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# organization

A formally or informally recognized grouping of people or organizations formed for the purpose of achieving some form of collective action. Includes companies, institutions, corporations, departments, community groups, healthcare practice groups, payer/insurer, etc. See the [HL7 FHIR R4 spec](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/organization.html) for full details.

**Previous version:** [organization](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v000/organization)

**Tables in this resource:**

* **organization** – Organization record (this page)
* [organization\_address](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/organization/address) – Addresses per organization
* [organization\_telecom](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/organization/telecom) – Contact details per organization
* [organization\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/organization/extension)
* [organization\_extension\_vcc\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/organization/extension_vcc_coding)
* **organization\_references** – Normalized references; see [Reference Tables](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/reference_tables#organization-references) (partOf)

**Primary Keys:**

* organization\_id

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| Column             | Data Type | Description                                                      |
| ------------------ | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| organization\_id   | varchar   | Unique identifier for the organization                           |
| name               | varchar   | Name of the organization                                         |
| address†           | varchar   | First and second address lines concatenated (from first address) |
| city†              | varchar   | City (from first address)                                        |
| state†             | varchar   | State or province (from first address)                           |
| country†           | varchar   | Country (from first address)                                     |
| zip\_code†         | varchar   | ZIP or postal code (from first address)                          |
| phone†             | varchar   | First phone from telecom                                         |
| email†             | varchar   | First email from telecom                                         |
| meta\_source       | varchar   | Source document filename from FHIR meta.source                   |
| data\_source\_ext† | varchar   | Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension      |

**Related Tables:**

**Child:**

* [location](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/location/base)
* [organization\_address](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/organization/address)
* [organization\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/organization/extension)
* [organization\_telecom](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/organization/telecom)

## Version diff

**Renamed**

* `address_line` → `address`
* `data_source` → `meta_source`