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| Official URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-practitioner | Version: 5.0.0 | |||
| Active as of 2025-08-11 | Computable Name: ehealth-practitioner | |||
A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare.
Practitioner covers all individuals who are engaged in the healthcare process and healthcare-related services as part of their formal responsibilities and this resource is used for attribution of activities and responsibilities to these individuals.
The create operation on Practitioner is for internal use only and will be protected by privileges.
Usages:
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Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:   | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   Practitioner | 0..* | DkCorePractitioner | A person with a  formal responsibility in the provisioning of healthcare or related services | |
|    implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | 
|    modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | 
|    name | Σ | 1..1 | HumanName | The name(s) associated with the practitioner | 
|    Slices for qualification | 0..* | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care Slice: Unordered, Open by value:identifier.system | |
|     qualification:All Slices | Content/Rules for all slices | |||
|      modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | 
|      code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded representation of the qualification Binding: v2 table 0360, Version 2.7 (example): Specific qualification the practitioner has to provide a service. | |
|      issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) {r} | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |
|     qualification:officialHealthAuthorization | 0..1 | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care | |
|      modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | 
|      code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded representation of the qualification Binding: dk-profession-group-valueset (extensible) | |
|      issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet | URI | 
| Practitioner.qualification.code | example | v2.0360.2.7(a valid code from http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360|2.7)http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-2.7-0360From the FHIR Standard | |
| Practitioner.qualification:officialHealthAuthorization.code | extensible | DkCoreProfessionGroupValueSet http://hl7.dk/fhir/core/ValueSet/DkCoreProfessionGroupValueSet | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements | 
| dom-2 | error | Practitioner | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources : contained.contained.empty() | |
| dom-3 | error | Practitioner | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource : contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().as(canonical) | %resource.descendants().as(uri) | %resource.descendants().as(url))) or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmatched', id).empty() | |
| dom-4 | error | Practitioner | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated : contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty() | |
| dom-5 | error | Practitioner | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label : contained.meta.security.empty() | |
| dom-6 | best practice | Practitioner | A resource should have narrative for robust management : text.`div`.exists() | |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() | 
This structure is derived from DkCorePractitioner
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:   | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   Practitioner | DkCorePractitioner | |||
|    name | 1..1 | HumanName | The name(s) associated with the practitioner | |
|    qualification | 0..* | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care | |
|     issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) {r} | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |
|    Slices for qualification | Content/Rules for all slices | |||
|     qualification:officialHealthAuthorization | 0..1 | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care | |
|      issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:   | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|   Practitioner | 0..* | DkCorePractitioner | A person with a  formal responsibility in the provisioning of healthcare or related services | |||||
|    id | Σ | 0..1 | id | Logical id of this artifact | ||||
|    meta | Σ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource | ||||
|    implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | ||||
|    language | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: CommonLanguages (preferred): A human language. 
 | |||||
|    text | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation This profile does not constrain the narrative in regard to content, language, or traceability to data elements | |||||
|    contained | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources | |||||
|    extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
|    modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | ||||
|    identifier | Σ | 0..* | Identifier | An identifier for the person as this agent | ||||
|    active | Σ | 0..1 | boolean | Whether this practitioner's record is in active use | ||||
|    name | Σ | 1..1 | HumanName | The name(s) associated with the practitioner | ||||
|    telecom | Σ | 0..* | ContactPoint | A contact detail for the practitioner (that apply to all roles) | ||||
|    address | Σ | 0..* | Address | Address(es) of the practitioner that are not role specific (typically home address) | ||||
|    gender | Σ | 0..1 | code | male | female | other | unknown Binding: AdministrativeGender (required): The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. | ||||
|    birthDate | Σ | 0..1 | date | The date on which the practitioner was born | ||||
|    photo | 0..* | Attachment | Image of the person | |||||
|    Slices for qualification | 0..* | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care Slice: Unordered, Open by value:identifier.system | |||||
|     qualification:All Slices | Content/Rules for all slices | |||||||
|      id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
|      extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
|      modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ||||
|      identifier | 0..* | Identifier | An identifier for this qualification for the practitioner | |||||
|      code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded representation of the qualification Binding: v2 table 0360, Version 2.7 (example): Specific qualification the practitioner has to provide a service. | |||||
|      period | 0..1 | Period | Period during which the qualification is valid | |||||
|      issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) {r} | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |||||
|     qualification:officialHealthAuthorization | 0..1 | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care | |||||
|      id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
|      extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
|      modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ||||
|      identifier | 0..* | AuthorizationIdentifier | An identifier intended for computation | |||||
|      code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded representation of the qualification Binding: dk-profession-group-valueset (extensible) | |||||
|      period | 0..1 | Period | Period during which the qualification is valid | |||||
|      issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |||||
|    communication | 0..* | CodeableConcept | A language the practitioner can use in patient communication Binding: CommonLanguages (preferred): A human language. 
