FHIR Patient

E732177

FHIR resource healthcare data model

FHIR Patient is a core FHIR resource that represents an individual receiving care, capturing their demographic and administrative information for use in healthcare systems and data exchange.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
FHIR Patient canonical	2
HL7 FHIR Patient resource	1
Patient Demographics Query	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8418868 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FHIR Patient
Context triple: [IHE MHD, usesResourceType, FHIR Patient]

A. Health Connect
Health Connect is a unified health and fitness data platform on Android that lets apps securely share and manage users’ wellness information in one place.
B. ClinicalKey
ClinicalKey is a comprehensive clinical search engine and decision-support platform for healthcare professionals, providing access to medical textbooks, journals, guidelines, and multimedia content.
C. FHIR STU3
FHIR STU3 is the third major release of the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard, defining structured formats and APIs for exchanging electronic healthcare data.
D. FHIR R5 (preview)
FHIR R5 (preview) is the upcoming fifth major release of the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard, offering enhanced data models and interoperability features for exchanging healthcare information.
E. Cloud Healthcare API
Cloud Healthcare API is a Google Cloud service that enables secure storage, management, and exchange of healthcare data using standard formats like HL7, FHIR, and DICOM.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FHIR Patient
Target entity description: FHIR Patient is a core FHIR resource that represents an individual receiving care, capturing their demographic and administrative information for use in healthcare systems and data exchange.

A. Health Connect
Health Connect is a unified health and fitness data platform on Android that lets apps securely share and manage users’ wellness information in one place.
B. ClinicalKey
ClinicalKey is a comprehensive clinical search engine and decision-support platform for healthcare professionals, providing access to medical textbooks, journals, guidelines, and multimedia content.
C. FHIR STU3
FHIR STU3 is the third major release of the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard, defining structured formats and APIs for exchanging electronic healthcare data.
D. FHIR R5 (preview)
FHIR R5 (preview) is the upcoming fifth major release of the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard, offering enhanced data models and interoperability features for exchanging healthcare information.
E. Cloud Healthcare API
Cloud Healthcare API is a Google Cloud service that enables secure storage, management, and exchange of healthcare data using standard formats like HL7, FHIR, and DICOM.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	FHIR resource ⓘ healthcare data model ⓘ
canBeSearchedBy	address ⓘ birthdate ⓘ gender ⓘ identifier ⓘ name ⓘ organization ⓘ telecom ⓘ
captures	administrative information ⓘ demographic information ⓘ
conformsTo	FHIR RESTful API ⓘ linked to: FHIR
definedIn	HL7 FHIR specification ⓘ linked to: FHIR
governedBy	HL7 International ⓘ
hasCanonicalUrl	http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient ⓘ
hasElement	active ⓘ address ⓘ birthDate ⓘ communication ⓘ contact ⓘ contained ⓘ deceasedBoolean ⓘ deceasedDateTime ⓘ extension ⓘ gender ⓘ generalPractitioner ⓘ identifier ⓘ implicitRules ⓘ language ⓘ link ⓘ managingOrganization ⓘ maritalStatus ⓘ meta ⓘ modifierExtension ⓘ multipleBirthBoolean ⓘ multipleBirthInteger ⓘ name ⓘ photo ⓘ telecom ⓘ text ⓘ
hasFHIRVersion	DSTU2 ⓘ R4 ⓘ R5 ⓘ STU3 ⓘ
hasPrimaryPurpose	represent an individual receiving care ⓘ
hasScope	human patients ⓘ
mayRepresent	animal patients in some implementations ⓘ
partOf	FHIR core resources ⓘ
relatedTo	FHIR Condition ⓘ FHIR Encounter ⓘ FHIR MedicationRequest ⓘ FHIR Observation ⓘ linked to: FHIR FHIR Procedure ⓘ
supports	linking duplicate patient records ⓘ multiple addresses per patient ⓘ multiple identifiers per patient ⓘ multiple names per patient ⓘ multiple telecom contacts per patient ⓘ recording patient communication preferences ⓘ recording patient contact persons ⓘ recording patient death information ⓘ recording patient marital status ⓘ
usedFor	clinical information systems ⓘ electronic health records ⓘ healthcare data exchange ⓘ
usedIn	administrative workflows ⓘ clinical workflows ⓘ interoperability scenarios ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

IHE MHD → usesResourceType → FHIR Patient ⓘ

PDQ → abbreviationFor → Patient Demographics Query ⓘ

linked to: FHIR Patient

FHIR Practitioner → distinguishedFrom → FHIR Patient ⓘ

Patient Demographics Supplier → mayImplementStandard → HL7 FHIR Patient resource ⓘ