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5.2 Resource RelatedPerson - Content

Information about a person that is involved in the care for a patient, but who is not the target of healthcare, nor has a formal responsibility in the care process.

5.2.1 Scope and Usage

RelatedPersons typically have a personal or non-healthcare-specific professional relationship to the patient. A RelatedPerson resource is primarily used for attribution of information, since RelatedPersons are often a source of information about the patient. For keeping information about persons for contact purposes for a patient, use a Patient's Contact element instead.

Example RelatedPersons are:

A patient's wife or husband
A patient's relatives or friends
A neighbor bringing a patient to the hospital
The owner or trainer of a horse
A patient's attorney or guardian

5.2.2 Resource Content

This resource is referenced by CarePlan, Composition, DocumentManifest, DocumentReference, Encounter, Other and Questionnaire

<RelatedPerson xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> 
 <!-- from Resource: extension, modifierExtension, language, text, and contained -->
 <identifier><!-- 0..* Identifier A Human identifier for this person § --></identifier>
 <patient><!-- 1..1 Resource(Patient) The patient this person is related to § --></patient>
 <relationship><!-- 0..1 CodeableConcept The nature of the relationship § --></relationship>
 <name><!-- 0..1 HumanName A name associated with the person § --></name>
 <telecom><!-- 0..* Contact A contact detail for the person § --></telecom>
 <gender><!-- 0..1 CodeableConcept Gender for administrative purposes § --></gender>
 <address><!-- 0..1 Address Address where the related person can be contacted or visited § --></address>
 <photo><!-- 0..* Attachment Image of the person --></photo>
</RelatedPerson>

Alternate definitions: Schema/Schematron, Resource Profile

5.2.2.1 Terminology Bindings

Path	Definition	Type	Reference
RelatedPerson.relationship	The nature of the relationship between a patient and the related person	Incomplete	http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/relatedperson-relationshiptype
RelatedPerson.gender	The gender of a person used for administrative purposes	Incomplete	http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/administrative-gender

Path

Definition

Type

Reference

RelatedPerson.relationship

The nature of the relationship between a patient and the related person

Incomplete

http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/relatedperson-relationshiptype

RelatedPerson.gender

The gender of a person used for administrative purposes

Incomplete

http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/administrative-gender

5.2.3 Notes:

5.2.4 Search Parameters

Search parameters for this resource. The standard parameters also apply. See Searching for more information about searching in REST, messaging, and services.

Name	Type	Description	Paths
_id	token	The logical resource id associated with the resource (must be supported by all servers)
_language	token	The language of the resource
address	string	An address in any kind of address/part	RelatedPerson.address
gender	token	Gender of the person	RelatedPerson.gender
identifier	token	A patient Identifier	RelatedPerson.identifier
name	string	A portion of name in any name part	RelatedPerson.name
patient	reference	The patient this person is related to	RelatedPerson.patient (Patient)
phonetic	string	A portion of name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm
telecom	string	The value in any kind of contact	RelatedPerson.telecom