Resources
Patient
Resources
Patient
Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services.
Properties
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| identifier | No | Identifier[] | An identifier for this patient |
| active | No | boolean | Whether this patient’s record is in active use |
| name | No | HumanName[] | A name associated with the patient |
| telecom | No | ContactPoint[] | A contact detail for the individual |
| gender | No | code | male / female / other / unknown |
| birthDate | No | date | The date of birth for the individual |
| deceased[x] | No | boolean, dateTime | Indicates if the individual is deceased or not |
| address | No | Address[] | An address for the individual |
| maritalStatus | No | CodeableConcept | Marital (civil) status of a patient |
| multipleBirth[x] | No | boolean, integer | Whether patient is part of a multiple birth |
| photo | No | Attachment[] | Image of the patient |
| contact | No | PatientContact | A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - relationship | No | CodeableConcept[] | The kind of relationship |
| - name | No | HumanName | A name associated with the contact person |
| - telecom | No | ContactPoint[] | A contact detail for the person |
| - address | No | Address | Address for the contact person |
| - gender | No | code | male / female / other / unknown |
| - organization | No | Reference<Organization> | Organization that is associated with the contact |
| - period | No | Period | The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted relating to this patient |
| communication | No | PatientCommunication | A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - language | Yes | CodeableConcept | The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health |
| - preferred | No | boolean | Language preference indicator |
| generalPractitioner | No | Reference<Organization / Practitioner / PractitionerRole>[] | Patient’s nominated primary care provider |
| managingOrganization | No | Reference<Organization> | Organization that is the custodian of the patient record |
| link | No | PatientLink | Link to another patient resource that concerns the same actual person |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - other | Yes | Reference<Patient / RelatedPerson> | The other patient or related person resource that the link refers to |
| - type | Yes | code | replaced-by / replaces / refer / seealso |
Search Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| active | token | Whether the patient record is active | Patient.active |
| address | string | A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text | Patient.address |
| address-city | string | A city specified in an address | Patient.address.city |
| address-country | string | A country specified in an address | Patient.address.country |
| address-postalcode | string | A postalCode specified in an address | Patient.address.postalCode |
| address-state | string | A state specified in an address | Patient.address.state |
| address-use | token | A use code specified in an address | Patient.address.use |
| birthdate | date | The patient’s date of birth | Patient.birthDate |
| death-date | date | The date of death has been provided and satisfies this search value | Patient.deceased |
| deceased | token | This patient has been marked as deceased, or as a death date entered | Patient.deceased |
| token | A value in an email contact | Patient.telecom | |
| family | string | A portion of the family name of the patient | Patient.name.family |
| gender | token | Gender of the patient | Patient.gender |
| general-practitioner | reference | Patient’s nominated general practitioner, not the organization that manages the record | Patient.generalPractitioner |
| given | string | A portion of the given name of the patient | Patient.name.given |
| identifier | token | A patient identifier | Patient.identifier |
| language | token | Language code (irrespective of use value) | Patient.communication.language |
| link | reference | All patients linked to the given patient | Patient.link.other |
| name | string | A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the HumanName, including family, give, prefix, suffix, suffix, and/or text | Patient.name |
| organization | reference | The organization that is the custodian of the patient record | Patient.managingOrganization |
| phone | token | A value in a phone contact | Patient.telecom |
| phonetic | string | A portion of either family or given name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm | Patient.name |
| telecom | token | The value in any kind of telecom details of the patient | Patient.telecom |
Inherited Properties
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | No | string | Logical id of this artifact |
| meta | No | 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 | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained | No | Resource[] | Contained, inline Resources |
| extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored |
To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see Patient.