Definition

A person or group that is not a health professional but contributes to health services either directly or indirectly.

Synonyms

Personal Advocate,

Personal Representative,

Emergency Contact,

Next of Kin

EHRi Identifier

EHRi identifier as assigned by POS system

Definition References

HL7 Patient Administration DMIM

Rationale

Modified definition to stand alone and reference a person rather than a person or organization.

Business Process Implications

Getting agreement on what expected responsibilities the contactable person is authorized to perform is a pre-requisite to standardized interpretation across delivery organizations. Regardless of what type of contact is recorded, human interpretation of local business rules is required to have the contacted person do something or make some decision on behalf of the person who is the patient. The frequency of validation by the patient is also a business rule that needs to be agreed to before the content is reliable for significant decisions. As personal representatives and advanced directives become more important in clinical decision making, this entity will become more important and will require standardization on a Pan-Canadian basis.

Implementation Implications

The scope of context for the contact person is determined by the POS system reporting it. A patient person may choose different contact persons in different types of encounters.

Attributes
Name	Type	Initial Value
Negation Indicator

Relations
Name	Type	Begins	Ends
	generalization	Supporter	Role
	generalization	Member Role	Supporter
	generalization	Personal Relationship Role	Supporter
	generalization	Patient Contact Role	Supporter

Inner Relations
Association Assigns  [Person - Patient Contact Role]
Association Assigns  [Person - Personal Relationship Role]
Association Assigns  [Person - Patient Contact Role]
Association Played by  [Person - Patient Contact Role]