participantliving - FHIR v4.2.0

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12.7.6 Pattern participantliving - Detailed Descriptions

FHIR Infrastructure

Maturity Level: 1

Informative

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the participantliving pattern.

ParticipantLiving
Definition	A pattern followed by resources that represent the participant in some activity, process, or responsible for providing information about a resource.
Cardinality	0..*
Type	ParticipantContactable
ParticipantLiving.birthDate
Definition	The date of birth for the individual.
Cardinality	0..1
Type	date
ParticipantLiving.gender
Definition	Administrative Gender - the gender that the participant is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes.
Cardinality	0..1
Terminology Binding	AdministrativeGender (Required)
Type	code
Requirements	Needed for identification of the individual, in combination with (at least) name and birth date.
ParticipantLiving.photo
Definition	Image of the participant.
Cardinality	0..*
Type	Attachment
Requirements	Many EHR systems have the capability to capture an image of the participant. Fits with newer social media usage too.
ParticipantLiving.communication
Definition	The ISO-639-1 alpha 2 code in lower case for the language, optionally followed by a hyphen and the ISO-3166-1 alpha 2 code for the region in upper case; e.g. "en" for English, or "en-US" for American English versus "en-EN" for England English.
Cardinality	0..*
Terminology Binding	Common Languages (Preferred but limited to All Languages)
Type	CodeableConcept
Requirements	Most systems in multilingual countries will want to convey language. Not all systems actually need the regional dialect.