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  1. FHIR Specification Feedback
  2. FHIR-38353

Should Patient.deceased be set to true for the VRDR Decedent profile.

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    • US Vital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) (FHIR)
    • 2.0.0
    • Public Health
    • Decedent
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      Should Patient.deceased be set to true for the VRDR Decedent profile?

      The Decedent is part of a Death Record submission, so it could be implied.  However, if the Decedent instance ever travels outside of the Death Record Submission might be nice to have a clear indication that this is a deceased individual...

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            saul_kravitz Saul Kravitz
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