Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Healthcare individual provider identifier |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 522896 |
Registration status:![]() | Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition:![]() | A persistent identifier issued by a registration body to identify an individual service provider, as represented by a combination of numeric and/or alphabetic characters. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Individual service provider—healthcare individual provider identifier |
Value Domain:![]() | Identifier X[X(19)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class:![]() | Identifier | |
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Data type:![]() | String | |
Format:![]() | X[X(19)] | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 20 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | The registration board is expected to maintain this identifier as a persistent identifier for a practitioner across the professions. This identifier is different to the profession registration identifier, as a practitioner may have multiple professions with different registration identifiers. |
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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 | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Provider professional board cluster Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |