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HL7 FHIR R4 Patient

JSON Schema for the HL7 FHIR R4 Patient resource. Represents a person receiving care, including demographics, identifiers, and contact information. Based on https://www.hl7.org/fhir/R4/patient.html

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Properties

Name Type Description
resourceType string FHIR resource type discriminator
id string Logical id of this artifact (server-assigned)
meta object
text object
extension array
identifier array Patient identifiers (MRN, SSN, driver's license, etc.)
active boolean Whether this patient record is in active use
name array A name associated with the patient
telecom array Contact details (phone, email) for the patient
gender string Administrative gender
birthDate string Patient date of birth
deceasedBoolean boolean
deceasedDateTime string
address array
maritalStatus object
multipleBirthBoolean boolean
multipleBirthInteger integer
photo array
contact array Emergency contacts and next of kin
communication array
generalPractitioner array Patient's nominated primary care provider
managingOrganization object Organization that is the custodian of the patient record
link array
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JSON Schema

hl7-fhir-patient-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.github.io/hl7-fhir/json-schema/hl7-fhir-patient-schema.json",
  "title": "HL7 FHIR R4 Patient",
  "description": "JSON Schema for the HL7 FHIR R4 Patient resource. Represents a person receiving care, including demographics, identifiers, and contact information. Based on https://www.hl7.org/fhir/R4/patient.html",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "resourceType": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "Patient",
      "description": "FHIR resource type discriminator"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Logical id of this artifact (server-assigned)"
    },
    "meta": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Meta" },
    "text": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Narrative" },
    "extension": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Extension" }
    },
    "identifier": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Identifier" },
      "description": "Patient identifiers (MRN, SSN, driver's license, etc.)"
    },
    "active": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether this patient record is in active use"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/HumanName" },
      "description": "A name associated with the patient"
    },
    "telecom": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/ContactPoint" },
      "description": "Contact details (phone, email) for the patient"
    },
    "gender": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["male", "female", "other", "unknown"],
      "description": "Administrative gender"
    },
    "birthDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Patient date of birth"
    },
    "deceasedBoolean": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "deceasedDateTime": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "address": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Address" }
    },
    "maritalStatus": { "$ref": "#/$defs/CodeableConcept" },
    "multipleBirthBoolean": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "multipleBirthInteger": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "photo": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Attachment" }
    },
    "contact": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/PatientContact" },
      "description": "Emergency contacts and next of kin"
    },
    "communication": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "language": { "$ref": "#/$defs/CodeableConcept" },
          "preferred": { "type": "boolean" }
        },
        "required": ["language"]
      }
    },
    "generalPractitioner": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Reference" },
      "description": "Patient's nominated primary care provider"
    },
    "managingOrganization": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/Reference",
      "description": "Organization that is the custodian of the patient record"
    },
    "link": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "other": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Reference" },
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": ["replaced-by", "replaces", "refer", "seealso"]
          }
        },
        "required": ["other", "type"]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": ["resourceType"],
  "$defs": {
    "Meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "versionId": { "type": "string" },
        "lastUpdated": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
        "source": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
        "profile": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }
        }
      }
    },
    "Narrative": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "status": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["generated", "extensions", "additional", "empty"]
        },
        "div": { "type": "string", "description": "XHTML narrative content" }
      },
      "required": ["status", "div"]
    },
    "Extension": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
        "valueString": { "type": "string" },
        "valueBoolean": { "type": "boolean" },
        "valueCode": { "type": "string" },
        "valueCodeableConcept": { "$ref": "#/$defs/CodeableConcept" }
      },
      "required": ["url"]
    },
    "Identifier": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "use": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["usual", "official", "temp", "secondary", "old"]
        },
        "type": { "$ref": "#/$defs/CodeableConcept" },
        "system": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
        "value": { "type": "string" }
      }
    },
    "HumanName": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "use": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["usual", "official", "temp", "nickname", "anonymous", "old", "maiden"]
        },
        "text": { "type": "string", "description": "Full text of the name" },
        "family": { "type": "string", "description": "Family name (surname)" },
        "given": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "type": "string" },
          "description": "Given names (forenames, including middle names)"
        },
        "prefix": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "type": "string" }
        },
        "suffix": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "type": "string" }
        }
      }
    },
    "ContactPoint": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "system": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["phone", "fax", "email", "pager", "url", "sms", "other"]
        },
        "value": { "type": "string" },
        "use": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["home", "work", "temp", "old", "mobile"]
        },
        "rank": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1 }
      }
    },
    "Address": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "use": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["home", "work", "temp", "old", "billing"]
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["postal", "physical", "both"]
        },
        "text": { "type": "string" },
        "line": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "type": "string" }
        },
        "city": { "type": "string" },
        "district": { "type": "string" },
        "state": { "type": "string" },
        "postalCode": { "type": "string" },
        "country": { "type": "string" }
      }
    },
    "CodeableConcept": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "coding": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Coding" }
        },
        "text": { "type": "string" }
      }
    },
    "Coding": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "system": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
        "version": { "type": "string" },
        "code": { "type": "string" },
        "display": { "type": "string" },
        "userSelected": { "type": "boolean" }
      }
    },
    "Reference": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "reference": { "type": "string" },
        "type": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
        "identifier": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Identifier" },
        "display": { "type": "string" }
      }
    },
    "Attachment": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "contentType": { "type": "string" },
        "url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
        "title": { "type": "string" }
      }
    },
    "PatientContact": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "relationship": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/CodeableConcept" }
        },
        "name": { "$ref": "#/$defs/HumanName" },
        "telecom": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/ContactPoint" }
        },
        "address": { "$ref": "#/$defs/Address" },
        "gender": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["male", "female", "other", "unknown"]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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