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Logical Data Model

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Patient Health Identifier
Appears In: Person Information LDM Subject Area, CACDI LDM View
A health identifier of a specific patient (e.g. provincial health card number).<br/>
  • Attributes
  • Associations To
  • Constraints
Attribute Type
Patient Health Identifier Identifier
Notes: The alphanumeric value and/or number of a health identifier such as a jurisdictional  health card number or a hospital medical record number (e.g. A789010, 123456).<br/>
Patient Health Identifier System String
Notes: The namespace for the identifier value – a unique URI (uniform resource identifier).<br/>
Patient Health Identifier Type Code Codeable Concept
Notes: A coded concept that specifies the type of health identifier (e.g. jurisdictional health number, medical record number).<br/><br/>Value set: <br/><a href="https://tgateway.infoway-inforoute.ca/vs/identifiertype"><font color="#0000ff"><u>https://tgateway.infoway-inforoute.ca/vs/identifiertype</u></font></a><a href="https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/ValueSet/identifiertype"><font color="#0000ff"><u> </u></font></a><br/>
Patient Health Identifier Effective Date Date
Notes: The first date when the information specified is valid.<br/>
Patient Health Identifier Expiry Date Date
Notes: The last date when the information specified is valid.<br/>
Relationship Target Entity
issued by   Organization
has   Patient
Constraint
Unique key: Patient Health Identifier, Patient Health Identifier System, Patient Health Identifier Effective Date