Communication
ClinicalAn occurrence of information being transmitted; e.g. an alert that was sent to a responsible provider, a public health agency that was notified about a reportable condition.
| Path | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication | 0..* | — | A record of information transmitted from a sender to a receiver |
| .idΣ | 0..1 | String | Logical id of this artifact |
| .metaΣ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource |
| .implicitRules?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| .language | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Bindinglanguages(preferred) |
| .text | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| .contained | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources |
| .extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations |
| .modifierExtension?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored |
| .identifierΣ | 0..* | Identifier | Unique identifier |
| .instantiatesCanonicalΣ | 0..* | canonical | Instantiates FHIR protocol or definition |
| .instantiatesUriΣ | 0..* | uri | Instantiates external protocol or definition |
| .basedOnΣ | 0..* | Reference(Resource) | Request fulfilled by this communication |
| .partOfΣ | 0..* | Reference(Resource) | Part of this action |
| .inResponseTo | 0..* | Reference(Communication) | Reply to |
| .status?!Σ | 1..1 | code | preparation | in-progress | not-done | on-hold | stopped | completed | entered-in-error | unknown Bindingevent-status(required) |
| .statusReasonΣ | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Reason for current status Bindingcommunication-not-done-reason(example) |
| .category | 0..* | CodeableConcept | Message category Bindingcommunication-category(example) |
| .priorityΣ | 0..1 | code | routine | urgent | asap | stat Bindingrequest-priority(required) |
| .medium | 0..* | CodeableConcept | A channel of communication Bindingv3-ParticipationMode(example) |
| .subjectΣ | 0..1 | Reference(Patient | Group) | Focus of message |
| .topic | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Description of the purpose/content Bindingcommunication-topic(example) |
| .about | 0..* | Reference(Resource) | Resources that pertain to this communication |
| .encounterΣ | 0..1 | Reference(Encounter) | Encounter created as part of |
| .sent | 0..1 | dateTime | When sent |
| .received | 0..1 | dateTime | When received |
| .recipient | 0..* | Reference(Device | Organization | Patient | Practitioner | PractitionerRole | RelatedPerson | Group | CareTeam | HealthcareService) | Message recipient |
| .sender | 0..1 | Reference(Device | Organization | Patient | Practitioner | PractitionerRole | RelatedPerson | HealthcareService) | Message sender |
| .reasonCodeΣ | 0..* | CodeableConcept | Indication for message Bindingclinical-findings(example) |
| .reasonReferenceΣ | 0..* | Reference(Condition | Observation | DiagnosticReport | DocumentReference) | Why was communication done? |
| .payload | 0..* | BackboneElement | Message payload |
| .id | 0..1 | String | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| .extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations |
| .modifierExtension?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| .content[x] | 1..1 | string | Attachment | Reference(Resource) | Message part content |
| .note | 0..* | Annotation | Comments made about the communication |