 | |||||
|  Documentation for this format | ||||||||
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet | URI | |||
| Practitioner.language | preferred | CommonLanguages http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languagesFrom the FHIR Standard 
 | ||||
| Practitioner.gender | required | AdministrativeGender http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|4.0.1From the FHIR Standard | ||||
| Practitioner.qualification.code | example | v2.0360.2.7(a valid code from http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360|2.7)http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-2.7-0360From the FHIR Standard | ||||
| Practitioner.qualification:officialHealthAuthorization.code | extensible | DkCoreProfessionGroupValueSet http://hl7.dk/fhir/core/ValueSet/DkCoreProfessionGroupValueSet | ||||
| Practitioner.communication | preferred | CommonLanguages http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languagesFrom the FHIR Standard 
 | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements | 
| dom-2 | error | Practitioner | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources : contained.contained.empty() | |
| dom-3 | error | Practitioner | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource : contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().as(canonical) | %resource.descendants().as(uri) | %resource.descendants().as(url))) or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmatched', id).empty() | |
| dom-4 | error | Practitioner | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated : contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty() | |
| dom-5 | error | Practitioner | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label : contained.meta.security.empty() | |
| dom-6 | best practice | Practitioner | A resource should have narrative for robust management : text.`div`.exists() | |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() | 
This structure is derived from DkCorePractitioner
Key Elements View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:   | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   Practitioner | 0..* | DkCorePractitioner | A person with a  formal responsibility in the provisioning of healthcare or related services | |
|    implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | 
|    modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | 
|    name | Σ | 1..1 | HumanName | The name(s) associated with the practitioner | 
|    Slices for qualification | 0..* | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care Slice: Unordered, Open by value:identifier.system | |
|     qualification:All Slices | Content/Rules for all slices | |||
|      modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | 
|      code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded representation of the qualification Binding: v2 table 0360, Version 2.7 (example): Specific qualification the practitioner has to provide a service. | |
|      issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) {r} | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |
|     qualification:officialHealthAuthorization | 0..1 | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care | |
|      modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | 
|      code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded representation of the qualification Binding: dk-profession-group-valueset (extensible) | |
|      issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet | URI | 
| Practitioner.qualification.code | example | v2.0360.2.7(a valid code from http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360|2.7)http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-2.7-0360From the FHIR Standard | |
| Practitioner.qualification:officialHealthAuthorization.code | extensible | DkCoreProfessionGroupValueSet http://hl7.dk/fhir/core/ValueSet/DkCoreProfessionGroupValueSet | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements | 
| dom-2 | error | Practitioner | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources : contained.contained.empty() | |
| dom-3 | error | Practitioner | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource : contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().as(canonical) | %resource.descendants().as(uri) | %resource.descendants().as(url))) or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmatched', id).empty() | |
| dom-4 | error | Practitioner | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated : contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty() | |
| dom-5 | error | Practitioner | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label : contained.meta.security.empty() | |
| dom-6 | best practice | Practitioner | A resource should have narrative for robust management : text.`div`.exists() | |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() | 
Differential View
This structure is derived from DkCorePractitioner
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:   | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   Practitioner | DkCorePractitioner | |||
|    name | 1..1 | HumanName | The name(s) associated with the practitioner | |
|    qualification | 0..* | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care | |
|     issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) {r} | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |
|    Slices for qualification | Content/Rules for all slices | |||
|     qualification:officialHealthAuthorization | 0..1 | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care | |
|      issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:   | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|   Practitioner | 0..* | DkCorePractitioner | A person with a  formal responsibility in the provisioning of healthcare or related services | |||||
|    id | Σ | 0..1 | id | Logical id of this artifact | ||||
|    meta | Σ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource | ||||
|    implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | ||||
|    language | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: CommonLanguages (preferred): A human language. 
