Organization

The institution(s) requesting a genetic test and the diagnostic laboratory responsible for performing and/or interpreting the results.

Scope

This resource is used in eMERGE to identify the Organization that the PractitionerRoles i.e. the requester of the test and resultsInterpreter for the test belong to. This resource is also used to identify the performer of the test i.e. the diagnostic lab providing the service.

The performer (performing organization) is referenced in Genomics Report and Service Request while the requester and result interpreter organization is referenced via the PractitionerRole.

Content

eMERGE uses the Organization resource with the following constraints.

Notes

Performer & Results Interpreter The performer and results interpreter typically correspond to the testing laboratory and lab resource that finalizes the report, respectively. These two components are closely related and exist at the DiagnosticReport level. In eMERGE there will always be one laboratory as the performer and there is typically one results interpreter. It is possible to have more than one of either, but that was not in scope for the eMERGE specification.

There are no profiles or extensions for the Performer or the Results Interpreter and these components use the standard FHIR Resources of Organization and PractitionerRole, respectively.

Note

Results Interpreter & Requester For details see multi-use artifact: PractitionerRole