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12.11.6 12.11.7 Resource AppointmentResponse - Detailed Descriptions

Patient Administration Work Group Maturity Level : 3   Trial Use Security Category : Patient Compartments : Device , Patient , Practitioner , RelatedPerson

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the AppointmentResponse resource.

AppointmentResponse
Element Id AppointmentResponse
Definition

A reply to an appointment request for a patient and/or practitioner(s), such as a confirmation or rejection.

Cardinality 0..*
Type DomainResource
Summary false
Invariants
Defined on this element
apr-1 Rule Either the participantType or actor must be specified participantType.exists() or actor.exists()
AppointmentResponse.identifier
Element Id AppointmentResponse.identifier
Definition

This records identifiers associated with this appointment response concern that are defined by business processes and/ or used to refer to it when a direct URL reference to the resource itself is not appropriate.

Note This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion )
Cardinality 0..*
Type Identifier
Summary true
AppointmentResponse.appointment
Element Id AppointmentResponse.appointment
Definition

Appointment that this response is replying to.

Cardinality 1..1
Type Reference ( Appointment )
Summary true
AppointmentResponse.start
Element Id AppointmentResponse.start
Definition

Date/Time that the appointment is to take place, or requested new start time.

Cardinality 0..1
Type instant
Summary false
Comments

This may be either the same as the appointment request to confirm the details of the appointment, or alternately a new time to request a re-negotiation of the start time.

AppointmentResponse.end
Element Id AppointmentResponse.end
Definition

This may be either the same as the appointment request to confirm the details of the appointment, or alternately a new time to request a re-negotiation of the end time.

Cardinality 0..1
Type instant
Summary false
AppointmentResponse.participantType
Element Id AppointmentResponse.participantType
Definition

Role of participant in the appointment.

Cardinality 0..*
Terminology Binding Participant type ParticipantType ( Extensible )
Type CodeableConcept
Summary true
Comments

The role of the participant can be used to declare what the actor will be doing in the scope of the referenced appointment.

If the actor is not specified, then it is expected that the actor will be filled in at a later stage of planning.

This value SHALL be the same as specified on the referenced Appointment so that they can be matched, and subsequently updated.

AppointmentResponse.actor
Element Id AppointmentResponse.actor
Definition

A Person, Location, HealthcareService, or Device that is participating in the appointment.

Cardinality 0..1
Type Reference ( Patient | Practitioner | PractitionerRole | RelatedPerson | Device | HealthcareService | Location )
Summary true
AppointmentResponse.participantStatus
Element Id AppointmentResponse.participantStatus
Definition

Participation status of the participant. When the status is declined or tentative if the start/end times are different to the appointment, then these times should be interpreted as a requested time change. When the status is accepted, the times can either be the time of the appointment (as a confirmation of the time) or can be empty.

Cardinality 1..1
Terminology Binding ParticipationStatus ( Required )
Type code
Is Modifier true (Reason: Not known why this is labelled a modifier)
Summary true
Comments

This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains the code entered-in-error that marks the participant as not currently valid.

AppointmentResponse.comment
Element Id AppointmentResponse.comment
Definition

Additional comments about the appointment.

Cardinality 0..1
Type string
Summary false
Comments

This comment is particularly important when the responder is declining, tentatively accepting or requesting another time to indicate the reasons why.