description: Profile of Practitioner for decision support/quality metrics. Defines the core set of elements and extensions for quality rule and measure authors.
package_name: hl7.fhir.us.qicore
derivation: constraint
name: QICorePractitioner
type: Practitioner
elements:
  identifier:
    short: (QI) An identifier for the person as this agent
    index: 0
    elements:
      system: {type: uri, short: (QI) The namespace for the identifier value, index: 1}
      value: {type: string, short: (QI) The value that is unique, index: 2}
    required: [value, system]
    slicing:
      rules: open
      discriminator:
      - {path: $this, type: pattern}
      min: 1
      slices:
        NPI:
          match: {system: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-npi'}
          schema:
            short: (QI) An identifier for the person as this agent
            pattern:
              type: Identifier
              value: {system: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-npi'}
            index: 3
        ein:
          match: {system: 'urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.4'}
          schema:
            short: (QI) There is not a general Tax Identifier Numer (TIN) OID. There is an SSN, a PTIN, and an ITIN, but no TIN generally. So the only slice specified here is EIN, if consumers determine a need for an SSN, submit a comment to that effect.
            type: Identifier
            pattern:
              type: Identifier
              value: {system: 'urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.4'}
            index: 4
            elements:
              use: {type: code, short: (QI) usual | official | temp | secondary | old (If known), index: 5}
              value: {type: string, short: (QI) The value that is unique, index: 6}
            required: [value, use]
package_version: 7.0.0-ballot
class: profile
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-practitioner
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-practitioner
version: 7.0.0-ballot
required: [identifier]