Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD)
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Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD), published by Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE). This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-comment-3 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IHE/pharm-mpd/tree/115/merge and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Logical Model: PatientBasic - Detailed Descriptions

Active as of 2026-04-23

Definitions for the PatientBasic logical model.

- Key Elements Table
- Differential Elements Table
- Snapshot Elements Table

Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere

0. PatientBasic
Definition | Logical model for patient (basic data relevant for this use case) Base definition for all types defined in FHIR type system.
Short | Patient (model)Base for all types and resources
Control | 0..*
Is Modifier | false
Logical Model | Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference
2. PatientBasic.identifier
Definition | Patient identifier
Short | Patient identifier
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Control | 1..*
Type | Identifier
4. PatientBasic.name
Definition | Patient's name, incl first name, last name, or any other relevant name parts
Short | Patient's name, incl first name, last name, or any other relevant name parts
Control | 1..*
Type | HumanName
6. PatientBasic.gender
Definition | Question: eHDSI prescription emphasisis the biological gender, but I think the reality is that most systems would have administrative gender or somekindof gender
Short | Gender
Control | 0..1
Type | CodeableConcept
8. PatientBasic.dateOfBirth
Definition | eHDSI
Short | Date of birth
Control | 0..1
Type | dateTime
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
10. PatientBasic.insuranceInformation
Definition | Question: shall we go here and how deep?
Short | Insurance information
Control | 0..1
Type | BackboneElement

Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere

0. PatientBasic
Definition | Logical model for patient (basic data relevant for this use case)
Short | Patient (model)
Logical Model | Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference
2. PatientBasic.identifier
Definition | Patient identifier
Short | Patient identifier
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Control | 1..*
Type | Identifier
4. PatientBasic.name
Definition | Patient's name, incl first name, last name, or any other relevant name parts
Short | Patient's name, incl first name, last name, or any other relevant name parts
Control | 1..*
Type | HumanName
6. PatientBasic.gender
Definition | Question: eHDSI prescription emphasisis the biological gender, but I think the reality is that most systems would have administrative gender or somekindof gender
Short | Gender
Control | 0..1
Type | CodeableConcept
8. PatientBasic.dateOfBirth
Definition | eHDSI
Short | Date of birth
Control | 0..1
Type | dateTime
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
10. PatientBasic.insuranceInformation
Definition | Question: shall we go here and how deep?
Short | Insurance information
Control | 0..1
Type | BackboneElement

Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere

0. PatientBasic
Definition | Logical model for patient (basic data relevant for this use case)
Short | Patient (model)
Control | 0..*
Is Modifier | false
Logical Model | Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference
2. PatientBasic.identifier
Definition | Patient identifier
Short | Patient identifier
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Control | 1..*
Type | Identifier
4. PatientBasic.name
Definition | Patient's name, incl first name, last name, or any other relevant name parts
Short | Patient's name, incl first name, last name, or any other relevant name parts
Control | 1..*
Type | HumanName
6. PatientBasic.gender
Definition | Question: eHDSI prescription emphasisis the biological gender, but I think the reality is that most systems would have administrative gender or somekindof gender
Short | Gender
Control | 0..1
Type | CodeableConcept
8. PatientBasic.dateOfBirth
Definition | eHDSI
Short | Date of birth
Control | 0..1
Type | dateTime
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
10. PatientBasic.insuranceInformation
Definition | Question: shall we go here and how deep?
Short | Insurance information
Control | 0..1
Type | BackboneElement