The guardians of a patient shall be recorded in the <guardian> element beneath the
/ClinicalDocument/recordTarget/patientRole/patient XML - <patient> element. Other patient contacts such as the preferred health provider
are described using the /ClinicalDocument/participant structure. The <associatedEntity> element defines the type of contact. The classCode
attribute shall be present, and contains a value from the set AGNT, CAREGIVER, ECON,
NOK, or PRS to identify contacts that are agents of the patient, care givers, emergency
contacts, next of kin, or other relations respectively.
The relationship between the patient and the guardian or other contact should be recorded
in the <code> element. The code attribute is required and comes from the HL7 PersonalRelationshipRoleType
vocabulary (epSOSPersonalRelationship value set).
The address of the guardian or other contact should be present, and shall be represented
as any other address would be in CDA.
The phone number of the guardian or other contact should be present, and shall be
represented as 480 any other phone number would be in CDA.
The name of the guardian or other contact shall be present, and shall be represented
as any other name would be in CDA.
Healthcare Service Identification
The Healthcare Service Identification information is represented in structures under
the /ClinicalDocument/author XML element
The
element identifies the type of contact. The classCode attribute shall be present,
and contains a value from the epSOSRoleClass value set when used for the patient contacts;
‘PRS’ when used for “Preferred HP / Legal Organization”.
The relationship between the patient and the guardian or other contact should be recorded
in the element. The code attribute is required and comes from the HL7 PersonalRelationshipRoleType
vocabulary with codeSystem (2.16.840.1.113883.5.111). The codeSystem attribute is
required. The relationship between the patient and his preferred HP comes from the
the full RoleCode (2.16.840.1.113883.5.111) codeSystem
Patient Contact's / Preferred HP's/Legal Organization telephone or e-mail
element is required. If there is no information, the nullFlavor attribute shall have
a value of 'UNK' and the "value" and "use" attributes shall be omitted, otherwise
the nullFlavor attribute shall not be present, and the "value" and "use" attributes
shall be present