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  2. FHIR-25732

Middle name for HumanName

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    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • R5
    • Patient Administration
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      Name "parts" are marked up with the iso21090-EN-qualifier extension, which permits taggin name properties with various attributes, including the middle name.

      http://hl7.org/fhir/extension-iso21090-en-qualifier.html

      To represent the data as you've noted, here are 3 example name snippits showing a complete name, one that shows the inclusion of the middle name extension, and another where you would just have a middle name.

        <name>
    <family value="Pos" />
    <given value="Bryon" />
    <given value="Richardo" />
  </name>
  <name>
    <family value="Pos" />
    <given value="Bryon" />
    <given value="Richardo">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-EN-qualifier">
        <valueCode value="MID" />
      </extension>
    </given>
  </name>
  <name>
    <given value="Richardo">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-EN-qualifier">
        <valueCode value="MID" />
      </extension>
    </given>
  </name>
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      Name "parts" are marked up with the  iso21090-EN-qualifier  extension, which permits taggin name properties with various attributes, including the middle name. http://hl7.org/fhir/extension-iso21090-en-qualifier.html To represent the data as you've noted, here are 3 example name snippits showing a complete name, one that shows the inclusion of the middle name extension, and another where you would just have a middle name. <name> <family value= "Pos" /> <given value= "Bryon" /> <given value= "Richardo" /> </name> <name> <family value= "Pos" /> <given value= "Bryon" /> <given value= "Richardo" > <extension url= "http: //hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-EN-qualifier" > <valueCode value= "MID" /> </extension> </given> </name> <name> <given value= "Richardo" > <extension url= "http: //hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-EN-qualifier" > <valueCode value= "MID" /> </extension> </given> </name>
    • Brian Postlethwaite/Jenni Syed: 8-0-0

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      Middle name/middle initial is a very common field on hospital forms, so it seems odd that there is no field in FHIR. If the first name is missing and the middle name is present in the source data, then HumanName.GivenName[0] = NULL and HumanName.GivenName[1]={Middle Name}. This implementation seems odd.

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