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Resource Profile: ADHA Core Patient

Official URL: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/dh-patient-core-1 Version: 1.0.2
Active as of 2024-12-19 Computable Name: ADHAPatientCore

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The purpose of this profile is to provide a core representation of a patient for the electronic exchange of health information between individuals, healthcare providers, and the My Health Record system infrastructure in Australia.

This profile supports the Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (CALD) data set [1] [2], including country of birth, year of arrival and preferred language.

This profile identifies the additional constraints, extensions, and value sets that build on and extend Patient that are supported.

This profile is designed to set a core Patient standard for:

  • Querying for records associated with a patient
  • Record or update a record associated with a patient

This profile may be referred to by APIs, which will be listed here when available.

Profile specific guidance

Boundaries and relationships

These profiles build on this profile (ADHA Core Patient) to define specific roles:

Usage:

Formal Views of Profile Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.

This structure is derived from AUCorePatient

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Patient C 0..* AUCorePatient A patient in the context of electronic exchange of health information
inv-dh-pat-01: If present, a general practitioner shall at least have a reference, an identifier or a display
... Slices for extension Content/Rules for all slices
.... extension:dateOfArrival S 0..1 DateOfArrivalAustralia Year of Arrival
... generalPractitioner SC 0..* Reference(AU Core Organization | AU Core PractitionerRole) Patient's nominated primary care provider

doco Documentation for this format

Constraints

IdGradePath(s)DetailsRequirements
inv-dh-pat-01errorPatientIf present, a general practitioner shall at least have a reference, an identifier or a display
: generalPractitioner.exists() implies generalPractitioner.all($this.reference.exists() or $this.identifier.exists() or $this.display.exists())

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Notes:

Below is an overview of the mandatory and optional search parameters. FHIR search operations and the syntax used to describe the interactions is described here.