ReferralRequestResponse

eRS-Practitioner-1

eRS-Practitioner-1

Practitioner
Definition

A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare.
Control 1..1
Type Practitioner
Comments

Note that a cab driver no longer fits the bill. You probably would be interested in the organization rather than the individual?
Practitioner.identifier(SDS User ID)
Definition

An identifier that applies to this person in this role.
Control 0..1
Type Identifier
Requirements

All doctors practising in the UK require a GMC code.
Comments
Practitioner.identifier.system
Definition

Establishes the namespace in which set of possible id values is unique.
Control 1..1
Type Uri
Requirements

There are many sequences of identifiers. To perform matching, we need to know what sequence we're dealing with. The system identifies a particular sequence or set of unique identifiers.
Comments
Fixed Value http://fhir.nhs.net/Id/sds-user-id
Practitioner.identifier.value
Definition

The portion of the identifier typically displayed to the user and which is unique within the context of the system.
Control 1..1
Type String
Comments

If the value is a full URI, then the system SHALL be urn:ietf:rfc:3986.
Example 123456789012