This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v0.0.82: DSTU 1). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0 . For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R5 R4B R4 R3 R2 Group.profile.xml Profile for group Raw XML &lt;Represents a defined collection of entities that may be discussed or acted upon collectively but which are not expected to act collectively and are not formally or legally recognized. I.e. A collection of entities that isn't an Organization. &lt;!-- from --&gt; &lt;&lt;/identifier&gt; &lt; &lt;If true, indicates that the resource refers to a specific group of real individuals. If false, the group defines a set of intended individuals. &lt;Provides a specific type of resource the group includes. E.g. &quot;cow&quot;, &quot;syringe&quot;, etc.&lt;/code&gt; &lt; &lt; &lt; &lt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;The value of the trait that holds (or does not hold - see 'exclude') for members of the group.&lt;/value[x]&gt; &lt;If true, indicates the characteristic is one that is NOT held by members of the group (this element modifies the meaning of other elements) &lt;/characteristic&gt; &lt;&lt;/member&gt; &lt;/Group&gt; Basic Profile. Represents a defined collection of entities that may be discussed or acted upon collectively but which are not expected to act collectively and are not formally or legally recognized. I.e. A collection of entities that isn't an Organization. Scope and Usage Use Cases The group resource is used in one of two ways: * To define a group of specific people, animals, devices, etc. that is being tracked, examined or otherwise referenced as part of healthcare-related activities * To define a set of *possible* people, animals, devices, etc. that are of interest for some intended future healthcare-related activities Examples of the former could include group therapy or treatment sessions, exposed entities tracked as part of public health, etc. The latter might be used to define expected subjects for a clinical study. Both use cases are handled by a single resource because the data elements captured tend to be similar. Represents a defined collection of entities that may be discussed or acted upon collectively but which are not expected to act collectively and are not formally or legally recognized. I.e. A collection of entities that isn't an Organization. May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. there can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core simplicity for everyone. May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. there can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core simplicity for everyone. A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource, and may be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it &quot;clinically safe&quot; for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety. Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative. These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope. This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again. person: ./classCode=&quot;PSN&quot; animal: ./classCode=&quot;ANM&quot; device: ./classCode=&quot; DEV&quot; medication: ./classCode=&quot;MMAT&quot; and ./playedRole[isNormalRole() and classCode=&quot;THER&quot;] food: ./classCode=&quot;FOOD&quot; If true, indicates that the resource refers to a specific group of real individuals. If false, the group defines a set of intended individuals. Provides a specific type of resource the group includes. E.g. &quot;cow&quot;, &quot;syringe&quot;, etc. ./playedRole[isNormalRole()]/participation[isNormalParticipation() and typeCode=&quot;SBJ&quot;]/act [isNormalAct and classCode=&quot;OBS&quot; and moodCode=&quot;EVN&quot;] May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. there can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core simplicity for everyone. May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. there can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core simplicity for everyone. List of characteristics used to describe group members. E.g. gender, age, owner, location, etc. The value of the trait that holds (or does not hold - see 'exclude') for members of the group. For Range, it means members of the group have a value that falls somewhere within the specified range. This is labeled as &quot;Is Modifier&quot; because applications cannot wrongly include excluded members as included or vice versa. lower-case(f:type/@value)=parent::f:Group/f:type/@value or (f:type/@value='Patient' and parent::f:Group/f:type/@value=('animal','person')) </Profile> © HL7.org 2011+. FHIR DSTU (v0.0.82.2943) generated on Tue, Sep 30, 2014 18:09+1000. Links: What's a DSTU? | Version History | | Propose a change var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-676355-1']); _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', '.hl7.org']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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