Link Element

Link Implementation Guide

Use case

This specification describes a single use case. .

Link

Element Usage

link element provides the ability to link the patient record to another patient record for the same patient. For example a patient may have a historic record that could be linked to from the current record.

link is a backbone element. When used it must use other reference element which must reference CareConnect-Patient-1.

The reference value MUST follow a format of “Resource/UUID” where the UUID is the profile.id value used by the referenced profile, usually found within a bundle.

The type element must have a code from the LinkType valueset.

The language in which the patient wishes to communicate. Only one language can be used captured here.

On the wire XML example

<link>
	<other>
		<reference value="Patient/f9f24f89-646b-4a19-a6b1-cabfa3b612e1"/>
	</other>
	<type value="refer"/>
</link>

{
  "link": {
    "other": {
      "reference": { "-value": "Patient/f9f24f89-646b-4a19-a6b1-cabfa3b612e1" }
    },
    "type": { "-value": "refer" }
  }
}

Error Handling

The provider system SHALL return an error if:

• The reference is not CareConnect-Patient-1
• The reference UUID does not match the UUID in the referenced patient resource
• The type element is not one of replaced-by, replaces, refer or seealso.