Clarify Practitioner/PractitionerRole in Volume 1

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Section Number Identify the most specific section number the issue occurs (e.g. 4.1.2)

1:46

Issue Describe your issue. Don't write a book, but do include enough to indicate what you see as a problem.

The description of Practitioner says "Each Practitioner may be related to one or more Organizations, one or more Locations and one or more Healthcare Services." However, relationships between Practitioners and Organizations, Locations, and Healthcare Services is done via the FHIR PractitionerRole resource.

Furthermore, we decided that OrganizationAffiliation is a first class Resource in mCSD, but not PractitionerRole.

Proposed Change Propose a resolution to your issue (e.g., suggested new wording or description of a way to address the issue). The committee might simply accept your suggested text. Even if they don't, it gives a good sense of what you are looking for. Leaving this blank means you can't imagine how to resolve the issue, which makes it easier for the committee to admit they can't imagine how to resolve it either and leave it unresolved.

It would be helpful to explain how PractitionerRole fits into the ecosystem in Volume 1. Further, PractitionerRole and OrganizationAffiliation should have a similar level of visibility, I think.

Priority:

• Medium: Significant issue or clarification. Requires discussion, but should not lead to long debate.