Referral Request

A Referral Request resource is used to capture a patient care referral or transfer request.

Overview

See the FHIR documentation for more information about Referral Request resources.

Mapped Concepts in HIEBus

  • Referral

Supported Interactions

Referral Request resources support the following interactions.

Search Parameters

When searching for Referral Request resources, the following search parameters are supported.

Name Type Prefixes
Modifiers
Can be Chained? Description
_id Token Resource id.
_lastUpdated Date ne  lt  le  gt  ge  sa  eb  ap  When the resource last changed.
_source Uri :missing  Where the resource comes from.
authored-on Date ne  lt  le  gt  ge  sa  eb  ap  :missing  Creation or activation date.
context Reference :missing  yes Originating encounter.
encounter Reference :missing  yes Originating encounter.
group-identifier Token Part of common request.
identifier Token :missing  Business identifier.
intent Token Proposal, plan or order.
occurrence-date Date ne  lt  le  gt  ge  sa  eb  ap  :missing  When the service(s) requested in the referral should occur.
patient Reference :missing  yes Who the referral is about.
priority Token :missing  The priority assigned to the referral.
provenance-agent Reference :missing  yes Search by provenance, specified by its author (aka originator) Organization.
recipient Reference :missing  yes The person that the referral was sent to.
requester Reference :missing  yes Individual making the request.
service String :contains  :exact  :missing  Actions requested as part of the referral.
specialty Token The specialty that the referral is for.
status Token :missing  The status of the referral.
subject Reference :missing  yes Patient referred to care or transfer.
type Token :not  :in  :notin  :missing  The type of the referral.

Sortable Parameters

When searching Referral Request resources, it is possible to sort the returned values by the following search parameters.

  • date
  • _id

Only one sort parameter may be specified.

Supported Includes

When searching Referral Request resources, it is possible to include the resources referenced by the following field names.

  • Context
  • Encounter
  • Patient
  • Provenance Agent
  • Recipient
  • Requester
  • Subject

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