Communication

This topic describes information for the Communication resource.

To interact with the REST endpoints in the Communication resource, see Communication.

Overview

The Communication resource is a conveyance of information from one entity, a sender, to another entity, a receiver. The information includes encoded data and can also include a related patient and related encounter.

Note:

The examples provided here are non-normative and replaying them in the public sandbox is not guaranteed to yield the results shown on the site.

Fields

• ID

• In Response To

• Status

• Category

• Priority

• Subject

• Topic

• Encounter

• Sent DateTime

• Received DateTime

• Recipient

• Sender

• Payload

Terminology Bindings

• Communication.category

  Description: The category of the communication.

  • Details: Communication Category

    System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/communication-category

  • Details: SNOMED CT

    System: http://snomed.info/sct

• Communication.email-status

  Description: The status of the email. May be received, in-progress, or completed.

  Details: Communication Email Status Extension

  System: http://hl7.org/fhir/task-status

Extensions

Table - Extensions

ID	Value[x] Type	Description
reply-to	Reference	Directs where replies to the communication are sent. Must be a group.
email-status	CodeableConcept	The status of the electronic communication (in-progress, completed, or received).