FHIR Chat · HumanName --> Preferred Name? · implementers

Stream: implementers

Topic: HumanName --> Preferred Name?

Tim Berezny (Jun 06 2017 at 20:30):

I'm accepting data from another structure into a FHIR /patient resource. It's providing me with Firstname, lastname, and preferred name.

I'm not sure what to do with preferred name. It looks like i can give it "use" = usual | official | nickname.

Would the standard first/lastname be "usual" and "preferred" be "nickname"?

Igor Sirkovich (Jun 06 2017 at 20:41):

I would suggest "official for the "standard" name and "usual" for the preferred name, but this actually depends on the meaning of data you work with.

Tim Berezny (Jun 07 2017 at 03:17):

Ok, I'll tackle it that way. Thanks.

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