FHIR Implementation Guide for the NHS e-Referral Service

eRS-Appointment-1

This Appointment resource has been constrained to support the NHS e-Referral Service requirements.

NameCard.TypeDescription & Constraints
..AppointmentAppointmentA booking of a healthcare event among patient(s), practitioner(s), related person(s) and/or device(s) for a specific date/time. This may result in one or more Encounter(s)

...status1..1Codeproposed | booked | cancelled | noshow
Binding The free/busy status of an appointment. (http://fhir.nhs.net/ValueSet/appointment-status-1)
Binding Strength Required
Example Value booked

...start0..1InstantWhen appointment is to take place

...end0..1InstantWhen appointment is to conclude

...participant1..*BackboneElementParticipants involved in appointment

....type0..1CodeableConceptRole of participant in the appointment
Binding Role of participant in encounter (http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-participant-type)
Binding Strength Required

.....coding0..*CodingCode defined by a terminology system

......system0..1UriIdentity of the terminology system
Fixed Value http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-participant-type

......code0..1CodeSymbol in syntax defined by the system

......display0..1StringRepresentation defined by the system

....actor1..1Reference (ers-healthcareservice-1 | ers-practitioner-1)Person, Location/HealthcareService or Device

....status1..1Codeaccepted | declined | tentative | needs-action
Binding The Participation status of an appointment. (http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/participationstatus)
Binding Strength Required
Fixed Value accepted

Path Name Binding Strength ValueSet
.Appointment.status status Required http://fhir.nhs.net/ValueSet/appointment-status-1
.Appointment.participant.type type Required http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-participant-type
.Appointment.participant.status status Required http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/participationstatus

eRS-Appointment-1

Examples Description JSON File
Appointment Appointment Example