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<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" targetNamespace="http://hl7.org/fhir" elementFormDefault="qualified" version="1.0">
  <xs:include schemaLocation="fhir-base.xsd"/>
  <xs:element name="Communication" type="Communication">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A clinical or business level record of information being transmitted or shared; e.g. an alert that was sent to a responsible provider, a public health agency communication to a provider/reporter in response to a case report for a reportable condition.</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:complexType name="Communication">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A clinical or business level record of information being transmitted or shared; e.g. an alert that was sent to a responsible provider, a public health agency communication to a provider/reporter in response to a case report for a reportable condition.</xs:documentation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">If the element is present, it must have either a @value, an @id, or extensions</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexContent>
      <xs:extension base="DomainResource">
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="identifier" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Identifier">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Business identifiers assigned to this communication by the performer or other systems which remain constant as the resource is updated and propagates from server to server.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="basedOn" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">An order, proposal or plan fulfilled in whole or in part by this Communication.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="partOf" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A larger event (e.g. Communication, Procedure) of which this particular communication is a component or step.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="inResponseTo" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Prior communication that this communication is in response to.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="status" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" type="EventStatus">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The status of the transmission.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="statusReason" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Captures the reason for the current state of the Communication.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="category" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The type of message conveyed such as alert, notification, reminder, instruction, etc.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="priority" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="RequestPriority">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Characterizes how quickly the planned or in progress communication must be addressed. Includes concepts such as stat, urgent, routine.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="medium" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A channel that was used for this communication (e.g. email, fax, SMS).</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="subject" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The patient or group that was the focus of this communication.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="topic" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Description of the purpose/content, similar to a subject line in an email.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="about" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Other resources that pertain to this communication and to which this communication should be associated.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="encounter" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The Encounter during which this Communication was created or to which the creation of this record is tightly associated.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="sent" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="dateTime">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The time when this communication was sent.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="received" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="dateTime">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The time when this communication arrived at the destination.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="recipient" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, care team or device) which is the target of the communication.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="sender" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, or device) which is the source of the communication.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="reason" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="CodeableReference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The reason or justification for the communication.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="payload" type="Communication.Payload" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Text, attachment(s), or resource(s) that was communicated to the recipient.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="note" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Annotation">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Additional notes or commentary about the communication by the sender, receiver or other interested parties.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:complexContent>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:complexType name="Communication.Payload">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A clinical or business level record of information being transmitted or shared; e.g. an alert that was sent to a responsible provider, a public health agency communication to a provider/reporter in response to a case report for a reportable condition.</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexContent>
      <xs:extension base="BackboneElement">
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" >
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A communicated content (or for multi-part communications, one portion of the communication).</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
            <xs:element name="contentAttachment" type="Attachment"/>
            <xs:element name="contentReference" type="Reference"/>
            <xs:element name="contentCodeableConcept" type="CodeableConcept"/>
            <xs:element name="contentString" type="string"/>
          </xs:choice>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:complexContent>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:simpleType name="EventStatusEnum">
    <xs:restriction base="code-primitive">
      <xs:enumeration value="preparation">
        <xs:annotation>
          <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Preparation</xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>
      </xs:enumeration>
      <xs:enumeration value="in-progress">
        <xs:annotation>
          <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">In Progress</xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>
      </xs:enumeration>
      <xs:enumeration value="not-done">
        <xs:annotation>
          <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Not Done</xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>
      </xs:enumeration>
      <xs:enumeration value="on-hold">
        <xs:annotation>
          <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">On Hold</xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>
      </xs:enumeration>
      <xs:enumeration value="stopped">
        <xs:annotation>
          <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Stopped</xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>
      </xs:enumeration>
      <xs:enumeration value="completed">
        <xs:annotation>
          <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Completed</xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>
      </xs:enumeration>
      <xs:enumeration value="entered-in-error">
        <xs:annotation>
          <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Entered in Error</xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>
      </xs:enumeration>
      <xs:enumeration value="unknown">
        <xs:annotation>
          <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Unknown</xs:documentation>
        </xs:annotation>
      </xs:enumeration>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
  <xs:complexType name="EventStatus">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en"></xs:documentation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">If the element is present, it must have either a @value, an @id, or extensions</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexContent>
      <xs:extension base="Element">
        <xs:attribute name="value" type="EventStatusEnum" use="optional"/>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:complexContent>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>
