Person

This topic describes information for the Person resource.

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

Overview

The Person resource identifies an individual outside of a specific healthcare context and provides a mechanism to associate person resources across different facilities or organizations.

The following fields are returned if valued:

Terminology Bindings

  • Person.identifier.type

    Description: The type used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose.

    • Details: v2 Identifier Type

      System: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203

    • Details: For more information, see Code Set 4 Person Identifier (Alias) Types under the List of Code Sets section in Proprietary Codes and Systems.

      System: https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR_source_id>/codeSet/4