Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition alternate-name Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints Extension 0..* Extension(4.0.1) Alternate name for practitioner in role context #xD; extension 0..0 Extension #xD; url 1..1 uri "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/alternate-name" #xD; value[x] 1..1 HumanName Alternate name #xD; use S 0..1 code Alternate name use #xD; family S 0..1 string Family name (often called 'Surname') #xD; given S 0..* string Given names (not always 'first'). Includes middle names #xD; Documentation for this format
This extension applies to PractitionerRole, and represents a name by which a practitioner chooses to be known in the context of the delivery of a specific healthcare service.
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Alternate name for practitioner in role context
A name by which a practitioner chooses to be known in the context of the delivery of a specific healthcare service. This may differ from their registered legal name.
All FHIR elements must have a @value or children
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
Must have either extensions or value[x], not both
exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])
Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url
exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")])
Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.
The alternate name by which the practitioner wishes to be known in this role context.
Additional content defined by implementations
May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
Applications can assume that a name is current unless it explicitly says that it is temporary or old.
Allows the appropriate name for a particular context of use to be selected from among a set of names.
This is labeled as "Is Modifier" because applications should not mistake a temporary or old name etc.for a current/permanent one
XPN.7, but often indicated by which field contains the name
Specifies the entire name as it should be displayed e.g. on an application UI. This may be provided instead of or as well as the specific parts.
Can provide both a text representation and parts. Applications updating a name SHALL ensure that when both text and parts are present, no content is included in the text that isn't found in a part.
The part of a name that links to the genealogy. In some cultures (e.g. Eritrea) the family name of a son is the first name of his father.
Family Name may be decomposed into specific parts using extensions (de, nl, es related cultures).
Given names (not always 'first'). Includes middle names
If only initials are recorded, they may be used in place of the full name parts. Initials may be separated into multiple given names but often aren't due to paractical limitations. This element is not called "first name" since given names do not always come first.
Given Names appear in the correct order for presenting the name
Part of the name that is acquired as a title due to academic, legal, employment or nobility status, etc. and that appears at the start of the name.
Prefixes appear in the correct order for presenting the name
Part of the name that is acquired as a title due to academic, legal, employment or nobility status, etc. and that appears at the end of the name.
Suffixes appear in the correct order for presenting the name
Indicates the period of time when this name was valid for the named person.
Allows names to be placed in historical context.