2026 US Quality Core Implementation Guide
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2026 US Quality Core Implementation Guide, published by Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.5.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/FHIR/us-quality-core/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Resource Profile: USQualityCoreCommunication - JSON Profile

Active as of 2026-05-15

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    {
      "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
      "id" : "us-quality-core-communication",
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        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition us-quality-core-communication</b></p><a name=\"us-quality-core-communication\"> </a><a name=\"hcus-quality-core-communication\"> </a><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;\"><tr style=\"border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top\"><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"The logical name of the element\">Name</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Information about the use of the element\">Flags</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance\">Card.</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; width: 100px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Reference to the type of the element\">Type</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Additional information about the element\">Description &amp; Constraints</a><span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_resource.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Resource\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-communication-definitions.html#Communication\">Communication</a><a name=\"Communication\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">*</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/communication.html\">Communication</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">A record of information transmitted from a sender to a receiver</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-communication-definitions.html#Communication.status\">status</a><a name=\"Communication.status\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#code\">code</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">preparation | in-progress | on-hold | stopped | completed | entered-in-error | unknown<br class=\"binding\"/><span style=\"font-weight:bold\" title=\"null\" class=\"binding\">Binding: </span><a href=\"ValueSet-us-quality-core-non-negative-event-status.html\" title=\"http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/ValueSet/us-quality-core-non-negative-event-status\" class=\"binding\">Non-Negative Event Status</a><span title=\"null\" class=\"binding\"> (</span><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/terminologies.html#required\" title=\"To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set.\" class=\"binding\">required</a><span title=\"null\" class=\"binding\">)</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_reference.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Reference to another Resource\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-communication-definitions.html#Communication.subject\">subject</a><a name=\"Communication.subject\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/references.html\">Reference</a>(<a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-patient.html\">US Quality Core Patient</a> | <a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/group.html\">Group</a>)</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Focus of message</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-communication-definitions.html#Communication.topic\">topic</a><a name=\"Communication.topic\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept\">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Description of the purpose/content<br class=\"binding\"/><span style=\"font-weight:bold\" title=\"null\" class=\"binding\">Binding: </span><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/ValueSet-communication-topic.html\" title=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/communication-topic\" class=\"binding\">CommunicationTopic</a><span title=\"null\" class=\"binding\"> (</span><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/terminologies.html#preferred\" title=\"Instances are encouraged to draw from the specified codes for interoperability purposes but are not required to do so to be considered conformant.\" class=\"binding\">preferred</a><span title=\"null\" class=\"binding\">)</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-communication-definitions.html#Communication.sent\">sent</a><a name=\"Communication.sent\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#dateTime\">dateTime</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">When sent</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-communication-definitions.html#Communication.received\">received</a><a name=\"Communication.received\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#dateTime\">dateTime</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">When received</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_reference.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Reference to another Resource\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-communication-definitions.html#Communication.recipient\">recipient</a><a name=\"Communication.recipient\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">*</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/references.html\">Reference</a>(<a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-device.html\">US Quality Core Device</a> | <a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/STU6.1/StructureDefinition-us-core-implantable-device.html\">US Core Implantable Device Profile(6.1.0)</a> | <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-organization.html\">US Quality Core Organization</a> | <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-patient.html\">US Quality Core Patient</a> | <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-practitioner.html\">US Quality Core Practitioner</a> | <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-relatedperson.html\">US Quality Core RelatedPerson</a> | <a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/group.html\">Group</a>)</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Message recipient</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_reference.