Stream: implementers
Topic: CareTeam Implementation Question
Emma Jones (Jan 27 2017 at 22:04):
During the ONC CareTeam Definition call - the following question came up: How in FHIR to reflect coverage for a member of the care team when the member is away (or off work)? For example, a provider goes on vacation and his patient is being covered by a coverage group. A member of the coverage group will fill in for the provider who is away. We see the coverage team filling the same role as the usual member.
Lloyd McKenzie (Jan 31 2017 at 21:30):
Based on the current definition of the resource, this would need to be an extension. Most likely a reference to the Organization|Practitioner|RelatedPerson|Patient|Group|CareTeam who was acting as a back-up to the care-team participant.
Brian Postlethwaite (Feb 01 2017 at 00:56):
You wouldn't just update the Care Team resource? or create new ones based on the periods closing and re-opening as needed.
Pascal Pfiffner (Feb 01 2017 at 15:43):
Wouldn't you create a new CareTeam resource, for the appropriate period, and reference it from CarePlan.careTeam? For one team member's vacation, you'd have 3 resources: 1. original team, 2. copy of the team minus vacationer plus cover, 3. copy of the original team with new period.
Thinking aloud: could CareTeam.period become an array, to avoid copies of the same team for different periods?
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