National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH) Implementation Guide
2.0.0 - draft
National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH) Implementation Guide
2.0.0 - draft
National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH) Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Patient Administration. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-us-ndh/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients | Version: 2.0.0 | |||
| Standards status: Trial-use | Computable Name: NewPatients | |||
New Patients indicates whether new patients are being accepted in general, or from a specific network.
This extension is included in the PractitionerRole, HealthcareService, and Location profiles.
This provides needed flexibility for specifying whether a provider accepts new patients by location and network.
Context of Use
This extension may be used on the following element(s)
HealthcareService
Location
PractitionerRole
Usage info
Usages:
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Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension |
C | 0..* | Extension | NDH New Patients Constraints: new-patients-characteristics |
  extension |
1..* | Extension | Extension | |
  Slices for extension |
Content/Rules for all slices | |||
   extension:acceptingPatients |
S | 1..1 | Extension | Accepting Patients |
  extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "acceptingPatients" | |
  value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Accepting Patients Codes Value Set (required) | |
| extension:fromNetwork |
S | 0..1 | Extension | From Network |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "fromNetwork" | |
 value[x] |
1..1 | Reference(NDH Network Profile) | Value of extension | |
 extension:characteristics |
S | 0..* | string | Characteristics of accepted patients URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients-characteristics |
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients" | |
 value[x] |
0..0 | |||
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
C | 0..* | Extension | NDH New Patients Constraints: new-patients-characteristics |
 id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| Slices for extension |
1..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
| extension:acceptingPatients |
S | 1..1 | Extension | Accepting Patients |
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "acceptingPatients" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Accepting Patients Codes Value Set (required) | |
| extension:fromNetwork |
S | 0..1 | Extension | From Network |
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "fromNetwork" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | Reference(NDH Network Profile) | Value of extension | |
| extension:characteristics |
S | 0..* | string | Characteristics of accepted patients URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients-characteristics |
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients" | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Complex Extension: New Patients indicates whether new patients are being accepted in general, or from a specific network.
This extension is included in the PractitionerRole, HealthcareService, and Location profiles.
This provides needed flexibility for specifying whether a provider accepts new patients by location and network.
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
C | 0..* | Extension | NDH New Patients Constraints: new-patients-characteristics |
| extension |
1..* | Extension | Extension | |
| Slices for extension |
Content/Rules for all slices | |||
| extension:acceptingPatients |
S | 1..1 | Extension | Accepting Patients |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "acceptingPatients" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Accepting Patients Codes Value Set (required) | |
| extension:fromNetwork |
S | 0..1 | Extension | From Network |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "fromNetwork" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | Reference(NDH Network Profile) | Value of extension | |
| extension:characteristics |
S | 0..* | string | Characteristics of accepted patients URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients-characteristics |
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients" | |
| value[x] |
0..0 | |||
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
C | 0..* | Extension | NDH New Patients Constraints: new-patients-characteristics |
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| Slices for extension |
1..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
| extension:acceptingPatients |
S | 1..1 | Extension | Accepting Patients |
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "acceptingPatients" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Accepting Patients Codes Value Set (required) | |
| extension:fromNetwork |
S | 0..1 | Extension | From Network |
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "fromNetwork" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | Reference(NDH Network Profile) | Value of extension | |
| extension:characteristics |
S | 0..* | string | Characteristics of accepted patients URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients-characteristics |
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients" | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Complex Extension: New Patients indicates whether new patients are being accepted in general, or from a specific network.
This extension is included in the PractitionerRole, HealthcareService, and Location profiles.
This provides needed flexibility for specifying whether a provider accepts new patients by location and network.
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet | URI |
| Extension.extension:acceptingPatients.value[x] | required | AcceptingPatientsVShttp://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/ValueSet/AcceptingPatientsVSFrom this IG |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() | |
| new-patients-characteristics | error | Extension | If no new patients are accepted, no characteristics are allowed : extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients').value.coding.exists(code = 'nopt') implies extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-newpatients-characteristics').empty() |
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