| Australian Digital Health Agency FHIR Implementation Guide 1.1.0

This page is part of the Australian Digital Health Agency FHIR Implementation Guide 1.1.0. It is based on FHIR® version 4.0.1. See the Directory of published versions for a list of available previous versions.

### StructureDefinition: ADHA Core RelatedPerson [Active]

The purpose of this profile is to provide a core representation of a related person for the electronic exchange of health information between individuals, healthcare providers, and the My Health Record system infrastructure in Australia. In the context of an exchange of health information a related person is part of the context established for a set of healthcare-related information.

This profile identifies the additional constraints, extensions, and value sets that build on and extend RelatedPerson that are supported.

A RelatedPerson resource is used within the context of a referencing resource.

This profile is designed to set a core RelatedPerson standard for:

- Recording or updating a related person referenced by another resource
- Reading related persons referenced by another resource

#### Profile specific guidance

- See the Representing communication preferences section for guidance

#### Boundaries and relationships

This profile is referenced by ADHA Core Condition, ADHA Core Encounter, ADHA Core Procedure.

The following profiles build on the ADHA Core RelatedPerson profile to define specific roles:

- ADHA Authoring RelatedPerson

#### Formal Views of Profile Content

The official URL for this profile is:

    http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/dh-relatedperson-core-1

The purpose of this profile is to provide a core representation of a related person for the electronic exchange of health information between individuals, healthcare providers, and the My Health Record system infrastructure in Australia.

This profile builds on AUBaseRelatedPerson.

This profile was published on 2023-08-07 09:41:43+1000 as a active by Australian Digital Health Agency.

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

- Differential Table
- Snapshot Table
- All

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
RelatedPerson | C | 0..* | AUBaseRelatedPerson | A person related to a patient in an Australian healthcare context inv-dh-relper-01: If present, name shall at least have text, family name, or given name
Slices for identifier | S | 0..* | Identifier, AUIHI, AUMedicareCardNumber, AUDVANumber, AUHealthCareCardNumber, AUPensionerConcessionCardNumber, AUCwlthSeniorsHealthCardNumber, AUMedicalRecordNumber, AUInsuranceMemberNumber | A human identifier for this person Slice: Unordered, Open by pattern:type
identifier:ihi | S | 0..1 | AUIHI | Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI)
identifier:medicare | S | 0..1 | AUMedicareCardNumber | Medicare Card Number
identifier:dva | S | 0..1 | AUDVANumber | Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Number
active |  | 0..1 | boolean | Whether this related person's record is in active use Fixed Value: true
patient | S C | 1..1 | Reference(ADHA Core Patient) | The patient this person is related to inv-dh-relper-02: At least a reference, identifier or display shall be present
relationship | S | 1..* | CodeableConcept | The nature of the relationship
name | S C | 0..* | HumanName | A name associated with the person
telecom | S | 0..* | ContactPoint | A contact detail for the person
address | S | 0..* | Address, AustralianAddress | Address where the related person can be contacted or visited
communication | S | 0..* | BackboneElement | A language which may be used to communicate with about the patient's health
language | S | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health
preferred | S | 0..1 | boolean | Language preference indicator
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
RelatedPerson | C | 0..* | AUBaseRelatedPerson | A person related to a patient in an Australian healthcare context inv-dh-relper-01: If present, name shall at least have text, family name, or given name
id | Σ | 0..1 | id | Logical id of this artifact
meta | Σ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource
implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created
language |  | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: CommonLanguages (preferred): A human language.
Additional Bindings | Purpose
AllLanguages | Max Binding
text |  | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation
contained |  | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations
modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored
Slices for identifier | S | 0..* | Identifier, AUIHI, AUMedicareCardNumber, AUDVANumber, AUHealthCareCardNumber, AUPensionerConcessionCardNumber, AUCwlthSeniorsHealthCardNumber, AUMedicalRecordNumber, AUInsuranceMemberNumber | A human identifier for this person Slice: Unordered, Open by pattern:type
identifier:ihi | S C | 0..1 | AUIHI | Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI)
identifier:medicare | S | 0..1 | AUMedicareCardNumber | Medicare Card Number
identifier:dva | S | 0..1 | AUDVANumber | Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Number
active | ?!Σ | 0..1 | boolean | Whether this related person's record is in active use Fixed Value: true
patient | S Σ C | 1..1 | Reference(ADHA Core Patient) | The patient this person is related to inv-dh-relper-02: At least a reference, identifier or display shall be present
relationship | S Σ | 1..* | CodeableConcept | The nature of the relationship Binding: https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/related-person-relationship-type-1 (extensible)
name | S Σ C | 0..* | HumanName | A name associated with the person
telecom | S Σ | 0..* | ContactPoint | A contact detail for the person
gender | Σ | 0..1 | code | male | female | other | unknown Binding: AdministrativeGender (required): The gender of a person used for administrative purposes.
birthDate | Σ | 0..1 | date | The date on which the related person was born
address | S | 0..* | Address, AustralianAddress | Address where the related person can be contacted or visited
photo |  | 0..* | Attachment | Image of the person
period |  | 0..1 | Period | Period of time that this relationship is considered valid
communication | S | 0..* | BackboneElement | A language which may be used to communicate with about the patient's health
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations
modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized
language | S | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health Binding: https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/common-languages-australia-2 (extensible)
preferred | S | 0..1 | boolean | Language preference indicator
Documentation for this format

