Stream: implementers
Topic: Are implementers using EN-qualifier=MID?
Ken Sinn (Jun 27 2019 at 20:01):
Hi everyone,
I'm wondering how implementers around the world are handling given names.
Are people using the EN-qualifier extension (value=MID) (https://www.hl7.org/fhir/extension-iso21090-en-qualifier.html) to distinguish when repeating name.given instances are part of the "first" name vs the "middle" name? HumanName datatype defines "Given Names appear in the correct order for presenting the name" re: the order of occurrence.
Have people needed the ability the distinguish the "Middle" name, in order to be compatible with systems that define distinct first-middle-family names? Particularly in cases where individuals' given name may be multiple words, like "Mary Anne".
Interested in hearing thoughts, since I didn't see the EN-qualifier extension mentioned in US-Core. (I see Nictiz uses the extension on https://simplifier.net/NictizSTU3/nl-core-humanname)
Thanks!
Lloyd McKenzie (Jun 27 2019 at 20:23):
I haven't seen many systems using the qualifier. Typically most implementations just take the first as the 'first name' and the remainder as 'middle' names.
Grahame Grieve (Jun 27 2019 at 20:34):
it was primarily defined for northern European use but they are re-assessing the use on an ongoing basis
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