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Reference to another Resource\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-communication-definitions.html#Communication.sender\">sender</a><a name=\"Communication.sender\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/references.html\">Reference</a>(<a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-device.html\">US Quality Core Device</a> | <a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/STU6.1/StructureDefinition-us-core-implantable-device.html\">US Core Implantable Device Profile(6.1.0)</a> | <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-organization.html\">US Quality Core Organization</a> | <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-patient.html\">US Quality Core Patient</a> | <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-practitioner.html\">US Quality Core Practitioner</a> | <a href=\"StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-relatedperson.html\">US Quality Core RelatedPerson</a>)</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Message sender</td></tr>\r\n<tr><td colspan=\"5\" class=\"hierarchy\"><br/><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>"
      },
      "url" : "http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/us-quality-core-communication",
      "version" : "0.5.0",
      "name" : "USQualityCoreCommunication",
      "title" : "US Quality Core Communication",
      "status" : "active",
      "experimental" : false,
      "date" : "2026-05-15",
      "publisher" : "Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "name" : "Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "https://www.healthit.gov/feedback"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "Profile of Communication for decision support/quality metrics. Defines the core set of elements and extensions for quality rule and measure authors.",
      "jurisdiction" : [
        {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
              "code" : "US",
              "display" : "United States of America"
            }
          ],
          "text" : "USA"
        }
      ],
      "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
      "mapping" : [
        {
          "identity" : "workflow",
          "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
          "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
        },
        {
          "identity" : "w5",
          "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
          "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
        },
        {
          "identity" : "rim",
          "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
          "name" : "RIM Mapping"
        }
      ],
      "kind" : "resource",
      "abstract" : false,
      "type" : "Communication",
      "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Communication",
      "derivation" : "constraint",
      "snapshot" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version",
            "valueString" : "4.0.1"
          }
        ],
        "element" : [
          {
            "id" : "Communication",
            "path" : "Communication",
            "short" : "A record of information transmitted from a sender to a receiver",
            "definition" : "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.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Communication",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "dom-2",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources",
                "expression" : "contained.contained.empty()",
                "xpath" : "not(parent::f:contained and f:contained)",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"
              },
              {
                "key" : "dom-3",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "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",
                "expression" : "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()",
                "xpath" : "not(exists(for $id in f:contained/*/f:id/@value return $contained[not(parent::*/descendant::f:reference/@value=concat('#', $contained/*/id/@value) or descendant::f:reference[@value='#'])]))",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"
              },
              {
                "key" : "dom-4",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated",
                "expression" : "contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty()",
                "xpath" : "not(exists(f:contained/*/f:meta/f:versionId)) and not(exists(f:contained/*/f:meta/f:lastUpdated))",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"
              },
              {
                "key" : "dom-5",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label",
                "expression" : "contained.meta.security.empty()",
                "xpath" : "not(exists(f:contained/*/f:meta/f:security))",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"
              },
              {
                "extension" : [
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bestpractice",
                    "valueBoolean" : true
                  },
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bestpractice-explanation",
                    "valueMarkdown" : "When a resource has no narrative, only systems that fully understand the data can display the resource to a human safely. Including a human readable representation in the resource makes for a much more robust eco-system and cheaper handling of resources by intermediary systems. Some ecosystems restrict distribution of resources to only those systems that do fully understand the resources, and as a consequence implementers may believe that the narrative is superfluous. However experience shows that such eco-systems often open up to new participants over time."
