The CareTeam resource in Edvak Health EHR identifies the people and organizations involved in a patient’s care. It represents both encounter-specific and longitudinal teams that plan to participate in the coordination and delivery of care.Overview#
Tracks individuals and organizations participating in patient care
Includes clinicians, family, caregivers, guardians, or the patient
Can be used to define both encounter-specific and continuous care teams
Conforms to US Core CareTeam Profile and FHIR R4 under USCDI v3
Must-Support Elements#
Each CareTeam resource must support:participant.member (can be Practitioner, PractitionerRole, Patient, RelatedPerson, or Organization)
Supported Participant Profiles#
To access names, contact info, and identifiers of team members:Server systems must support at least one of Practitioner or PractitionerRole
Client systems must support all four
Search Capabilities#
The following combinations are supported:By patient and status
GET /CareTeam?patient=Patient/{id}&status=active
By patient and role
GET /CareTeam?patient=Patient/{id}&role=http://snomed.info/sct|17561000
Both support optional _include parameters to fetch related members like PractitionerRole, Practitioner, Patient, or RelatedPerson.
| Header | Type | Required | Value |
|---|
| Authorization | string | ✅ Yes | Bearer {access_token} |
Refer to the Authentication & Authorization section for token handling.USCDI Data Element Mapping#
| USCDI Element | FHIR Field |
|---|
| Care Team Member Name | CareTeam.participant.member.name |
| Care Team Member Identifier | CareTeam.participant.member.identifier |
| Care Team Member Location | CareTeam.participant.member.address |
| Care Team Member Telecom | CareTeam.participant.member.telecom |
| Care Team Member Role | CareTeam.participant.role |