Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Provider's profession identifier |
Synonymous names: | Profession number |
METEOR identifier: | 523955 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | An identifier allocated to the profession of an individual service provider by the profession's registration body, as represented by a combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Individual service provider—profession identifier |
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METEOR identifier: | 523949 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | An identifier allocated to the profession of an individual service provider by the profession’s registration body. |
Object class: | Individual service provider |
Property: | Profession identifier |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Health profession identifier X[X(12)] |
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METEOR identifier: | 523953 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | An alphanumeric combination of characters that identifies a health profession. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Identifier | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X[X(12)] | |
Maximum character length: | 13 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The identifier is allocated to the health professional by the profession’s registration body. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Rules and structure of this identifier vary within professional registration organisations and this flexibility should be catered for. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Individual service provider—provider registration sequence number, identifier NNN Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Healthcare identification occupation cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |