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  1. FHIR Specification Feedback
  2. FHIR-41499

clarify PractitionerRole.organization

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    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • R6
    • Patient Administration
    • PractitionerRole
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      We will make updates to the text to clarify.  Below is the proposed language.

       

      Element Id PractitionerRole.organization
      Definition The organization where this role is available.  
      Short Display Organization where the role is available
      Comment Some relationships (represented as PractitionerRoles) that may exist between practitioners and organizations include:
      • A practitioner may act as a pediatrician when associated with an organization that runs a family clinic.  PractitionerRole.organization would represent the family clinic.
      • The same practitioner may act as a physician when providing physicals for an athletics department at a school.  PractitionerRole.organization would represent the school.
      • A practitioner may perform coumadin / anticoagulation services for a clinic run by a health system.   PractitionerRole.organization would represent the coumadin clinic.
      • A practitioner may act as an inpatient pharmacist reviewing and dispensing medications.  PractitionerRole.organization would represent the hospital pharmacy.
      • A practitioner may perform medication management and adherence services for an internal medicine clinic.  PractitionerRole.organization would represent the internal medicine clinic.
      • A practitioner is part of a payer's network (such as a preferred provider organization (PPO), or health maintenance organizations (HMO)).  PractitionerRole.organization would represent the payer's network.

      Each of the examples above above, would be represented as different PractitionerRole instances, each with a different values for PractitionerRole.organization.|

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      We will make updates to the text to clarify.  Below is the proposed language.   Element Id PractitionerRole.organization Definition The organization where this role is available.   Short Display Organization where the role is available Comment Some relationships (represented as PractitionerRoles) that may exist between practitioners and organizations include: A practitioner may act as a pediatrician when associated with an organization that runs a family clinic.  PractitionerRole.organization would represent the family clinic. The same practitioner may act as a physician when providing physicals for an athletics department at a school.  PractitionerRole.organization would represent the school. A practitioner may perform coumadin / anticoagulation services for a clinic run by a health system.   PractitionerRole.organization would represent the coumadin clinic. A practitioner may act as an inpatient pharmacist reviewing and dispensing medications.  PractitionerRole.organization would represent the hospital pharmacy. A practitioner may perform medication management and adherence services for an internal medicine clinic.  PractitionerRole.organization would represent the internal medicine clinic. A practitioner is part of a payer's network (such as a preferred provider organization (PPO), or health maintenance organizations (HMO)).  PractitionerRole.organization would represent the payer's network. Each of the examples above above, would be represented as different PractitionerRole instances, each with a different values for PractitionerRole.organization.|
    • Joe Kelly / Ming Dunajick : 6-0-0
    • Clarification
    • Non-substantive

    Description

      Definition: The organization where the Practitioner performs the roles associated.
      Short Display: Organization where the roles are available

      The Definition seems clear enough, especially for identifying a Practitioner role as played in a specific Encounter. The Short Display seems vague. If it addresses the "directory" case, where a role may be played at different Organizations, then the cardinality is wrong. And both Definition and Short Display should describe both use cases. Either way, I don't see a reason for the two to differ.

      Option 1
      Replace Short Display text with Definition text.
      Option 2
      Loosen cardinality and write a new phrase for both, e.g., "Organizations where the Practitioner may play the role or has played the role."

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