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| Official URL: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/fhir/cn/StructureDefinition/au-informal-carer | Version: 0.1.0-preview | |||
| Standards status: Draft | Maturity Level: 0 | Computable Name: AUInformalCarer | ||
Usage:Jurisdiction: Australia |
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This extension can be used to represent information about an informal carer of an Aged Care Patient. An informal carer includes any person, such as a family member, friend or neighbour, who is giving regular, ongoing assistance to another person. This may provide healthcare providers with additional information on the patients support system and identified contact person. The definition for the patient’s informal carer existence indicator is the same described in the definition section of the NMDS. Additionally, this extension allows for the representation of the carer information.
Context of Use
This extension may be used on the following element(s)
Patient
Usage info
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Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: ![]() ![]() |
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C | 0..* | Extension | Informal Carer Constraints: carer-indicator-error, carer-indicator-warning |
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1..* | Extension | Extension | |
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S | 1..1 | Extension | Extension |
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0..0 | Extension | ||
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1..1 | uri | "indicator" | |
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1..1 | CodeableConcept | Informal carer existence indicator Binding: Informal Carer Existence Indicator (required) | |
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S | 0..* | Extension | Extension |
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0..0 | Extension | ||
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1..1 | uri | "carer" | |
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1..1 | Reference(AU Base Related Person) | Informal carer details | |
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1..1 | uri | "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/fhir/cn/StructureDefinition/au-informal-carer" | |
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0..0 | Value of extension | ||
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| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: ![]() ![]() |
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C | 0..* | Extension | Informal Carer Constraints: carer-indicator-error, carer-indicator-warning |
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0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
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1..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
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S | 1..1 | Extension | Extension |
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0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
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0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||
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1..1 | uri | "indicator" | |
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1..1 | CodeableConcept | Informal carer existence indicator Binding: Informal Carer Existence Indicator (required) | |
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S | 0..* | Extension | Extension |
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0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
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0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||
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1..1 | uri | "carer" | |
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1..1 | Reference(AU Base Related Person) | Informal carer details | |
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1..1 | uri | "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/fhir/cn/StructureDefinition/au-informal-carer" | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Complex Extension: This extension can be used to represent information about an informal carer of an Aged Care Patient. An informal carer includes any person, such as a family member, friend or neighbour, who is giving regular, ongoing assistance to another person. This may provide healthcare providers with additional information on the patients support system and identified contact person. The definition for the patient’s informal carer existence indicator is the same described in the definition section of the NMDS. Additionally, this extension allows for the representation of the carer information.
Maturity: 0
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: ![]() ![]() |
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C | 0..* | Extension | Informal Carer Constraints: carer-indicator-error, carer-indicator-warning |
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1..* | Extension | Extension | |
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Content/Rules for all slices | |||
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S | 1..1 | Extension | Extension |
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0..0 | Extension | ||
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1..1 | uri | "indicator" | |
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1..1 | CodeableConcept | Informal carer existence indicator Binding: Informal Carer Existence Indicator (required) | |
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S | 0..* | Extension | Extension |
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0..0 | Extension | ||
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1..1 | uri | "carer" | |
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1..1 | Reference(AU Base Related Person) | Informal carer details | |
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1..1 | uri | "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/fhir/cn/StructureDefinition/au-informal-carer" | |
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0..0 | Value of extension | ||
Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: ![]() ![]() |
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C | 0..* | Extension | Informal Carer Constraints: carer-indicator-error, carer-indicator-warning |
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0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
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1..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
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S | 1..1 | Extension | Extension |
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0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
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0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||
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1..1 | uri | "indicator" | |
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1..1 | CodeableConcept | Informal carer existence indicator Binding: Informal Carer Existence Indicator (required) | |
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S | 0..* | Extension | Extension |
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0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
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0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||
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1..1 | uri | "carer" | |
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1..1 | Reference(AU Base Related Person) | Informal carer details | |
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1..1 | uri | "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/fhir/cn/StructureDefinition/au-informal-carer" | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Complex Extension: This extension can be used to represent information about an informal carer of an Aged Care Patient. An informal carer includes any person, such as a family member, friend or neighbour, who is giving regular, ongoing assistance to another person. This may provide healthcare providers with additional information on the patients support system and identified contact person. The definition for the patient’s informal carer existence indicator is the same described in the definition section of the NMDS. Additionally, this extension allows for the representation of the carer information.
Maturity: 0
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| Extension.extension:indicator.value[x] | Base | required | Informal Carer Existence Indicator | 📦0.1.0-preview | This IG |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression |
| carer-indicator-error | error | Extension | If indicator is not 'Yes', then no carers SHALL be provided. |
extension.where(url = 'indicator').value.coding.where(system = 'http://snomed.info/sct').code != '373066001' implies extension.where(url = 'carer').empty()
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| carer-indicator-warning | warning | Extension | If indicator is 'Yes', then at least one carer SHOULD be provided. |
extension.where(url = 'indicator').value.coding.where(system = 'http://snomed.info/sct').code = '373066001' implies extension.where(url = 'carer').value.exists()
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| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children |
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
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| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both |
extension.exists() != value.exists()
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