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Patient Care Work GroupMaturity Level: 1 Trial UseSecurity Category: Patient Compartments: Device, Patient, Practitioner

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Flag resource.

Flag
Element IdFlag
Definition

Prospective warnings of potential issues when providing care to the patient.

Cardinality0..*
TypeDomainResource
Alternate NamesBarriers to Care; Alert; Warning
Flag.identifier
Element IdFlag.identifier
Definition

Business identifiers assigned to this flag by the performer or other systems which remain constant as the resource is updated and propagates from server to server.

NoteThis is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Cardinality0..*
TypeIdentifier
Requirements

Allows identification of the flag as it is known by various participating systems and in a way that remains consistent across servers.

Summarytrue
Comments

This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion). It is best practice for the identifier to only appear on a single resource instance, however business practices may occasionally dictate that multiple resource instances with the same identifier can exist - possibly even with different resource types. For example, multiple Patient and a Person resource instance might share the same social insurance number.

Flag.status
Element IdFlag.status
Definition

Supports basic workflow.

Cardinality1..1
Terminology BindingFlagStatus (Required)
Typecode
Is Modifiertrue (Reason: This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that contains status entered-in-error which means that the resource should not be treated as valid)
Summarytrue
Comments

This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains codes that mark the resource as not currently valid.

Flag.category
Element IdFlag.category
Definition

Allows a flag to be divided into different categories like clinical, administrative etc. Intended to be used as a means of filtering which flags are displayed to particular user or in a given context.

Cardinality0..*
Terminology BindingFlag Category (Example)
TypeCodeableConcept
Summarytrue
Comments

The value set will often need to be adjusted based on local business rules and usage context.

Flag.code
Element IdFlag.code
Definition

The coded value or textual component of the flag to display to the user.

Cardinality1..1
Terminology BindingFlag Code (Example)
TypeCodeableConcept
Summarytrue
Comments

If non-coded, use CodeableConcept.text. This element should always be included in the narrative.

Flag.subject
Element IdFlag.subject
Definition

The patient, location, group, organization, or practitioner etc. this is about record this flag is associated with.

Cardinality1..1
TypeReference(Patient | Location | Group | Organization | Practitioner | PlanDefinition | Medication | Procedure)
Summarytrue
Flag.period
Element IdFlag.period
Definition

The period of time from the activation of the flag to inactivation of the flag. If the flag is active, the end of the period should be unspecified.

Cardinality0..1
TypePeriod
Summarytrue
Flag.encounter
Element IdFlag.encounter
Definition

This alert is only relevant during the encounter.

Cardinality0..1
TypeReference(Encounter)
Summarytrue
Comments

If both Flag.encounter and Flag.period are valued, then Flag.period.start shall not be before Encounter.period.start and Flag.period.end shall not be after Encounter.period.end.

Flag.author
Element IdFlag.author
Definition

The person, organization or device that created the flag.

Cardinality0..1
TypeReference(Device | Organization | Patient | Practitioner | PractitionerRole)
Summarytrue