description: Details and position information for a physical place where services are provided  and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained or accommodated.
package_name: hl7.fhir.core
derivation: specialization
name: Location
type: Location
elements:
  description: {short: Additional details about the location that could be displayed as further information to identify the location beyond its name, type: string, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  address: {short: Physical location, type: Address, index: 9}
  managingOrganization:
    short: Organization responsible for provisioning and upkeep
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
    type: Reference
    isSummary: true
    index: 15
  name: {short: Name of the location as used by humans, type: string, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  mode: {short: instance | kind, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 6}
  type: {short: Type of function performed, type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 7}
  alias: {short: 'A list of alternate names that the location is known as, or was known as in the past', type: string, array: true, index: 4}
  status: {isModifier: true, short: active | suspended | inactive, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  identifier: {short: Unique code or number identifying the location to its users, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  hoursOfOperation:
    short: What days/times during a week is this location usually open
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    index: 17
    elements:
      daysOfWeek: {short: mon | tue | wed | thu | fri | sat | sun, type: code, array: true, index: 18}
      allDay: {type: boolean, short: The Location is open all day, index: 19}
      openingTime: {type: time, short: Time that the Location opens, index: 20}
      closingTime: {type: time, short: Time that the Location closes, index: 21}
  availabilityExceptions: {type: string, short: Description of availability exceptions, index: 22}
  position:
    short: The absolute geographic location
    type: BackboneElement
    index: 11
    elements:
      longitude: {type: decimal, short: Longitude with WGS84 datum, index: 12}
      latitude: {type: decimal, short: Latitude with WGS84 datum, index: 13}
      altitude: {type: decimal, short: Altitude with WGS84 datum, index: 14}
    required: [longitude, latitude]
  telecom: {type: ContactPoint, short: Contact details of the location, array: true, index: 8}
  operationalStatus: {short: The Operational status of the location (typically only for a bed/room), type: Coding, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  partOf:
    short: Another Location this one is physically part of
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location']
    type: Reference
    index: 16
  physicalType: {short: Physical form of the location, type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 10}
  endpoint:
    short: Technical endpoints providing access to services operated for the location
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Endpoint']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 23
package_version: 3.2.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null