Differential View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
RelatedPerson | C | 0..* | AUBaseRelatedPerson | A person related to a patient in an Australian healthcare context inv-dh-relper-01: If present, name shall at least have text, family name, or given name
Slices for identifier | S | 0..* | Identifier, AUIHI, AUMedicareCardNumber, AUDVANumber, AUHealthCareCardNumber, AUPensionerConcessionCardNumber, AUCwlthSeniorsHealthCardNumber, AUMedicalRecordNumber, AUInsuranceMemberNumber | A human identifier for this person Slice: Unordered, Open by pattern:type
identifier:ihi | S | 0..1 | AUIHI | Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI)
identifier:medicare | S | 0..1 | AUMedicareCardNumber | Medicare Card Number
identifier:dva | S | 0..1 | AUDVANumber | Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Number
active |  | 0..1 | boolean | Whether this related person's record is in active use Fixed Value: true
patient | S C | 1..1 | Reference(ADHA Core Patient) | The patient this person is related to inv-dh-relper-02: At least a reference, identifier or display shall be present
relationship | S | 1..* | CodeableConcept | The nature of the relationship
name | S C | 0..* | HumanName | A name associated with the person
telecom | S | 0..* | ContactPoint | A contact detail for the person
address | S | 0..* | Address, AustralianAddress | Address where the related person can be contacted or visited
communication | S | 0..* | BackboneElement | A language which may be used to communicate with about the patient's health
language | S | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health
preferred | S | 0..1 | boolean | Language preference indicator
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
RelatedPerson | C | 0..* | AUBaseRelatedPerson | A person related to a patient in an Australian healthcare context inv-dh-relper-01: If present, name shall at least have text, family name, or given name
id | Σ | 0..1 | id | Logical id of this artifact
meta | Σ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource
implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created
language |  | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: CommonLanguages (preferred): A human language.
Additional Bindings | Purpose
AllLanguages | Max Binding
text |  | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation
contained |  | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations
modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored
Slices for identifier | S | 0..* | Identifier, AUIHI, AUMedicareCardNumber, AUDVANumber, AUHealthCareCardNumber, AUPensionerConcessionCardNumber, AUCwlthSeniorsHealthCardNumber, AUMedicalRecordNumber, AUInsuranceMemberNumber | A human identifier for this person Slice: Unordered, Open by pattern:type
identifier:ihi | S C | 0..1 | AUIHI | Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI)
identifier:medicare | S | 0..1 | AUMedicareCardNumber | Medicare Card Number
identifier:dva | S | 0..1 | AUDVANumber | Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Number
active | ?!Σ | 0..1 | boolean | Whether this related person's record is in active use Fixed Value: true
patient | S Σ C | 1..1 | Reference(ADHA Core Patient) | The patient this person is related to inv-dh-relper-02: At least a reference, identifier or display shall be present
relationship | S Σ | 1..* | CodeableConcept | The nature of the relationship Binding: https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/related-person-relationship-type-1 (extensible)
name | S Σ C | 0..* | HumanName | A name associated with the person
telecom | S Σ | 0..* | ContactPoint | A contact detail for the person
gender | Σ | 0..1 | code | male | female | other | unknown Binding: AdministrativeGender (required): The gender of a person used for administrative purposes.
birthDate | Σ | 0..1 | date | The date on which the related person was born
address | S | 0..* | Address, AustralianAddress | Address where the related person can be contacted or visited
photo |  | 0..* | Attachment | Image of the person
period |  | 0..1 | Period | Period of time that this relationship is considered valid
communication | S | 0..* | BackboneElement | A language which may be used to communicate with about the patient's health
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations
modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized
language | S | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health Binding: https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/common-languages-australia-2 (extensible)
preferred | S | 0..1 | boolean | Language preference indicator
Documentation for this format

Downloads: StructureDefinition: (XML, JSON), Schema: XML Schematron

#### Terminology Bindings

Path | Conformance | ValueSet
RelatedPerson.language | preferred | CommonLanguages
Additional Bindings | Purpose
AllLanguages | Max Binding
RelatedPerson.relationship | extensible | https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/related-person-relationship-type-1
RelatedPerson.gender | required | AdministrativeGender
RelatedPerson.communication.language | extensible | https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/common-languages-australia-2

#### Search Parameters

None defined.