Practitioner Resource

Practitioner resource represents a person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare. Practitioner covers all individuals who are engaged in the healthcare process and healthcare-related services as part of their formal responsibilities.

Supported Elements

The following properties are supported by OpenMrs FHIR Module:

Practitioner.id
Practitioner.identifier
Practitioner.active
Practitioner.name
Practitioner.telecom
Practitioner.address
Practitioner.gender
Practitioner.birthDate

OpenMRS ↔ FHIR Mapping

OpenMrs Provider Data Model	FHIR Resource Element

OpenMrs Provider Data Model	FHIR Resource Element
^{Provider.uuid}	^{Practitioner.id}
^{Provider.identifier}	^{Practitioner.identifier}
^{Provider.retired}	^{Practitioner.active}
^{Provider.providerAttribute (attribute type == user defined value)}	^{Practitioner.telecom (system == phone)}
^{Provider.person.address}	^{Practitioner.address}
^{Provider.person.name}	^{Practitioner.name}
^{Provider.person.gender}	^{Practitioner.gender}
^{Provider.person.birthDate}	^{Practitioner.birthDate}

OpenMrs User Data Model	FHIR Resource Element

OpenMrs User Data Model	FHIR Resource Element
^User.uuid	^{Practitioner.id}
^User.userId	^{Practitioner.identifier}
^{User.person.personAttribute (attribute type == user defined value)}	^{Practitioner.telecom (system == phone)}
^{User.person.gender}	^{Practitioner.gender}
^{User.person.name}	^{Practitioner.name}
^{User.person.address}	^{Practitioner.address}
^{User.person.birthDate}	^{Practitioner.birthDate}

Available RESTful Endpoints

Note: placeholder "{release}" below must be replaced by the FHIR Release - currently "R3" and "R4" are implemented. See more on the FHIR Release support page.

GET

URL	Description

URL	Description
^{/ws/fhir2/{release}/Practitioner/{uuid}}	Gets a specific practitioner
^{/ws/fhir2/{release}/Practitioner?name={String}}	searches for the practitioner by name
^{/ws/fhir2/{release}/Practitioner?identifier={String}}	searches for the practitioner by identifier