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The patient telecom table contains normalized contact information for patients. This table supports multiple telecom entries per patient, including phone numbers and email addresses. Primary Keys:
  • patient_id
  • telecom_rank
Foreign Keys:
  • patient_id - links to the patient table
ColumnData TypeDescription
patient_idvarcharUnique identifier for the patient
systemvarcharThe type of contact method. Possible values:
– phone: A phone number
– email: An email address
– fax: A fax number
– pager: A pager number
– url: A URL
– sms: An SMS contact
– other: Other contact method
valuevarcharThe phone number, email address, etc.
data_source_extvarcharSource of the telecom data
telecom_rankintegerPatient FHIR resource array order