Practitioner

The Practitioner resource covers all individuals engaged in the healthcare process and in healthcare-related services as part of their formal responsibilities. The Resource is used for attribution of activities and responsibilities to these individuals. Practitioners can be

• Physicians
• Nurses
• Pharmacists
• Medical Technicians
• Radiographers
• Social Workers
• Receptionists
• IT Personnel
• etc.

The PractitionerRole (8.5) resource provides details for roles that the practitioner is approved to perform and for which organizations.

Note: The Practitioner resource is not to be used for persons involved without a formal responsibility. For example, individuals taking care of friends, relatives, or neighbors. These persons can be registered as a patient’s contacts, or if performing some action or being referenced by another resource, they can be registered using a RelatedPerson resource.

Related Resources

The Practitioner resource performs different roles within the same or even different organizations. Depending on jurisdiction and custom, it could be necessary to maintain a specific Practitioner resource for each role or have a single Practitioner with multiple roles.

Note: A practitioner’s qualifications are acquired independently of any organization or role, and do not imply that the practitioner is allowed or authorized to perform roles relevant to the qualification at any specific organization or location.

The Practitioner resource is referenced by these resources:

A-D	D-M	N-V
Account	DocumentManifest	NutritionOrder
AdverseEvent	DocumentReference	Observation
AllergyIntolerance	Encounter	Patient
Annotation	EnrollmentRequest	PaymentNotice
Appointment	EnrollmentResponse	PaymentReconciliation
AppointmentResponse	EpisodeOfCare	Person
AuditEvent	ExplanationOfBenefit	PractitionerRole
Basic	Flag	Procedure
BiologicallyDerivedProduct	Goal	Provenance
CarePlan	Group	QuestionnaireResponse
CareTeam	ImagingStudy	RequestGroup
CatalogEntry	Immunization	ResearchStudy
ChargeItem	Invoice	RiskAssessment
Claim	Linkage	Schedule
ClaimResponse	List	ServiceRequest
ClinicalImpression	MeasureReport	Signature
Contract	Media	Specimen
CoverageEligibilityRequest	MedicationAdministration	SupplyDelivery
CoverageEligibilityResponse	MedicationDispense	SupplyRequest
DetectedIssue	MedicationRequest	Task
DeviceRequest	MedicationStatement	VerificationResult
DeviceUseStatement	MessageHeader	VisionPrescription
DiagnosticReport

The Practitioner resource defines the following Slices :

• Practitioner.meta.profile is sliced based on the value of pattern: $this

CARIN for Blue Button^®

The C4BBPractitioner structure is derived from USCorePractitionerProfile .

The Practitioner identifier must include either an NPI or a Tax ID.

For More Information

• FHIR R4 Practitioner (8.4) resource
• Detailed Descriptions (8.4.8) for the elements in the Practitioner resource
• Terminology Bindings (8.4.4.1) for the Practitioner resource
• Search Parameters (8.4.6) for the Practitioner resource
• CARIN for Blue Button^® Practitioner (10.21.1) resource profile
• CARIN for Blue Button^® Terminology Bindings (10.21.1.1.1) for the Practitioner resource profile
• CARIN for Blue Button^® Constraints (10.21.1.1.2) for the Practitioner resource profile