FHIR Chat · Extensions on name of Patient · dotnet

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Topic: Extensions on name of Patient

Yener Topal (Jul 11 2018 at 11:48):

Hello Everyone,

I am working on deserializing a Bundle json request.

This request has a Patient resource and the "name" key has extensions set in the following way:

        "family": "Jongeneel - de Haas",
        "_family": {
          "extension": [
            {
              "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/humanname-own-prefix",
              "valueString": "de"
            },
            {
              "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/humanname-own-name",
              "valueString": "Haas"
            },
            {
              "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/humanname-partner-name",
              "valueString": "Jongeneel"
            }
          ]

When using the PHIR Api these extensions are not set by default, I did manage to set the extension by writing the URL myself using the SetExtension function.

My question is if i should retrieve these extension automatically and if so how can i do that with the FHIR C# Api?

Yener Topal (Jul 11 2018 at 11:49):

I am able to receive any other info except for the extensions and the property _family using the latest stable FHIR api version.

Yener Topal (Jul 11 2018 at 11:52):

Hmm i just noticed that the c# api provides a FamilyElement that has the info i was looking for :).
Problem solved

Yener Topal (Jul 11 2018 at 12:25):

Strange that there is no Enum type defined that contains the URLs for Patient Name FamilyName..

Brian Postlethwaite (Jul 11 2018 at 12:29):

Correct, there is no set of static strings that contain all the standard extension URLs (yet)

Brian Postlethwaite (Jul 11 2018 at 12:29):

I've considered doing this, but hasn't become critical for me as yet.
(Been thinking of doing it at an IG layer)

Yener Topal (Jul 11 2018 at 12:56):

Correct, there is no set of static strings that contain all the standard extension URLs (yet)

Thanks for confirming.

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