HL7 Electronic Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2.1.1
2.1.1 - Normative

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## : AS.2.4 Manage Patient Bed Assignment (Function)

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    @prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
    @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
    @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
    @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
    @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

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