--- schema_version: "1" id: a8c1ae1bb973a5ba6a1fa37018435f5fcbea0d56ab7b52a5ae70a7dbfe056288 title: Organization collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/health_cloud_object_reference/map_fhir_organization.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/map_fhir_organization.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 408086d34975639a2e681cd3a8c7d63c17f13d8eaf5119413689906ab587eab6 description: The Organization FHIR resource maps primarily to the Account object in Salesforce​. --- # Organization The Organization FHIR resource maps primarily to the Account object in Salesforce​. ## FHIR V4​.0 - Clinical ​Data Model Mapping Here’s how the fields defined by FHIR for [Organization](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/organization.html) map to the fields in Salesforce​.
Table 1. Organization - Salesforce
Organization Resource Salesforce Field Type Salesforce Cardinality Notes
identifier Identifier Object 0​.M The identifier information for an organization is represented as Identifier records that reference the organization record using their Identifier​.Parent​RecordId field​.
active Account​.IsActive Boolean 0​.1 N/A
type Account​.Type Picklist 0.1 While FHIR defines account​.type as a zero-to-many code set bundle reference, its Salesforce implementation is a zero-to-one picklist​.
name Account​.Name String 0​.1 N/A
alias N/A N/A N/A Not supported
telecom Contact​Point​Phone Object 0​.M The telecom information for an organization is represented as Contact​Point​Phone records that reference the organization record using their Contact​Point​Phone​.ParentId field​.
address Contact​Point​Address Object 0​.M The address information for an organization is represented as Contact​Point​Address records that reference the organization record using their Contact​Point​Address​.ParentId field​.
contact Account​Contact​Relation​.ContactId Lookup: Contact 0​.M Contacts are connected to organizations using the Account​Contact​Relation junction object​. The Account​Contact​Relation​.AccountId field references the organization’s account record, and the Account​Contact​Relation​.ContactId field references the contact record of the contact’s person account​.
contact​.relationship Account​Contact​Relation​.Roles Multi-Select picklist 0​.M While FHIR defines organization​.contact​.purpose as a code set bundle, its Salesforce implementation is a picklist​.
contact​.name Person​Name Object 0​.M

The name information for a contact is represented as Person​Name records that reference the contact’s person account using their Person​Name​.Parent​RecordId field​.

While FHIR defines patient​.contact​.name as a zero-to-one resource, the Salesforce implementation can support zero-to-many references​.
contact​.telecom Contact​Point​Phone Object 0​.M The telecom information for a contact is represented as Contact​Point​Phone records that reference the contact’s person account record using their Contact​Point​Phone​.ParentId field​.
contact​.address Contact​Point​Address Object 0​.M

The address information for a contact is represented as Contact​Point​Address records that reference the contact’s person account record using their Contact​Point​Address​.ParentId field​.

While FHIR defines patient​.contact​.address as a zero-to-one resource, the Salesforce implementation can support zero-to-many references​.
contact​.endPoint N/A N/A N/A Not supported