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-current 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

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Extension: NDH New Patients

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)

• Element ID: HealthcareService
• Element ID: Location
• Element ID: PractitionerRole

Usage info

Usages:

• Use this Extension: NDH HealthcareService Profile, NDH Location Profile and NDH PractitionerRole
• Examples for this Extension: Bundle/location-bundle, HealthcareService/HartfordOrthopedicServices, HOPE INC, Towson Food INC... Show 10 more, Welcome Home, Pharmacy by PharmChain, OrgA CT Location 1, Hartford Hospital Location 1, LocationGen1, LocationGen2, OrgA CT Location 1, OrgA CT Location 2, OrgA MA Location 1 and OrgA MA Location 2
• Search Parameters using this Extension: HealthcareServiceNewPatientAndFromNetworkSearchParameter

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Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints    Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
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		Extension
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		Extension
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		Value of extension
Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

Path	Status	Usage	ValueSet	Version	Source
Extension.extension:acceptingPatients.​value[x]	Base	required	Accepting Patients Codes Value Set	📦2.0.0-current	This IG

Constraints

Id	Grade	Path(s)	Description	Expression
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()

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints    Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
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		Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
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		Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
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

Terminology Bindings

Path	Status	Usage	ValueSet	Version	Source
Extension.extension:acceptingPatients.​value[x]	Base	required	Accepting Patients Codes Value Set	📦2.0.0-current	This IG

Constraints

Id	Grade	Path(s)	Description	Expression
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()

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.

• acceptingPatients: CodeableConcept: An Extension
• fromNetwork: Reference: An Extension

Maturity: 4

Differential ViewDifferential View

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints    Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
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		Extension
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		Extension
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		Value of extension
Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

Path	Status	Usage	ValueSet	Version	Source
Extension.extension:acceptingPatients.​value[x]	Base	required	Accepting Patients Codes Value Set	📦2.0.0-current	This IG

Constraints

Id	Grade	Path(s)	Description	Expression
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()

Snapshot View

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints    Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
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		Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
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		Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
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

Terminology Bindings

Path	Status	Usage	ValueSet	Version	Source
Extension.extension:acceptingPatients.​value[x]	Base	required	Accepting Patients Codes Value Set	📦2.0.0-current	This IG

Constraints

Id	Grade	Path(s)	Description	Expression
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()

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.

• acceptingPatients: CodeableConcept: An Extension
• fromNetwork: Reference: An Extension

Maturity: 4

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