# Patient model - EHDS Logical Information Models v0.4.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Patient model**

## Logical Model: Patient model 

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| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSPatient | *Version*:0.4.0 |
| Draft as of 2026-03-03 | *Computable Name*:EHDSPatient |

 
Model for information about a patient (subject of care). 

**Usages:**

* Derived from this Logical Model: [Patient obligations](StructureDefinition-EHDSPatientObligations.md)
* Use this Logical Model: [DataSet model](StructureDefinition-EHDSDataSet.md), [Discharge Report model](StructureDefinition-EHDSDischargeReport.md), [Imaging report model](StructureDefinition-EHDSImagingReport.md), [Laboratory report model](StructureDefinition-EHDSLaboratoryReport.md)... Show 4 more, [Medication dispense model](StructureDefinition-EHDSMedicationDispense.md), [Observation model](StructureDefinition-EHDSObservation.md), [Related person model](StructureDefinition-EHDSRelatedPerson.md) and [Specimen model](StructureDefinition-EHDSSpecimen.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/xtehr.eu.ehds.models|current/StructureDefinition/EHDSPatient)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-EHDSPatient.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-EHDSPatient.xlsx) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "EHDSPatient",
  "url" : "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSPatient",
  "version" : "0.4.0",
  "name" : "EHDSPatient",
  "title" : "Patient model",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-03-03T22:34:02+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Xt-EHR",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "Xt-EHR",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Model for information about a patient (subject of care).",
  "fhirVersion" : "5.0.0",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "logical",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSPatient",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Base",
  "derivation" : "specialization",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "EHDSPatient",
      "path" : "EHDSPatient",
      "short" : "Patient model",
      "definition" : "Model for information about a patient (subject of care)."
    },
    {
      "id" : "EHDSPatient.identifier",
      "path" : "EHDSPatient.identifier",
      "short" : "An identifier of the patient that is unique within a defined scope (typically a national patient identifier, but it can also be a temporary identifier issued by the EHR).",
      "definition" : "An identifier of the patient that is unique within a defined scope (typically a national patient identifier, but it can also be a temporary identifier issued by the EHR).",
      "min" : 1,
      "max" : "*",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Identifier"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "EHDSPatient.name",
      "path" : "EHDSPatient.name",
      "short" : "Name associated with the patient/subject.",
      "definition" : "Name might consist of name parts, e.g. Given name or names, family name/surname, name prefix etc.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "*",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSHumanName"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "EHDSPatient.dateOfBirth",
      "path" : "EHDSPatient.dateOfBirth",
      "short" : "Date of birth",
      "definition" : "Date of birth",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "dateTime"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "EHDSPatient.deceased[x]",
      "path" : "EHDSPatient.deceased[x]",
      "short" : "Whether the patient is deceased or date of death.",
      "definition" : "Whether the patient is deceased or date of death.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "boolean"
      },
      {
        "code" : "dateTime"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "EHDSPatient.administrativeGender",
      "path" : "EHDSPatient.administrativeGender",
      "short" : "Administrative gender",
      "definition" : "This field must contain a recognised valid value for \"administrative gender\". If different, \"physiological gender\" should be communicated elsewhere.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "CodeableConcept"
      }],
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "description" : "HL7 Administrative Gender"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "EHDSPatient.address",
      "path" : "EHDSPatient.address",
      "short" : "Mailing and home or office addresses.",
      "definition" : "The addresses are always sequences of address parts (e.g. street address line, country, postal code, city) even if postal address formats may vary depending on the country. An address may or may not include a specific use code; if this attribute is not present it is assumed to be the default address useful for any purpose.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "*",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSAddress"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "EHDSPatient.telecom",
      "path" : "EHDSPatient.telecom",
      "short" : "Contact information.",
      "definition" : "Contact information.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "*",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSTelecom"
      }]
    }]
  }
}

```
