The guardians of a patient shall be recorded in the <guardian> element beneath the
/ClinicalDocument/recordTarget/patientRole/patient
XML - <patient> element. Other patient contacts 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
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