communication

An occurrence of information being transmitted; e.g. an alert that was sent to a responsible provider, a public health agency that was notified about a reportable condition. See the HL7 FHIR R4 spec for full details.

Tables in this resource:

• communication – Communication record (this page)
• communication_category – Backbone for category
• communication_category_coding
• communication_extension
• communication_extension_vcc_coding
• communication_references – Normalized references; see Reference Tables

Primary Keys:

• communication_id

Foreign Keys:

• patient_id – links to the patient table (subject)

_{† Metriport Platform added}

Column	Data Type	Description
communication_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the communication
patient_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the patient
status	varchar	Status of the communication
sent	datetime	When the communication was sent (FHIR Communication.sent)
received	datetime	When the communication was received (FHIR Communication.received)
meta_source	varchar	Source document filename from FHIR meta.source
data_source_ext†	varchar	Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension

Related Tables:

Parent:

• patient

Child:

• communication_category
• communication_extension