Organization

An Organization describes a facility (or practice) and its relationship with an encounter.

	Field	Type	Length	Description
1	Record Type ID	String		Indicates the record type. For this record it will always be “Organization”.
2	Patient ID	REF		Surrogate Key of the patient
3	Encounter ID	REF		Surrogate Key to an EncounterCorresponds to a (Encounter line in the same file set)’s ID value
4	Identifier	String	50	Organization’s identifier
5	Relationship Type	Term		code\|name\|namespace\|family\|ns desc. Describes the relationship between the encounter and the organization.
6	Name	String	1000	For Example - Community Surgeons of Indiana, John Doe MD
7	Postal Code	String	50
8	County	String	50
9	Organization Type	Term		code\|name\|namespace\|family\|ns desc. Describes the type of organization (or practice).
10	Specialty	Term		code\|name\|namespace\|family\|ns desc. Describes if the organization (or practice) has a well-defined specialty. A cancer treatment center or heart hospital.
11	Patient Identifier	String	128	Part of Natural Key Identifier. Typically, the source’s or practice’s key Identifier for a patient *Natural Key for existing patient
12	Patient Record Authority ID	REF		Surrogate Key to a Record Authority.
13	Encounter Identifier	String	128	Encounter identifier *Natural Key for existing encounter
14	Inserted Audit Data	Audit		Audit data for when the record was inserted/created
15	Last Modified Audit Data	Audit		Audit data for when the record was last modified