Stream: implementers
Topic: Representing Practitioner Communication Preferences
Jean Duteau (Oct 13 2020 at 22:21):
I have a requirement to express how to communicate with a practitioner for different document types. This obviously doesn't exist in the existing Practitioner. I'm looking at Communication and CommunicationRequest and neither has the semantics for this. What I'd really like is a CommunicationDefinition. Since we don't have that would EventDefinition work for this? I can't see any other resource that would work for this.
Jean Duteau (Oct 13 2020 at 22:24):
I've also thought of using Endpoint to indicate the different ways that we want information communicated.
Jose Costa Teixeira (Oct 13 2020 at 22:37):
from your description, this is more about defining the practitioner than the communication
Jean Duteau (Oct 13 2020 at 22:53):
not really. it is a practitioner's communication preferences, but I need to define those preferences. so "when sending x-ray reports, use digital means", "when sending referral requests, send them by post to this work location address", etc.
Jose Costa Teixeira (Oct 13 2020 at 22:59):
and you want those as "standard" definitions so that you can assign them to practitioners (or patients)?
David Pyke (Oct 13 2020 at 23:15):
So perhaps adding to the home/work/etc. list you could add document types
Jean Duteau (Oct 14 2020 at 00:22):
@Jose Costa Teixeira I don't know what you mean by "standard" definitions. But yes these communication preferences can apply to Practitioner and now also Organizations. I'm also seeing that they could apply to Patients.
@David Pyke What "home/work/etc. list" are you referring to?
Jose Costa Teixeira (Oct 14 2020 at 04:53):
"standard" as pre-defined
Jean Duteau (Oct 14 2020 at 04:55):
still don't know what you mean, sorry. We have the ability for Providers and Organizations to specify how they want certain document types to be communicated to them. I'm trying to figure out if one of the XDefinition resources would suffice, if Endpoint would work, or if I just have to make a custom extension.
David Pyke (Oct 14 2020 at 05:50):
Sorry, I was referring to ContactPoint, thinking it was extensible. It's not.
Vassil Peytchev (Oct 15 2020 at 15:07):
Have you looked at any provider directory IGs? That sounds like something that would be an essential feature in them.
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