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  1. FHIR Specification Feedback
  2. FHIR-21241

Make prohibited use of Person more obvious

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    • Resolution: Persuasive with Modification
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    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • STU3
    • Patient Administration
    • Person
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      We will change this sentence:

      "Person instances are never directly referenced as actors (authors, subjects, performers, etc.) Individual actors are always identified as either Patient, Practitioner or RelatedPerson, depending on the role of the individual when undertaking the action."

      to

      "Person instances are NEVER directly referenced as actors (authors, subjects, performers, etc.) Individual actors are always identified as either Patient, Practitioner or RelatedPerson, depending on the role of the individual when undertaking the action.  Therefore this resource SHALL NOT be referenced by any other clinical or administrative resources. E.g. it can be the focus of an operation or message or included in a Bundle, but cannot be a member of a List or Group, the subject of an Observation, or other similar non-infrastructural usage.  Note that the usage of Practitioner is broader in FHIR than the term may suggest, and can encompass individuals who are not licensed healthcare practitioners."

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      We will change this sentence: "Person instances are never directly referenced as actors (authors, subjects, performers, etc.) Individual actors are always identified as either Patient, Practitioner or RelatedPerson, depending on the role of the individual when undertaking the action." to "Person instances are NEVER directly referenced as actors (authors, subjects, performers, etc.) Individual actors are always identified as either Patient, Practitioner or RelatedPerson, depending on the role of the individual when undertaking the action.  Therefore this resource SHALL NOT be referenced by any other clinical or administrative resources. E.g. it can be the focus of an operation or message or included in a Bundle, but cannot be a member of a List or Group, the subject of an Observation, or other similar non-infrastructural usage.   Note that the usage of Practitioner is broader in FHIR than the term may suggest, and can encompass individuals who are not licensed healthcare practitioners."
    • Brian Postlethwaite / Alex de Leon : 5-0-0
    • Clarification
    • Non-substantive
    • R5

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      There are still lots of people who think they need to use Person for patient's who aren't receiving care or Practitioners who aren't "healthcare" practitioners.

      Can we please change this sentence:

      "Person instances are never directly referenced as actors (authors, subjects, performers, etc.) Individual actors are always identified as either Patient, Practitioner or RelatedPerson, depending on the role of the individual when undertaking the action."

      to

      *"Person instances are NEVER directly referenced as actors (authors, subjects, performers, etc.) *Individual actors are always identified as either Patient, Practitioner or RelatedPerson, depending on the role of the individual when undertaking the action. Note that the usage of Patient and Practitioner are broader in FHIR than these terms may suggest and encompass individuals who are not currently receiving care and individuals who are not licensed healthcare practitioners."

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            brian.postlethwaite Brian Postlethwaite
            lloyd Lloyd McKenzie
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