PatientContact

Contact party for a patient (e.g., guardian, partner, friend, emergency contact). Based on FHIR R4 Patient.contact element.

7 properties
Schema

Properties

PropertyTypeModeDescriptionRequired
relationshipstring[]

Nature of the relationship (emergency, guardian, partner, family, parent, child, etc.)

Example: ["Emergency Contact","Spouse"]

Required
nameobject

Name of the contact person with givenName and familyName

Required
telecomContactPoint[]

Contact details (phone, email, etc.)

Optional
addressPostalAddress

Address of the contact person

Optional
genderGender

Gender of the contact person

Optional
organizationOrganization

Organization that is associated with the contact (e.g., guardian organization)

Optional
periodobject

Period during which this contact person or organization is valid (start and end dates)

Optional

Examples

Example 1

{
  "@type": "PatientContact",
  "relationship": [
    "Emergency Contact",
    "Spouse"
  ],
  "name": {
    "givenName": "Michael",
    "familyName": "Johnson"
  },
  "telecom": [
    {
      "@type": "ContactPoint",
      "system": "phone",
      "value": "+1-555-0123",
      "use": "mobile"
    },
    {
      "@type": "ContactPoint",
      "system": "email",
      "value": "michael.johnson@email.com"
    }
  ],
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "456 Maple Avenue",
    "addressLocality": "Springfield",
    "addressRegion": "IL",
    "postalCode": "62701",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "gender": {
    "@type": "Gender",
    "code": "M",
    "label": "Male"
  }
}