Patient
HL7 FHIR R4 Patient resource as exposed by CMS Blue Button 2.0, BCDA, AB2D, DPC, and BFD. Identifiers carry MBI, BENE_ID, or HICN.
HealthcareMedicareMedicaidFHIRBulk DataOpen DataGovernmentFederalClaimsInsuranceACAMarketplaceQuality
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| resourceType | string | |
| id | string | |
| meta | object | |
| identifier | array | |
| name | array | |
| gender | string | |
| birthDate | string | |
| deceasedDateTime | string | |
| address | array | |
| communication | array | |
| extension | array |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cms-gov/main/json-schema/cms-gov-patient-schema.json",
"title": "Patient",
"description": "HL7 FHIR R4 Patient resource as exposed by CMS Blue Button 2.0, BCDA, AB2D, DPC, and BFD. Identifiers carry MBI, BENE_ID, or HICN.",
"type": "object",
"required": ["resourceType", "id"],
"properties": {
"resourceType": { "type": "string", "const": "Patient" },
"id": { "type": "string" },
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lastUpdated": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
"profile": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" } }
}
},
"identifier": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"system": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "Identifier namespace e.g. https://bluebutton.cms.gov/resources/variables/bene_id" },
"value": { "type": "string" },
"use": { "type": "string", "enum": ["usual", "official", "temp", "secondary", "old"] }
}
}
},
"name": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"use": { "type": "string" },
"family": { "type": "string" },
"given": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
}
}
},
"gender": { "type": "string", "enum": ["male", "female", "other", "unknown"] },
"birthDate": { "type": "string", "format": "date" },
"deceasedDateTime": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
"address": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"use": { "type": "string" },
"line": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } },
"city": { "type": "string" },
"state": { "type": "string" },
"postalCode": { "type": "string" },
"country": { "type": "string" }
}
}
},
"communication": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object" } },
"extension": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object" } }
}
}
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