Can Practitioner npi be included in sample data

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jau...@covermymeds.com

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Oct 5, 2018, 3:48:39 PM10/5/18
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Hi Cerner Team,

This is a follow up from a discussion that we (CoverMyMeds) had with your team at the recent (29-Oct-2018) FHIR Connectathon in Baltimore, MD.

We had a discussion around the inclusion of Practitioner npi in the sample data provided by Cerners Sandbox FHIR Server. 

       {
            "use": "usual",
            "type": {
                "text": "National Provider Identifier"
            },
            "value": "4326587548",
            "period": {
                "start": "2013-01-28T00:00:00.000-06:00"
            }
        }

We'd like to see the npi identified using the system attribute as specified by us-core (http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition-us-core-practitioner.html) - note us-core is only binding to STU3 

       {
            "use": "usual",
            "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-npi",
            "type": {
                "text": "National Provider Identifier"
            },
            "value": "4326587548",
            "period": {
                "start": "2013-01-28T00:00:00.000-06:00"
            }
        }

THANKS!
Jeremy Audino, CoverMyMeds

Jenni Syed (Cerner)

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Oct 15, 2018, 10:25:44 AM10/15/18
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Wanted to put an update out that we're investigating if this can be done on our DSTU 2 implementation (following this specific system) or not. You're correct that it's part of STU3+/US-Core.

~ Jenni

Jennifer Hong (Cerner)

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Mar 12, 2019, 1:58:56 PM3/12/19
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Hi Jeremy,

Just wanted to let you know that we've identified a defect with Practitioner identifiers that we are working to get addressed.

Thank you for your patience,
Jennifer

Praneeth Kanneganti (Cerner)

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Dec 9, 2019, 3:18:40 PM12/9/19
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Hello Jeremy,

The defect in relation to this has been fixed and we are now able to return the Practitioner.identifier.system on Practitioner retrieves. Give the following a go and checkout the new field!. 
https://fhir-open.sandboxcerner.com/dstu2/0b8a0111-e8e6-4c26-a91c-5069cbc6b1ca/Practitioner/1272007
{
"use": "usual",
"type": {
"coding": [
{
"code": "NPI",
"display": "National provider identifier"
}
],
"text": "National Provider Identifier"
},
"value": "AM1235663",
"period": {
"start": "2018-07-11T14:18:47.000Z"
}
}

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Do note that since this is our Sandbox environment where multiple developers play around, there can be bad practitioner alias data that results in 'System' field not being returned.

Thank you for your patience,
Praneeth
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