurrent locations (e.g., telemedicine, telephone consultation). The location where the principal performing actor is located is taken as the primary location (LOC) while the other location(s) are considered "remote."

2   L:  (VIA) 10305 VIA via

For services, an intermediate location that specifies a path between origin an destination.

1 S: ParticipationVerifier (VRF) V10259 VRF verifier

A person who verifies the correctness and appropriateness of the service (plan, order, event, etc.) and hence takes on accountability.

2   L:  (AUTHEN) 19072 AUTHEN authenticator

A verifier who attests to the accuracy of an act, but who does not have privileges to legally authenticate the act. An example would be a resident physician who sees a patient and dictates a note, then later signs it. Their signature constitutes an authentication.

2   L:  (LA) 19073 LA legal authenticator

A verifier who legally authenticates the accuracy of an act. An example would be a staff physician who sees a patient and dictates a note, then later signs it. Their signature constitutes a legal authentication.

1 A: x_EncounterParticipant V19605

Clones using this x_domain should have a name "encounterParticipant".

2   L:  (ADM) 16845 ADM admitter

The practitioner who is responsible for admitting a patient to a hospital stay.

2   L:  (ATND) 16843 ATND attender

The attending practitioner that has responsibility for a patient's care during a hospital stay.

2   L:  (CON) 10256 CON consultant

An advisor participating in the service by performing evaluations and making recommendations.

2   L:  (DIS) 16844 DIS discharger

The practitioner who is responsible for the discharge of a patient from a hospital stay.

2   L:  (REF) 10264 REF referrer

A person having referred the subject of the service to the performer (referring physician). Typically, a referring physician will receive a report.

1 A: x_EncounterPerformerParticipation V16764

Used to enumerate the ways in which a clinician can directly participate during an encounter which generates a clinical document.

2   L:  (PRF) V10248 PRF performer

A person who actually and principally carries out the action. Need not be the principal responsible actor, e.g. a surgery resident operating under supervision of attending surgeon, and may be the patient in self-care, e.g. fingerstick blood sugar. The traditional order filler is a performer. This information should accompany every service event.

2   L:  (CON) 10256 CON consultant

An advisor participating in the service by performing evaluations and making recommendations.

2   L:  (SPRF) 19065 SPRF secondary performer

A person assisting in an act through his substantial presence and involvement This includes: assistants, technicians, associates, or whatever the job titles may be.

1 A: x_InformationRecipient V19366

Used to represent participant(s) who should receive a copy of a document.

2   L:  (PRCP) 19055 PRCP primary information recipient

Information recipient to whom an act statement is primarily directed. E.g., a primary care provider receiving a discharge letter from a hospitalist, a health department receiving information on a suspected case of infectious disease. Multiple of these participations may exist on the same act without requiring that recipients be ranked as primary vs. secondary.

2   L:  (TRC) 10265 TRC tracker

A secondary information recipient, who receives copies (e.g., a primary care provider receiving copies of results as ordered by specialist).

1 A: x_ParticipationAuthorPerformer V19080

One who initiates the control act event, either as its author or its physical performer.

2   L:  (PRF) V10248 PRF performer

A person who actually and principally carries out the action. Need not be the principal responsible actor, e.g. a surgery resident operating under supervision of attending surgeon, and may be the patient in self-care, e.g. fingerstick blood sugar. The traditional order filler is a performer. This information should accompany every service event.

2   L:  (AUT) 10252 AUT author (originator)

A party that originates the Act and therefore has responsibility for the information given in the Act and ownership of this Act. Example: the report writer, the person writing the act definition, the guideline author, the placer of an order, the EKG cart (device) creating a report etc. Every Act should have an author. Authorship is regardless of mood always actual authorship. The author (or authors) has ownership of the Acts that they originate. This means that a party other than this author (or those authors) cannot cancel, abort, complete or modify the state or content of this Act in any other way. A party other than the author may only amend, reverse, override, replace, or follow up in other ways on this Act, whereby the Act remains intact and is linked to another Act authored by that other party.

1 A: x_ParticipationEntVrf V19600

A person that contributed to recording or validating the act.

2   L:  (VRF) V10259 VRF verifier

A person who verifies the correctness and appropriateness of the service (plan, order, event, etc.) and hence takes on accountability.

2   L:  (ENT) 10253 ENT data entry person

A person entering the data into the originating system. The data entry person is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the transcriptionist for dictated text.

1 A: x_ParticipationPrfEntVrf V19601

A person that performed, contributed in recording or validating the act.

2   L:  (PRF) V10248 PRF performer

A person who actually and principally carries out the action. Need not be the principal responsible actor, e.g. a surgery resident operating under supervision of attending surgeon, and may be the patient in self-care, e.g. fingerstick blood sugar. The traditional order filler is a performer. This information should accompany every service event.

2   L:  (VRF) V10259 VRF verifier

A person who verifies the correctness and appropriateness of the service (plan, order, event, etc.) and hence takes on accountability.

2   L:  (ENT) 10253 ENT data entry person

A person entering the data into the originating system. The data entry person is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the transcriptionist for dictated text.

1 A: x_ParticipationVrfRespSprfWit V19083

One who oversees a control act event. Includes either a type of accountability, as in responsible party, verifier (and its children) and witness; or being an assistant to the control act event, as in secondary performer.

2   L:  (VRF) V10259 VRF verifier

A person who verifies the correctness and appropriateness of the service (plan, order, event, etc.) and hence takes on accountability.

2   L:  (RESP) 17931 RESP responsible party

The provider (person or organization) who has primary responsibility for the act. The responsible provider is not necessarily present in an action, but is accountable for the action through the power to delegate, and the duty to review actions with the performing actor after the fact (e.g. head of a biochemical laboratory).

2   L:  (SPRF) 19065 SPRF secondary performer

A person assisting in an act through his substantial presence and involvement This includes: assistants, technicians, associates, or whatever the job titles may be.

2   L:  (WIT) 10260 WIT witness

Only with service events. A person witnessing the action happening without doing anything. A witness is not necessarily aware, much less approves of anything stated in the service event. Example for a witness is students watching an operation or an advanced directive witness.

1 A: x_ServiceEventPerformer V19606

Clones using this x_domain should have a name "performer".

2   L:  (PRF) V10248 PRF performer

A person who actually and principally carries out the action. Need not be the principal responsible actor, e.g. a surgery resident operating under supervision of attending surgeon, and may be the patient in self-care, e.g. fingerstick blood sugar. The traditional order filler is a performer. This information should accompany every service event.

2   L:  (PPRF) 19064 PPRF primary performer

The principal or primary performer of the act.

2   L:  (SPRF) 19065 SPRF secondary performer

A person assisting in an act through his substantial presence and involvement This includes: assistants, technicians, associates, or whatever the job titles may be.

1 L:  (CST) 10266 CST custodian

An entity (person, organization or device) that is in charge of maintaining the information of this act (e.g., who maintains the report or the master service catalog item, etc.).

1 L:  (RESP) 17931 RESP responsible party

The provider (person or organization) who has primary responsibility for the act. The responsible provider is not necessarily present in an action, but is accountable for the action through the power to delegate, and the duty to review actions with the performing actor after the fact (e.g. head of a biochemical laboratory).


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