The guardians of a patient shall be recorded in the <guardian> element beneath the /ClinicalDocument/recordTarget/patientRole/patient XML - <patient> element. Other patient contacts such as the preferred health provider are described using the /ClinicalDocument/participant structure. The <associatedEntity> element defines the type of contact. The classCode attribute shall be present, and contains a value from the set AGNT, CAREGIVER, ECON, NOK, or PRS to identify contacts that are agents of the patient, care givers, emergency contacts, next of kin, or other relations respectively.
The relationship between the patient and the guardian or other contact should be recorded in the <code> element. The code attribute is required and comes from the HL7 PersonalRelationshipRoleType vocabulary (epSOSPersonalRelationship value set).
The address of the guardian or other contact should be present, and shall be represented as any other address would be in CDA.
The phone number of the guardian or other contact should be present, and shall be represented as 480 any other phone number would be in CDA.
The name of the guardian or other contact shall be present, and shall be represented as any other name would be in CDA.
Healthcare Service Identification
The Healthcare Service Identification information is represented in structures under the /ClinicalDocument/author XML element
The element identifies the type of contact. The classCode attribute shall be present, and contains a value from the eHDSIRoleClass value set when used for the patient contacts; ‘PRS’ when used for “Preferred HP / Legal Organization”.
The relationship between the patient and the guardian or other contact should be recorded in the element. The code attribute is required and comes from the HL7 PersonalRelationshipRoleType vocabulary with codeSystem (2.16.840.1.113883.5.111). The codeSystem attribute is required. The relationship between the patient and his preferred HP comes from the the full RoleCode (2.16.840.1.113883.5.111) codeSystem
Patient Contact's / Preferred HP's/Legal Organization telephone or e-mail element is required. If there is no information, the nullFlavor attribute shall have a value of 'NI' and the "value" and "use" attributes shall be omitted, otherwise the nullFlavor attribute shall not be present, and the "value" and "use" attributes shall be present