Specification - Extended HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: Public Health Case Report, Release 2: the Electronic Initial Case Report (eICR), Release 1, STU Release 1.1 - US Realm
Document Description extended per TSC Tracker 12574, extension TSC GF 15952, JIRA TSC-29, TSC-123
Existing WordingHandling of the name element for responsibleParty/assignedEntity/assignedPerson/name is inconsistent. In the schematron, a name that is nullFlavored generates this error: Description: The content of name *SHALL* be either a conformant Patient Name (PTN.US.FIELDED), or a string (CONF:81-9371). ((cda:name/cda:given and cda:name/cda:family) or (count(cda:name/*)=0 and string-length(normalize-space(string(cda:name)))!=0)) [assert] This appears to be in violation of the specification, conformance 81-9372, which states that the string SHALL NOT contain name parts.
Proposed WordingRemove the restriction against name parts for names in this specification using PN.US.FIELDED.