PatientLink

Link to another patient resource that concerns the same actual patient. Used for record linkage and merging duplicate records. Based on FHIR R4 Patient.link element.

2 properties

Schema

Properties

Property	Type	Mode	Description	Required
other	Patient		Reference to the other patient resource being linked	Required
type	string		Type of link: 'replaced-by' (this patient has been replaced), 'replaces' (this patient replaces another), 'refer' (see also), 'seealso' (alternative reference) Example: `"seealso"`	Required

Examples

Example 1

{
  "@type": "PatientLink",
  "other": {
    "@type": "Patient",
    "medicalRecordNumber": "MRN-2024-999999",
    "givenName": "Sarah",
    "familyName": "Smith"
  },
  "type": "seealso"
}

Example 2

{
  "@type": "PatientLink",
  "other": {
    "@type": "Patient",
    "medicalRecordNumber": "MRN-OLD-001234"
  },
  "type": "replaces"
}