Authors and Informants
Authors and Informants
Each clinical statement that can be made in a CDA Document or HL7 Version 3 message shall be attributable to one or more authors. These are found in <author> elements, either directly within the clinical statement, or in one of its ancestors in the XML document or message.
Each clinical statement may also contain information from zero or more informants. These are found in <informant> elements, again, either directly within the clinical statement, or in one of its ancestors in the XML document or message.
<author>
Authors shall be described in an <author> element that is either directly on the clinical statement, or which can be reached by one of its ancestors.
The time of authorship shall be recorded in the
<assignedAuthor> -OR- <assignedEntity1>
<id root=' ' extension=' '>
<addr></addr>
<telecom value=' ' use=' '>
In a CDA document details about the author are provided in the <assignedAuthor> element. In Version 3 messages, they are provided in the <assignedEntity1> element. The semantics are identical even though the element names differ. The identifier of the author, and their address and telephone number shall be present inside the <id>, <addr> and <telecom> elements.
<assignedPerson><name></name></assignedPerson>
<representedOrganization><name></name></representedOrganization>
The author's and/or the organization's name shall be present when the <author> element is present.