# Flag: Patient (EU core) - HL7 Europe Base and Core FHIR IG v2.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Flag: Patient (EU core)**

## Resource Profile: Flag: Patient (EU core) 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/flag-patient-eu-core | *Version*:2.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-08-07 | *Computable Name*:FlagPatientEuCore |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | |

 
This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the Flag resource - for patient related alerts - that apply across multiple use cases. Other specialized flag profiles may be specified in the future for other kind of subjects (e.g. related to practitioners, devices, etc.). 

**Usages:**

* Examples for this Profile: [Flag/flag-patient-eu-core-example](Flag-flag-patient-eu-core-example.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/hl7.fhir.eu.base|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-flag-patient-eu-core.json)

### 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-flag-patient-eu-core.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-flag-patient-eu-core.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-flag-patient-eu-core.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "flag-patient-eu-core",
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/flag-patient-eu-core",
  "version" : "2.0.0",
  "name" : "FlagPatientEuCore",
  "title" : "Flag: Patient (EU core)",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-08-07T12:40:16+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the Flag resource - for patient related alerts - that apply across multiple use cases.\nOther specialized flag profiles may be specified in the future for other kind of subjects (e.g. related to practitioners, devices, etc.).",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Flag",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Flag",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Flag",
      "path" : "Flag"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.language",
      "path" : "Flag.language",
      "short" : "Language of the alert content"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.extension",
      "path" : "Flag.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.extension:flagDetailExt",
      "path" : "Flag.extension",
      "sliceName" : "flagDetailExt",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "*",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/flag-detail"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.extension:flagPriorityExt",
      "path" : "Flag.extension",
      "sliceName" : "flagPriorityExt",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/flag-priority"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.extension:note",
      "path" : "Flag.extension",
      "sliceName" : "note",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "*",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/note"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.extension:note.value[x].text",
      "path" : "Flag.extension.value[x].text",
      "short" : "Additional information about the alert"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.identifier",
      "path" : "Flag.identifier",
      "short" : "Alert business Identifier"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.status",
      "path" : "Flag.status",
      "short" : "Alert status"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.code",
      "path" : "Flag.code",
      "short" : "Coded or textual message to display to user."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.subject",
      "path" : "Flag.subject",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.period",
      "path" : "Flag.period",
      "short" : "Time period when the alert is active"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Flag.author",
      "path" : "Flag.author",
      "short" : "Author of the alert"
    }]
  }
}

```
