Stream: implementers
Topic: Patient.careProvider
Brian Postlethwaite (Jul 10 2016 at 13:54):
A Notification from the Patient Administration workgroup that we've approved the chance of the Patient.careProvider 0..* property to rename it to Patient.generalPractitioner 0..1
This was done to remove the duplication of places to record this information, and to push the other types if providers into the CareTeam resource where the durations and types are more explicit as they change over time.
Standard extensions will be created for preferredDentist and preferredPharmasist, but still encourage people to use the new CareTeam resource.
We are seeking feedback on this change which had representation from a broad set of implementers at the meeting.
Brian Postlethwaite (Jul 10 2016 at 13:55):
I'll likely be making the change over the next day or so, as will take a bit of change given the likely impact on implementation guides.
Brian Postlethwaite (Jul 10 2016 at 13:56):
Details are in the tracker item http://gforge.hl7.org/gf/project/fhir/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=7963&start=0
Peter Bernhardt (Jul 11 2016 at 17:33):
@Brian Postlethwaite thanks for the heads up. This is a significant change.
Peter Bernhardt (Jul 11 2016 at 17:35):
surprised that this has been open since last year.
Peter Bernhardt (Jul 11 2016 at 17:48):
The resolution note sez the cardinality hasn't changed from 0..* - I’ve also left a comment on the item as I don’t understand how narrowing this property to a single use case (GP) is beneficial.
Jenni Syed (Jul 11 2016 at 18:46):
If the cardinality was actually restricted to 0..1 I would have more concerns. If that is the intent, the tracker would need to be updated (I remember voting on this at the WGM and we left it as multiple as indicated in current resolution)
Brian Postlethwaite (Jul 11 2016 at 19:13):
Thanks for the recheck. The tracker indeed indicates that if you only want 1 you need to profile it down. Didn't intend that part.
Nate Walker (Dec 01 2016 at 22:32):
I'm looking at this part at the moment and the question has come up:
Can a Patient.careProvider have a period attached? So you are able to see the history of the patients careproviders and see who is the current one? Or is it just effectively a list of known care providers?
Michelle (Moseman) Miller (Dec 02 2016 at 00:15):
The CareTeam resource supports that via CareTeam.participant.period
Nate Walker (Dec 02 2016 at 02:05):
Thanks Michelle
Brian Postlethwaite (Dec 02 2016 at 05:57):
That's right Michelle, and note that in STU3, that property has changed to be called generalPractitioner to be more explicit. (CareTeam holds the bigger set, and histories where desired.)
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