Practitioner resource (FHIR R4)
Practitioner is the FHIR R4 resource for a person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare.
| Resource | Practitioner |
|---|---|
| FHIR version | R4 (4.0.1) |
| Canonical URL | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner |
| Required elements | none; every top-level element is optional (min 0) in base R4 |
| IG profiles in this catalog | 2 |
Example
{
"resourceType": "Practitioner",
"id": "practitioner-8b8e3b604fa54b98882673d5bee95e57",
"active": true,
"name": [
{
"use": "official",
"family": "Williamson",
"given": [
"Rosa"
],
"prefix": [
"Dr."
],
"text": "Dr. Williamson, Rosa"
}
],
"telecom": [
{
"system": "phone",
"value": "+1-555-0123",
"use": "work"
},
{
"system": "email",
"value": "rosa.williamson@hospital.org",
"use": "work"
}
],
"address": [
{
"use": "work",
"type": "physical",
"line": [
"123 Medical Center Dr"
],
"city": "Healthcare City",
"state": "HC",
"postalCode": "12345",
"country": "US"
}
],
"gender": "unknown",
"qualification": [
{
"identifier": [
{
"use": "official",
"type": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
"code": "MD",
"display": "Medical License number"
}
]
},
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-npi",
"value": "1814221653"
}
...Generated by the Pidgeon engine: pidgeon generate Practitioner --seed 20260722. Truncated for display; the command reproduces the full resource.
Validation context
- strict pidgeon validate grades a Practitioner instance against the base R4 structure definition: missing required elements raise REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING and cardinality violations raise CARDINALITY_MIN or CARDINALITY_MAX.(REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING)
- strict Profile validation grades the same instance against an installed IG profile: profile cardinality findings carry FHIR-PROFILE-CARDINALITY and terminology binding findings carry FHIR-PROFILE-BINDING.(FHIR-PROFILE-CARDINALITY)
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