Practitioner

A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare.

These interaction paths describe standard FHIR R4 patterns. Availability can depend on the API capabilities enabled for your Ovok project.

Interaction	Method	Path
Read	GET	/fhir/R4/Practitioner/[id]
Vread	GET	/fhir/R4/Practitioner/[id]/_history/[vid]
Update	PUT	/fhir/R4/Practitioner/[id]
Patch	PATCH	/fhir/R4/Practitioner/[id]
Delete	DELETE	/fhir/R4/Practitioner/[id]
Create	POST	/fhir/R4/Practitioner
Search	GET	/fhir/R4/Practitioner
History	GET	/fhir/R4/Practitioner/[id]/_history

Top-level elements

Element	Type	Cardinality	Description
id	string	0..1	Logical id of this artifact
meta	Meta	0..1	Metadata about the resource
implicitRules	uri	0..1	A set of rules under which this content was created
language	code	0..1	Language of the resource content
text	Narrative	0..1	Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation
contained	Resource	0..*	Contained, inline Resources
extension	Extension	0..*	Additional content defined by implementations
modifierExtension	Extension	0..*	Extensions that cannot be ignored
identifier	Identifier	0..*	An identifier for the person as this agent
active	boolean	0..1	Whether this practitioner's record is in active use
name	HumanName	0..*	The name(s) associated with the practitioner
telecom	ContactPoint	0..*	A contact detail for the practitioner (that apply to all roles)
address	Address	0..*	Address(es) of the practitioner that are not role specific (typically home address)
gender	code	0..1	male | female | other | unknown
birthDate	date	0..1	The date on which the practitioner was born
photo	Attachment	0..*	Image of the person
qualification	BackboneElement	0..*	Certification, licenses, or training pertaining to the provision of care
communication	CodeableConcept	0..*	A language the practitioner can use in patient communication

Resource-specific search parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
active	token	Whether the practitioner record is active
address	string	Multiple Resources: Patient: A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text ; Person: A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text ; Practitioner: A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text ; RelatedPerson: A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, district, state, country, postalCode, and/or text
address-city	string	Multiple Resources: Patient: A city specified in an address ; Person: A city specified in an address ; Practitioner: A city specified in an address ; RelatedPerson: A city specified in an address
address-country	string	Multiple Resources: Patient: A country specified in an address ; Person: A country specified in an address ; Practitioner: A country specified in an address ; RelatedPerson: A country specified in an address
address-postalcode	string	Multiple Resources: Patient: A postalCode specified in an address ; Person: A postal code specified in an address ; Practitioner: A postalCode specified in an address ; RelatedPerson: A postal code specified in an address
address-state	string	Multiple Resources: Patient: A state specified in an address ; Person: A state specified in an address ; Practitioner: A state specified in an address ; RelatedPerson: A state specified in an address
address-use	token	Multiple Resources: Patient: A use code specified in an address ; Person: A use code specified in an address ; Practitioner: A use code specified in an address ; RelatedPerson: A use code specified in an address
communication	token	One of the languages that the practitioner can communicate with
email	token	Multiple Resources: Patient: A value in an email contact ; Person: A value in an email contact ; Practitioner: A value in an email contact ; PractitionerRole: A value in an email contact ; RelatedPerson: A value in an email contact
family	string	Multiple Resources: Patient: A portion of the family name of the patient ; Practitioner: A portion of the family name
gender	token	Multiple Resources: Patient: Gender of the patient ; Person: The gender of the person ; Practitioner: Gender of the practitioner ; RelatedPerson: Gender of the related person
given	string	Multiple Resources: Patient: A portion of the given name of the patient ; Practitioner: A portion of the given name
identifier	token	A practitioner's Identifier
name	string	A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the HumanName, including family, give, prefix, suffix, suffix, and/or text
phone	token	Multiple Resources: Patient: A value in a phone contact ; Person: A value in a phone contact ; Practitioner: A value in a phone contact ; PractitionerRole: A value in a phone contact ; RelatedPerson: A value in a phone contact
phonetic	string	Multiple Resources: Patient: A portion of either family or given name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm ; Person: A portion of name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm ; Practitioner: A portion of either family or given name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm ; RelatedPerson: A portion of name using some kind of phonetic matching algorithm
telecom	token	Multiple Resources: Patient: The value in any kind of telecom details of the patient ; Person: The value in any kind of contact ; Practitioner: The value in any kind of contact ; PractitionerRole: The value in any kind of contact ; RelatedPerson: The value in any kind of contact

Reference

Official FHIR R4 spec: Practitioner.
Maturity: Trial Use 3 (FMM 3).