Introduction
Links to the definitions of the Practitioner resource within the specifications covered within this guidance.
- Practitioner resource within STU3
- Practitioner resource within CareConnect
- Practitioner resource within R4
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Elements marked as MVP denote those recommended to be required for an MVP for the target use case.
| Elements | |
|---|---|
| id | MVP |
| text | |
| identifier | |
| active | |
| name | MVP |
| telecom | |
| address | |
| gender | |
| birthDate | |
| photo | |
| qualification | MVP |
| communication |
Practitioner elements
id
| Data Type: | Id |
| Required / Cardinality: | Required 0..1 |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | Logical id of this artifact. |
Until such time as there is an approved and adopted national identifier for NHS staff it is recommended that the logical id is a locally issued employee/user identifier. Such an identifier must be unique across the domain of the Acute Trust and not re-used by another member of staff after someone leaves as this could invalidate historic records.
If no suitable local staff identifier exists then consider using a UUID.
text
| Data Type: | Narrative |
| Required / Cardinality: | Optional 0..1 |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation. |
The element is not required for an MVP implementation.
identifier
| Data Type: | Identifier |
| Required / Cardinality: | Optional 0..* |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | An identifier for the person as this agent. |
The element is not required for an MVP implementation.
Where an implementation does not use a locally issued clinician or employee number as the logical id, such an identifier can be recorded within this element to support local business process interoperability.
active
| Data Type: | boolean |
| Required / Cardinality: | Optional 0..1 |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | Whether this practitioner's record is in active use. |
The element is not required for an MVP implementation.
name
| Data Type: | HumanName |
| Required / Cardinality: | Required 0..* |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | The name(s) associated with the practitioner. |
A single full name, that is the practitioners preferred name, must be recorded as a complete string within name.text.
The composite name elements of name.prefix, name.given and name.family should be included if available. The complete string used for name.text must be the concatenation of these three elements separated by a single whitespace character.
telecom
| Data Type: | ContactPoint |
| Required / Cardinality: | Optional 0..* |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | A contact detail for the practitioner (that apply to all roles). |
The element is not required for an MVP implementation.
address
| Data Type: | Address |
| Required / Cardinality: | Optional 0..* |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | Address(es) of the practitioner that are not role specific (typically home address). |
The element is not required for an MVP implementation.
gender
| Data Type: | code |
| Required / Cardinality: | Optional 0..1 |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | The gender of the practitioner. |
The element is not required for an MVP implementation.
birthDate
| Data Type: | date |
| Required / Cardinality: | Optional 0..1 |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | The date on which the practitioner was born. |
The element is not required for an MVP implementation.
photo
| Data Type: | Attachment |
| Required / Cardinality: | Optional 0..* |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | Image of the person. |
The element is not required for an MVP implementation.
qualification
| Data Type: | BackboneElement |
| Required / Cardinality: | Required 0..* |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care. |
A business required element to identify the clinical practitioner using their professional code issued by their professional body.
- The
qualifcation.code.coding.systemmust be the appropriate uri for the professional body;- General Medical Council = https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/Id/gmc-number
- Nursing and Midwifery Council = https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/Id/nmc-number
- General Pharmaceutical Council = https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/Id/gphc-number
- The
qualifcation.code.coding.codemust be the practitioner’s professional code issued by their professional body. - The
qualifcation.code.coding.displaymust be the name of the professional body that issued the code, e.g. “General Medical Council”, “Nursing and Midwifery Council” or “General Pharmaceutical Council”.
communication
| Data Type: | CodeableConceot |
| Required / Cardinality: | Optional 0..* |
| Version Support: | STU3 R4 |
| Description: | A spoken language the practitioner can use in patient communication. |
The element is not required for an MVP implementation.