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# Map External Fields to Health Cloud for Remote Monitoring

To use APIs to create care observations from external systems, you can map source system fields to Health Cloud target objects and fields.

### Required Editions

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              <p>Available in: Lightning Experience</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong> and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions with Health
                Cloud</p>
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1. From Setup, enter Care System Field Mapping in the Quick Find box, then select **Care System Field Mapping**.
2. Click **New Care System Field Mapping**.
3. Enter the following:
    
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                <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d181302e100">Field</th>
                <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d181302e103">Description</th>
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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e100 ">
                  <samp class="parmname">Label</samp>
                </td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e103 ">The label for this care system field mapping.</td>

              </tr>
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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e100 ">
                  <samp class="parmname">Name</samp>
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                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e103 ">The unique name used by the API. </td>

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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e100 ">
                  <samp class="parmname">Source System</samp>
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                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e103 ">
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Name of the system from which the record was sourced.</p>
                </td>

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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e100 ">
                  <samp class="parmname">Target Object</samp>
                </td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e103 ">Name of the parent entity for the external ID.</td>

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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e100 ">
                  <samp class="parmname">External ID Field </samp>
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                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e103 ">
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">The ID of the field in the external system.</p>
                </td>

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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e100 ">
                  <samp class="parmname">IsActive</samp>
                </td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e103 ">Select to activate this configuration and make it available to users.</td>

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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e100 ">
                  <samp class="parmname">Role</samp>
                </td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181302e103 ">
                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;">The role the field represents.</p>
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4. Save your changes.

#### See Also

- [Care Program Enrollments](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/hc_careprogram_enrollment_intro.htm)
- [Care Programs for Health Cloud Empower](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.admin_component_care_programs.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "The Care Programs component displays the programs a user is enrolled in. If your organization has adopted the Program Management data model, you can use this to provide personalized information to users by various channels, such as an Experience Cloud site or a mobile health app.")