Practitioner REST Endpoints
Description
This topic describes information for the Practitioner resource.
Overview
The Practitioner resource provides information about a person formally involved in the care of a patient on behalf of a healthcare facility. Practitioners include but are not limited to physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, technologists, and social workers.
Not all practitioners have access to the electronic health record (EHR) but can be referenced by other resources to indicate that they are in some way involved in a patient's care.
This resource supports the following HL7 FHIR US Core Implementation Guide STU 6.1.0 profile:
Note:
The provider's location and contact information can be found with the practitioner.Address and practitioner.Telecom fields.
The following fields are returned if valued:
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Is Physician Extension (for more information, see the Extensions section of this topic)
Terminology Bindings
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Description: The type used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose.
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Details: Identifier Type Codes
System:
http://hl7.org/fhir/identifier-type -
Details: v2 Identifier Type
System:
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203
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Practitioner.qualification.code
Description: A coded representation of the qualification.
Details: Qualification codes
System:
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0360|2.7
Extensions
All URLs for custom extensions are defined as https://fhir-ehr.cerner.com/r4/StructureDefinition/{id}
| ID | Value[x} Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
is-physician |
boolean |
Indicates whether the practitioner is a physician. |
- Create a practitioner
- Method: postPath:
/Practitioner/ - Get a list of practitioners
- Method: getPath:
/Practitioner/ - Get a practitioner by ID
- Method: getPath:
/Practitioner/{id}