# Patient (EPS) - HL7 Europe Patient Summary v1.0.0-alpha

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Patient (EPS)**

## Resource Profile: Patient (EPS) 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/eps/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-eps | *Version*:1.0.0-alpha | |
| * Standards status: *[Draft](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 1 | *Computable Name*:PatientEuEps |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Used by permission of HL7 Europe, all rights reserved Creative Commons License | | |

 
This profile defines how to represent a human Patient in HL7 FHIR for the purpose of this guide. 

**Usages:**

* Use this Profile: [Bundle (EPS)](StructureDefinition-bundle-eu-eps.md)
* Refer to this Profile: [Medication Statement (EPS)](StructureDefinition-MedicationStatement-eu-eps.md), [Composition (EPS)](StructureDefinition-composition-eu-eps.md), [DeviceUseStatement (EPS)](StructureDefinition-deviceUseStatement-eu-eps.md), [Observation Pregnancy - Expected Delivery Date (EPS)](StructureDefinition-observation-pregnancy-edd-eu-eps.md)... Show 5 more, [Observation Pregnancy - Gestational Age (EPS)](StructureDefinition-observation-pregnancy-gestationalAge-eu-eps.md), [Observation Pregnancy - Outcome (EPS)](StructureDefinition-observation-pregnancy-outcome-eu-eps.md), [Observation Pregnancy - Status (EPS)](StructureDefinition-observation-pregnancy-status-eu-ips.md), [Observation: country visited (EPS)](StructureDefinition-observation-travel-eu-eps.md) and [Procedure (EPS)](StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-eps.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.eu.eps|current/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-eps)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-patient-eu-eps.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-patient-eu-eps.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-patient-eu-eps.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "patient-eu-eps",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "draft"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-imposeProfile",
    "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/StructureDefinition/Patient-uv-ips"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/eps/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-eps",
  "version" : "1.0.0-alpha",
  "name" : "PatientEuEps",
  "title" : "Patient (EPS)",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-02-25T10:52:47+01:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile defines how to represent a human Patient in HL7 FHIR for the purpose of this guide.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Used by permission of HL7 Europe, all rights reserved Creative Commons License",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "cda",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3/cda",
    "name" : "CDA (R2)"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "loinc",
    "uri" : "http://loinc.org",
    "name" : "LOINC code for the element"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Patient",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Patient.identifier",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.identifier"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Patient.name",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.name",
      "constraint" : [{
        "key" : "ips-pat-1",
        "severity" : "error",
        "human" : "Patient.name.given, Patient.name.family or Patient.name.text SHALL be present",
        "expression" : "family.exists() or given.exists() or text.exists()",
        "xpath" : "f:given or f:family or f:text",
        "source" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/eps/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-eps"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Patient.name.use",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.name.use"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Patient.name.text",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.name.text"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Patient.name.family",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.name.family"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Patient.name.given",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.name.given"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Patient.telecom",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.telecom"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Patient.gender",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.gender"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Patient.birthDate",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.birthDate"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Patient.address",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.address"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Patient.generalPractitioner",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Creator"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:display"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ActorDefinition/Consumer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Patient.generalPractitioner",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/organization-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/practitionerRole-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/practitioner-eu-core"]
      }]
    }]
  }
}

```
