Related Person

A Related Person resource can represent anyone involved in the care of a patient who has no formal responsibility (e.g., a home caregiver or family member).

Overview

See the FHIR documentation for more information about Related Person resources.

Mapped Concepts in HIEBus

• PatientAssociatedParty

Supported Interactions

Related Person resources support the following interactions.

• create
• delete
• read
• search
• update

Search Parameters

When searching for Related Person resources, the following search parameters are supported.

Name	Type	Prefixes Modifiers	Can be Chained?	Description
_id	Token			Resource id.
_lastUpdated	Date	lt  le  gt  ge		When the resource last changed.
address	String	:contains  :exact  :missing		A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the Address, including line, city, state, country, postalCode, and/or text.
address-city	String	:contains  :exact  :missing		A city specified in an address.
address-country	String	:contains  :exact  :missing		A country specified in an address.
address-postalcode	String	:contains  :exact  :missing		A postal code specified in an address.
address-state	String	:contains  :exact  :missing		A state specified in an address.
birthdate	Date	ne  lt  le  gt  ge  sa  eb  ap  :missing		The Related Person's date of birth.
gender	Token	:missing		Gender of the related person.
name	String	:contains  :exact  :missing		A server defined search that may match any of the string fields in the HumanName, including family, give, prefix, suffix, suffix, and/or text.
patient	Reference	:missing	yes	The patient the RelatedPerson is about.
telecom	Token	:missing		The value in any kind of contact.

Sortable Parameters

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

• name
• address
• address-city
• address-country
• address-postalcode
• address-state
• telecom
• _id

Only one sort parameter may be specified.

Supported Includes

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

• Patient

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