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8.1.19 8.1.20 Patient HL7 Extensions

Patient Administration Work Group Maturity Level : N/A Standards Status : Informative
Defines common extensions used with or related to the Patient resource

8.1.19.1 8.1.20.1 Content

Extensions :
patient-mothersMaidenName mothersMaidenName :

Mother's maiden (unmarried) name, commonly collected to help verify patient identity.

patient-birthPlace birthPlace :

The registered place of birth of the patient. A sytem may use the address.text if they don't store the birthPlace address in discrete elements.

patient-birthTime birthTime :

The time of day that the Patient was born. This includes the date to ensure that the timezone information can be communicated effectively.

patient-nationality nationality :

The nationality of the patient.

patient-citizenship citizenship :

The patient's legal status as citizen of a country.

patient-cadavericDonor cadavericDonor :

Flag indicating whether the patient authorized the donation of body parts after death.

patient-congregation congregation :

A group or place of religious practice that may provide services to the patient.

patient-adoptionInfo adoptionInfo :

Code indication the adoption status of the patient.

patient-disability disability :

Value(s) identifying physical or mental condition(s) that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities.

patient-importance importance :

The importance of the patient (e.g. VIP).

patient-interpreterRequired interpreterRequired :

This Patient requires an interpreter to communicate healthcare information to the practitioner.

patient-religion religion :

The patient's professed religious affiliations.

patient-relatedPerson relatedPerson :

In some cases a Patient.contact will also be populated as a RelatedPerson resource. This linkage permits the linkage between the 2 resources to be able to accurately indicate a representation of the same individual, and updating details between could be appropriate.

patient-genderIdentity genderIdentity :

The gender the patient identifies with. The Patient's gender identity is used as guidance (e.g. for staff) about how to interact with the patient.

patient-preferenceType preferenceType :

Indicates what mode of communication the patient prefers to use for the indicated language.

patient-animal animal :

This patient is known to be an animal.

patient-proficiency proficiency :

Proficiency level of the communication.

8.1.19.2 8.1.20.2 Search Parameters

Search parameters defined by this package. See Searching for more information about searching in REST, messaging, and services.

Name Type Description Paths Source
age number Searches for patients based on age as calculated based on current date and date of birth. Deceased patients are excluded from the search. f:Patient/f:birthDate XML / JSON
birthOrderBoolean token Search based on whether a patient was part of a multiple birth or not. f:Patient/f:multipleBirthBoolean | f:Patient/f:multipleBirthInteger XML / JSON
mothersMaidenName string Search based on patient's mother's maiden name XML / JSON