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Schedule | Urgent & Emergency Care Appointments

A Schedule which conceptually groups a set of Slots.

Introduction

This resource is optionally returned linked to one or more Slot resources. For more clarification see the diagram on the FHIR Resources overview page.

Schedule will be returned with Slots following a search for free Slots, it is used simply to provide the links between other optional resources, as can be seen from the diagram on the FHIR Resources overview page.

References to FHIR Profiles

Key FHIR Elements

The following FHIR elements are key to this implementation :

Note: Some elements have been constrained further from the Care Connect profile.

Element Cardinality Description Example(s)
id [1..1] A unique id which identifies a schedule. The id can be a globally unique (e.g. UUID). 12456
actor [1..3] Resources linked to this Schedule, can be any of the below
actor (HealthcareService) [0..1] The HealthcareService that this Schedule is part of. { "reference": "HealthcareService/1231231234" }
actor(Location) [0..1] The Location that this Schedule is part of. { "reference": "Location/1231231234" }
actor (Practitioner) [0..1] Optionally identifies the Practitioner where one is assigned to this Schedule. { "reference": "Practitioner/1231231234" }
actor (PractitionerRole) [0..1] Optionally identifies the PractitionerRole where a role is assigned to this Schedule. { "reference": "PractitionerRole/767676767" }

Note: there MUST be a reference to either HealthCare service OR Location OR Both.

Practitioner and PractitionerRole

The Practitioner and the PractitionerRole resources refer to the Care Connect profiles developed by HL7 UK. The Practitioner profile accepts a SDS User ID or SDS role profile Id as an identifier. The PractitionerRole profile only accepts the SDS role profile Id. The profiles can be found at:


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