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Location - FHIR

Location - FHIR

 

 

 

 

FHIR resource link

http://hl7.org/fhir/location.html

Location - FHIR v6.0.0-ballot2

FHIR definition

(redacted)

A Location includes places used for healthcare. Locations may be private, public, mobile or fixed and scale from small freezers to full hospital buildings or parking garages. Examples include:

  • Fixed: Building, ward, corridor, room or bed

  • Mobile Clinic

  • Vehicle, Freezer, incubator

  • Patient's Home

  • Ambulance (generic or specific)

PSI use case

PSI’s Outlets: Pharmacies, Provider’s clinics, health centres, labs, etc.

FHIR required properties

none

PSI required properties*

Country and PsiProjectCode *

status, name, type, address (city, state, country), physical type

Extensions

Implemented: none

Under consideration: none

Sample payload

(minimum set)

 

 

Notes for Location FHIR resource, per property

Property

Required by PSI?

Notes

Property

Required by PSI?

Notes

PSI tags

Yes [psi]

Country ISO-2 code

Project Code

PENDING: implementation of this property

identifier

optional [psi]

Normally the Outlet code - highly desirable

status

Yes [psi]

  • active - site open

  • suspended - not current use

  • inactive - site closed

name

Yes [psi]

The presentation name

alias

optional [psi]

 

type

Yes [psi]

Selected values from oficial FHIR list:
https://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/ValueSet-v3-ServiceDeliveryLocationRoleType.html

telecom

optional [psi]

Use to store phone, email, WA, web.

address

Yes [psi]

City, District and Country are mandatory

physicalType

Yes [psi]

si=Site, ho=house or other valid code

position (Lat&Long)

optional [psi]

Required for mapping

hours of operation

optional [psi]

(highly desirable for locator)

"hoursOfOperation" : [{ // What days/times during a week is this location usually open "daysOfWeek" : ["<code>"], // mon | tue | wed | thu | fri | sat | sun "allDay" : <boolean>, // The Location is open all day "openingTime" : "<time>", // Time that the Location opens "closingTime" : "<time>" // Time that the Location closes

 

 

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