 | |||||
|    text | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation This profile does not constrain the narrative in regard to content, language, or traceability to data elements | |||||
|    contained | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources | |||||
|    extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
|    modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | ||||
|    identifier | Σ | 0..* | Identifier | An identifier for the person as this agent | ||||
|    active | Σ | 0..1 | boolean | Whether this practitioner's record is in active use | ||||
|    name | Σ | 1..1 | HumanName | The name(s) associated with the practitioner | ||||
|    telecom | Σ | 0..* | ContactPoint | A contact detail for the practitioner (that apply to all roles) | ||||
|    address | Σ | 0..* | Address | Address(es) of the practitioner that are not role specific (typically home address) | ||||
|    gender | Σ | 0..1 | code | male | female | other | unknown Binding: AdministrativeGender (required): The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. | ||||
|    birthDate | Σ | 0..1 | date | The date on which the practitioner was born | ||||
|    photo | 0..* | Attachment | Image of the person | |||||
|    Slices for qualification | 0..* | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care Slice: Unordered, Open by value:identifier.system | |||||
|     qualification:All Slices | Content/Rules for all slices | |||||||
|      id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
|      extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
|      modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ||||
|      identifier | 0..* | Identifier | An identifier for this qualification for the practitioner | |||||
|      code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded representation of the qualification Binding: v2 table 0360, Version 2.7 (example): Specific qualification the practitioner has to provide a service. | |||||
|      period | 0..1 | Period | Period during which the qualification is valid | |||||
|      issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) {r} | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |||||
|     qualification:officialHealthAuthorization | 0..1 | BackboneElement | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care | |||||
|      id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
|      extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
|      modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ||||
|      identifier | 0..* | AuthorizationIdentifier | An identifier intended for computation | |||||
|      code | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded representation of the qualification Binding: dk-profession-group-valueset (extensible) | |||||
|      period | 0..1 | Period | Period during which the qualification is valid | |||||
|      issuer | 0..1 | Reference(ehealth-organization) | Organization that regulates and issues the qualification | |||||
|    communication | 0..* | CodeableConcept | A language the practitioner can use in patient communication Binding: CommonLanguages (preferred): A human language. 
 | |||||
|  Documentation for this format | ||||||||
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet | URI | |||
| Practitioner.language | preferred | CommonLanguages http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languagesFrom the FHIR Standard 
 | ||||
| Practitioner.gender | required | AdministrativeGender http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|4.0.1From the FHIR Standard | ||||
| Practitioner.qualification.code | example | v2.0360.2.7(a valid code from http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360|2.7)http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-2.7-0360From the FHIR Standard | ||||
| Practitioner.qualification:officialHealthAuthorization.code | extensible | DkCoreProfessionGroupValueSet http://hl7.dk/fhir/core/ValueSet/DkCoreProfessionGroupValueSet | ||||
| Practitioner.communication | preferred | CommonLanguages http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languagesFrom the FHIR Standard 
 | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements | 
| dom-2 | error | Practitioner | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources : contained.contained.empty() | |
| dom-3 | error | Practitioner | If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource : contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().as(canonical) | %resource.descendants().as(uri) | %resource.descendants().as(url))) or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmatched', id).empty() | |
| dom-4 | error | Practitioner | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated : contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty() | |
| dom-5 | error | Practitioner | If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label : contained.meta.security.empty() | |
| dom-6 | best practice | Practitioner | A resource should have narrative for robust management : text.`div`.exists() | |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() | 
This structure is derived from DkCorePractitioner
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron