Stream: implementers
Topic: ward using Location vs Organization
Joerg Mehlbrech (Dec 03 2018 at 11:47):
Hi,
I am uncertain about the FHIR spec if to implement wards into Location or Organization profiles:
The spec for Location tells ins its scope about examples as "Building, ward, corridor".
In "Boundaries" it states "..Organization is intended to represent the more conceptual hierarchies, such as a ward."
Looking at FHIRs ValueSets make me think to use the Location resource, since http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/organization-type only knows about "dept" while http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-physical-type contains a "wa" for ward.
What the most common view for FHIR how to represent a ward/point of care?
Michele Mottini (Dec 03 2018 at 14:27):
'The Organization resource is used for collections of people that have come together to achieve an objective' - so I'd say that representing a ward as an Organization means the ward personnel acting as a whole. If you want to represent the physical place (I'd guess a more common case) use Location
Joerg Mehlbrech (Dec 03 2018 at 15:26):
@Michele Mottini : Thanks!
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