Jan 2015 Ballot Comment #305

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Persuasive
    • Priority: Medium
    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • DSTU1 [deprecated]
    • Patient Administration
    • Practitioner
    • 5.4.4
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      Change as per tracker # 3410

      The change that ws done to permit the multiple associations of a Practitioner to an Organization was done within this Practitioner resource. So the need to use the Person resource for this purpose is no longer required.

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      Change as per tracker # 3410 The change that ws done to permit the multiple associations of a Practitioner to an Organization was done within this Practitioner resource. So the need to use the Person resource for this purpose is no longer required.
    • Enhancement
    • Non-compatible
    • DSTU1 [deprecated]

      Existing Wording
      Practitioner.organization 0..1

      Proposed Wording
      Practitioner.organization 0..

      *Comments
      Practitioners work with multiple organizations. This was identified in a tracker item but the proposed linking using Person really is not functional, so I am raising this again. To use the Person as proposed would limiting identifier to 0..1 and moving qualifications for Person (which in turn does not make sense if you are also using Person to point to Patients). Or the qualifications would need to be updated on each Practitioner instance for the various organizations the Practitioner works for. Really the simple solution is to make organization 0..

      *Grahame's Comments
      general discussion; see tracker #3410

            Assignee:
            Unassigned
            Reporter:
            Andy Stechishin (Inactive)
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