description: Base StructureDefinition for Organization Resource
package_name: hl7.fhir.core
derivation: specialization
name: Organization
type: null
elements:
  identifier: {short: Identifies this organization  across multiple systems, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  active: {isModifier: true, short: Whether the organization's record is still in active use, comments: Default is true., type: boolean, defaultValueBoolean: true, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  type: {short: Kind of organization, comments: 'Organizations can be corporations, wards, sections, clinical teams, government departments, etc. Note that code is generally a classifier of the type of organization; in many applications, codes are used to identity a particular organization (say, ward) as opposed to another of the same type - these are identifiers, not codes.', type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  name: {short: Name used for the organization, type: string, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  telecom:
    constraint:
      org-3: {human: The telecom of an organization can never be of use 'home', severity: error, expression: telecom.where(use = 'home').empty()}
    short: A contact detail for the organization
    comments: The use code home is not to be used. Note that these contacts are not the contact details of people who are employed by or represent the organization, but official contacts for the organization itself.
    type: ContactPoint
    array: true
    index: 4
  address:
    constraint:
      org-2: {human: An address of an organization can never be of use 'home', severity: error, expression: address.where(use = 'home').empty()}
    short: An address for the organization
    comments: Organization may have multiple addresses with different uses or applicable periods. The use code home is not to be used.
    type: Address
    array: true
    index: 5
  partOf: {short: The organization of which this organization forms a part, type: Reference, isSummary: true, index: 6}
  contact:
    short: Contact for the organization for a certain purpose
    comments: Where multiple contacts for the same purpose are provided there is a standard extension that can be used to determine which one is the preferred contact to use.
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    index: 7
    elements:
      purpose: {short: The type of contact, type: CodeableConcept, index: 8}
      name: {type: HumanName, short: A name associated with the contact, index: 9}
      telecom: {type: ContactPoint, short: 'Contact details (telephone, email, etc.)  for a contact', array: true, index: 10}
      address: {type: Address, short: Visiting or postal addresses for the contact, index: 11}
package_version: 1.4.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null