description: The EventDefinition resource provides a reusable description of when a particular event can occur.
package_name: hl7.fhir.core
derivation: specialization
name: EventDefinition
type: EventDefinition
elements:
  description: {short: Natural language description of the event definition, type: markdown, index: 9}
  date: {short: Date this was last changed, type: dateTime, isSummary: true, index: 7}
  publisher: {short: Name of the publisher (organization or individual), type: string, isSummary: true, index: 8}
  approvalDate: {short: When the event definition was approved by publisher, type: date, isSummary: true, index: 12}
  jurisdiction: {short: Intended jurisdiction for event definition (if applicable), type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 16}
  purpose: {short: Why this event definition is defined, type: markdown, index: 10}
  name: {short: Name for this event definition (computer friendly), type: string, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  useContext: {short: Context the content is intended to support, type: UsageContext, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 15}
  copyright: {short: Use and/or publishing restrictions, type: markdown, index: 20}
  experimental: {isModifier: true, short: 'For testing purposes, not real usage', type: boolean, isSummary: true, index: 6}
  topic: {short: 'E.g. Education, Treatment, Assessment, etc', type: CodeableConcept, array: true, index: 17}
  title: {short: Name for this event definition (human friendly), type: string, isSummary: true, index: 4}
  usage: {type: string, short: Describes the clinical usage of the event definition, index: 11}
  contributor: {type: Contributor, short: A content contributor, array: true, index: 18}
  status: {isModifier: true, short: draft | active | retired | unknown, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  url: {short: Logical URI to reference this event definition (globally unique), type: uri, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  identifier: {short: Additional identifier for the event definition, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  lastReviewDate: {short: When the event definition was last reviewed, type: date, isSummary: true, index: 13}
  version: {short: Business version of the event definition, type: string, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  trigger: {type: TriggerDefinition, short: '"when" the event occurs', isSummary: true, index: 22}
  relatedArtifact: {short: 'Additional documentation, citations, etc', type: RelatedArtifact, array: true, index: 21}
  contact: {short: Contact details for the publisher, type: ContactDetail, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 19}
  effectivePeriod: {short: When the event definition is expected to be used, type: Period, isSummary: true, index: 14}
package_version: 3.2.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/EventDefinition
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null
required: [status, trigger]