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# CareTeam

> The Care Team includes all the people and organizations who plan to participate in the coordination and delivery of care for a patient.

## Properties

| Name                 | Required | Type                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Description                                                      |
| -------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| identifier           | No       | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | External Ids for this team                                       |
| status               | No       | code                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | proposed / active / suspended / inactive / entered-in-error      |
| category             | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Type of team                                                     |
| name                 | No       | string                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Name of the team, such as crisis assessment team                 |
| subject              | No       | Reference\<[Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient) / [Group](/medical-api/fhir/resources/group)>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Who care team is for                                             |
| encounter            | No       | Reference\<[Encounter](/medical-api/fhir/resources/encounter)>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Encounter created as part of                                     |
| period               | No       | [Period](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/period)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Time period team covers                                          |
| participant          | No       | CareTeamParticipant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Members of the team                                              |
| - id                 | No       | string                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Unique id for inter-element referencing                          |
| - extension          | No       | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Additional content defined by implementations                    |
| - modifierExtension  | No       | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized           |
| - role               | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Type of involvement                                              |
| - member             | No       | Reference\<[Practitioner](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitioner) / [PractitionerRole](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitionerrole) / [RelatedPerson](/medical-api/fhir/resources/relatedperson) / [Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient) / [Organization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/organization) / [CareTeam](/medical-api/fhir/resources/careteam)> | Who is involved                                                  |
| - onBehalfOf         | No       | Reference\<[Organization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/organization)>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Organization of the practitioner                                 |
| - period             | No       | [Period](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/period)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Time period of participant                                       |
| reasonCode           | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Why the care team exists                                         |
| reasonReference      | No       | Reference\<[Condition](/medical-api/fhir/resources/condition)>\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Why the care team exists                                         |
| managingOrganization | No       | Reference\<[Organization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/organization)>\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Organization responsible for the care team                       |
| telecom              | No       | [ContactPoint](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/contactpoint)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | A contact detail for the care team (that applies to all members) |
| note                 | No       | [Annotation](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/annotation)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Comments made about the CareTeam                                 |

## Search Parameters

| Name        | Type      | Description                                                 | Expression                  |
| ----------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| date        | date      | Time period team covers                                     | CareTeam.period             |
| identifier  | token     | External Ids for this team                                  | CareTeam.identifier         |
| patient     | reference | Who care team is for                                        | CareTeam.subject            |
| category    | token     | Type of team                                                | CareTeam.category           |
| encounter   | reference | Encounter created as part of                                | CareTeam.encounter          |
| participant | reference | Who is involved                                             | CareTeam.participant.member |
| status      | token     | proposed / active / suspended / inactive / entered-in-error | CareTeam.status             |
| subject     | reference | Who care team is for                                        | CareTeam.subject            |

## Inherited Properties

| Name              | Required | Type                                                   | Description                                            |
| ----------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| id                | No       | string                                                 | Logical id of this artifact                            |
| meta              | No       | [Meta](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/meta)              | Metadata about the resource                            |
| implicitRules     | No       | uri                                                    | A set of rules under which this content was created    |
| language          | No       | code                                                   | Language of the resource content                       |
| text              | No       | [Narrative](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/narrative)    | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained         | No       | Resource\[]                                            | Contained, inline Resources                            |
| extension         | No       | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations          |
| modifierExtension | No       | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored                      |

To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see [CareTeam](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/CareTeam).