                  }
                ],
                "key" : "dom-6",
                "severity" : "warning",
                "human" : "A resource should have narrative for robust management",
                "expression" : "text.`div`.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:text/h:div)",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"
              }
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            "mustSupport" : false,
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "Entity. Role, or Act"
              },
              {
                "identity" : "workflow",
                "map" : "Event"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Communication.id",
            "path" : "Communication.id",
            "short" : "Logical id of this artifact",
            "definition" : "The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.",
            "comment" : "The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Resource.id",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "extension" : [
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                    "valueUrl" : "id"
                  }
                ],
                "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : true
          },
          {
            "id" : "Communication.meta",
            "path" : "Communication.meta",
            "short" : "Metadata about the resource",
            "definition" : "The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Resource.meta",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Meta"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : true
          },
          {
            "id" : "Communication.implicitRules",
            "path" : "Communication.implicitRules",
            "short" : "A set of rules under which this content was created",
            "definition" : "A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc.",
            "comment" : "Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element. Often, when used, the URL is a reference to an implementation guide that defines these special rules as part of it's narrative along with other profiles, value sets, etc.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Resource.implicitRules",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "uri"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : true,
            "isModifierReason" : "This element is labeled as a modifier because the implicit rules may provide additional knowledge about the resource that modifies it's meaning or interpretation",
            "isSummary" : true
          },
          {
            "id" : "Communication.language",
            "path" : "Communication.language",
            "short" : "Language of the resource content",
            "definition" : "The base language in which the resource is written.",
            "comment" : "Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies  to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource. Not all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute).",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Resource.language",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "code"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "binding" : {
              "extension" : [
                {
                  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-maxValueSet",
                  "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/all-languages"
                },
                {
                  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
                  "valueString" : "Language"
                }
              ],
              "strength" : "preferred",
              "description" : "A human language.",
              "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages|4.0.1"
            }
          },
          {
            "id" : "Communication.text",
            "path" : "Communication.text",
            "short" : "Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation",
            "definition" : "A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it \"clinically safe\" for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety.",
            "comment" : "Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no additional discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied).  This may be necessary for data from legacy systems where information is captured as a \"text blob\" or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated and encoded information is added later.",
            "alias" : [
              "narrative",
              "html",
              "xhtml",
              "display"
            ],
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "DomainResource.text",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Narrative"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "Act.text?"
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            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Communication.contained",
            "path" : "Communication.contained",
            "short" : "Contained, inline Resources",
            "definition" : "These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope.",
            "comment" : "This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again. Contained resources may have profiles and tags In their meta elements, but SHALL NOT have security labels.",
            "alias" : [
              "inline resources",
              "anonymous resources",
              "contained resources"
            ],
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "DomainResource.contained",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
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              {
                "code" : "Resource"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Communication.extension",
            "path" : "Communication.extension",
            "short" : "Additional content defined by implementations",
            "definition" : "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. 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.",
            "comment" : "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.",
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              "extensions",
              "user content"
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            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
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              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
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                "code" : "Extension"
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                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
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                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
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                "key" : "ext-1",
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                "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
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            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
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                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
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            "path" : "Communication.modifierExtension",
            "short" : "Extensions that cannot be ignored",
            "definition" : "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. 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 is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.\n\nModifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).",
            "comment" : "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.",
            "requirements" : "Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored.  This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition of modifier extensions](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html#modifierExtension).",
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              "extensions",
              "user content"
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            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "DomainResource.modifierExtension",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
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                "code" : "Extension"
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            ],
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                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
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                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              },
              {
                "key" : "ext-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
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            ],
            "isModifier" : true,
            "isModifierReason" : "Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the resource that contains them",
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
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            "path" : "Communication.identifier",
            "short" : "Unique identifier",
            "definition" : "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.",
            "comment" : "This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see [discussion](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/resource.html#identifiers)).  It is best practice for the identifier to only appear on a single resource instance, however business practices may occasionally dictate that multiple resource instances with the same identifier can exist - possibly even with different resource types.  For example, multiple Patient and a Person resource instance might share the same social insurance number.",
            "requirements" : "Allows identification of the communication as it is known by various participating systems and in a way that remains consistent across servers.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Communication.identifier",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Identifier"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : true,
            "mapping" : [
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                "identity" : "workflow",
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              {
                "identity" : "w5",
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                  "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Measure|4.0.1"🔗 ,
                  "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/OperationDefinition|4.0.1"🔗 ,
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                "key" : "ele-1",
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            "max" : "*",
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                "key" : "ele-1",
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                "key" : "ele-1",
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            "isSummary" : false
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                "key" : "ele-1",
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                "key" : "ele-1",
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                "identity" : "w5",
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                "key" : "ele-1",
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                "key" : "ele-1",
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