Communication

An occurrence of information being transmitted; e.g. an alert that was sent to a responsible provider, a public health agency that was notified about a reportable condition.

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

Field	Card.	Type	Description
basedOn	0..*	List<Resource>	An order, proposal or plan fulfilled in whole or in part by this Communication.
status	1..1	String	The status of the transmission. Binding: The status of the communication. (required)
statusReason	0..1	Concept	Captures the reason for the current state of the Communication. Binding: Codes for the reason why a communication did not happen. (example)
category	0..*	List<Concept>	The type of message conveyed such as alert, notification, reminder, instruction, etc. Binding: Codes for general categories of communications such as alerts, instructions, etc. (example)
medium	0..*	List<Concept>	A channel that was used for this communication (e.g. email, fax). Binding: Codes for communication mediums such as phone, fax, email, in person, etc. (example)
subject	0..1	Patient | Group	The patient or group that was the focus of this communication.
encounter	0..1	Encounter	The Encounter during which this Communication was created or to which the creation of this record is tightly associated.
sent	0..1	DateTime	The time when this communication was sent.
received	0..1	DateTime	The time when this communication arrived at the destination.
recipient	0..*	List<Device | Organization | Patient | Practitioner | RelatedPerson | Group>	The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, care team or device) which was the target of the communication. If receipts need to be tracked by an individual, a separate resource instance will need to be created for each recipient. Multiple recipient communications are intended where either receipts are not tracked (e.g. a mass mail-out) or a receipt is captured in aggregate (all emails confirmed received by a particular time).
sender	0..1	Device | Organization | Patient | Practitioner | RelatedPerson	The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, or device) which was the source of the communication.
reasonCode	0..*	List<Concept>	The reason or justification for the communication. Binding: Codes for describing reasons for the occurrence of a communication. (example)