Person

Property	Value
Publisher
Name	Person
URL	http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Person
Status	draft
Description
Abstract	false

Structure

Path	Cardinality	Type	Description
Person	0..*	Person	Demographics and administrative information about a person independent of a specific health-related context.
Person.id	0..1	http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String	The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.
Person.meta	0..1	Meta	The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.
Person.implicitRules	0..1	uri	A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc.
Person.language	0..1	code	The base language in which the resource is written.
Person.text	0..1	Narrative	A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it "clinically safe" for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety.
Person.contained	0..*	Resource	These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope.
Person.extension	0..*	Extension	May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
Person.modifierExtension	0..*	Extension	May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).
Person.identifier	0..*	Identifier	Identifier for a person within a particular scope.
Person.name	0..*	HumanName	A name associated with the person.
Person.telecom	0..*	ContactPoint	A contact detail for the person, e.g. a telephone number or an email address.
Person.gender	0..1	code	Administrative Gender.
Person.birthDate	0..1	date	The birth date for the person.
Person.address	0..*	Address	One or more addresses for the person.
Person.photo	0..1	Attachment	An image that can be displayed as a thumbnail of the person to enhance the identification of the individual.
Person.managingOrganization	0..1	Reference	The organization that is the custodian of the person record.
Person.active	0..1	boolean	Whether this person's record is in active use.
Person.link	0..*	BackboneElement	Link to a resource that concerns the same actual person.
Person.link.id	0..1	http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String	Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Person.link.extension	0..*	Extension	May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
Person.link.modifierExtension	0..*	Extension	May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).
Person.link.target	1..1	Reference	The resource to which this actual person is associated.
Person.link.assurance	0..1	code	Level of assurance that this link is associated with the target resource.

Search Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Expression
_text	string	Search on the narrative of the resource
_content	string	Search on the entire content of the resource
_filter	token	Filter search parameter which supports a more sophisticated grammar for searching. See documentation for further details
_has	string	Provides limited support for reverse chaining - that is, selecting resources based on the properties of resources that refer to them (instead of chaining where resources can be selected based on the properties of resources that they refer to). See the FHIR search page for further documentation
_id	token	Logical id of this artifact	Resource.id
_lastUpdated	date	When the resource version last changed	Resource.meta.lastUpdated
_list	string	All resources in nominated list (by id, Type/id, url or one of the magic List types)
_profile	uri	Profiles this resource claims to conform to	Resource.meta.profile
_query	token	A custom search profile that describes a specific defined query operation
_security	token	Security Labels applied to this resource	Resource.meta.security
_source	uri	Identifies where the resource comes from	Resource.meta.source
_tag	token	Tags applied to this resource	Resource.meta.tag
_text	string	Search on the narrative text (html) of the resource
_type	token	Used when a search is performed in a context which doesn't limit the search to indicate which types are being searched. See the FHIR search page for further discussion
address	string	Multiple Resources: * Patient: A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text* Person: A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text* Practitioner: A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text* RelatedPerson: A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text	Patient.address / Person.address / Practitioner.address / RelatedPerson.address
address-city	string	Multiple Resources: * Patient: A city specified in an address* Person: A city specified in an address* Practitioner: A city specified in an address* RelatedPerson: A city specified in an address	Patient.address.city / Person.address.city / Practitioner.address.city / RelatedPerson.address.city
address-country	string	Multiple Resources: * Patient: A country specified in an address* Person: A country specified in an address* Practitioner: A country specified in an address* RelatedPerson: A country specified in an address	Patient.address.country / Person.address.country / Practitioner.address.country / RelatedPerson.address.country
address-postalcode	string	Multiple Resources: * Patient: A postalCode specified in an address* Person: A postal code specified in an address* Practitioner: A postalCode specified in an address* RelatedPerson: A postal code specified in an address	Patient.address.postalCode / Person.address.postalCode / Practitioner.address.postalCode / RelatedPerson.address.postalCode
address-state	string	Multiple Resources: * Patient: A state specified in an address* Person: A state specified in an address* Practitioner: A state specified in an address* RelatedPerson: A state specified in an address	Patient.address.state / Person.address.state / Practitioner.address.state / RelatedPerson.address.state
address-use	token	Multiple Resources: * Patient: A use code specified in an address* Person: A use code specified in an address* Practitioner: A use code specified in an address* RelatedPerson: A use code specified in an address	Patient.address.use / Person.address.use / Practitioner.address.use / RelatedPerson.address.use
birthdate	date	Multiple Resources: * Patient: The patient's date of birth* Person: The person's date of birth* RelatedPerson: The Related Person's date of birth	Patient.birthDate / Person.birthDate / RelatedPerson.birthDate
email	token	Multiple Resources: * Patient: A value in an email contact* Person: A value in an email contact* Practitioner: A value in an email contact* PractitionerRole: A value in an email contact* RelatedPerson: A value in an email contact	Patient.telecom.where(system='email') / Person.telecom.where(system='email') / Practitioner.telecom.where(system='email') / PractitionerRole.telecom.where(system='email') / RelatedPerson.telecom.where(system='email')
gender	token	Multiple Resources: * Patient: Gender of the patient* Person: The gender of the person* Practitioner: Gender of the practitioner* RelatedPerson: Gender of the related person	Patient.gender / Person.gender / Practitioner.gender / RelatedPerson.gender
phone	token	Multiple Resources: * Patient: A value in a phone contact* Person: A value in a phone contact* Practitioner: A value in a phone contact* PractitionerRole: A value in a phone contact* RelatedPerson: A value in a phone contact	Patient.telecom.where(system='phone') / Person.telecom.where(system='phone') / Practitioner.telecom.where(system='phone') / PractitionerRole.telecom.where(system='phone') / RelatedPerson.telecom.where(system='phone')
phonetic	string	Multiple Resources: * Patient: A portion of either family or given name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm* Person: A portion of name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm* Practitioner: A portion of either family or given name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm* RelatedPerson: A portion of name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm	Patient.name / Person.name / Practitioner.name / RelatedPerson.name
telecom	token	Multiple Resources: * Patient: The value in any kind of telecom details of the patient* Person: The value in any kind of contact* Practitioner: The value in any kind of contact* PractitionerRole: The value in any kind of contact* RelatedPerson: The value in any kind of contact	Patient.telecom / Person.telecom / Practitioner.telecom / PractitionerRole.telecom / RelatedPerson.telecom
identifier	token	A person Identifier	Person.identifier
link	reference	Any link has this Patient, Person, RelatedPerson or Practitioner reference	Person.link.target
name	string	A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the HumanName, including family, give, prefix, suffix, suffix, and/or text	Person.name
organization	reference	The organization at which this person record is being managed	Person.managingOrganization
patient	reference	The Person links to this Patient	Person.link.target.where(resolve() is Patient)
practitioner	reference	The Person links to this Practitioner	Person.link.target.where(resolve() is Practitioner)
relatedperson	reference	The Person links to this RelatedPerson	Person.link.target.where(resolve() is RelatedPerson)