--- schema_version: "1" id: 248d4082a8f63e0bf1b99e1fae5ac47990af5915347a81d3e6d07a8b0b8cce7c title: Practitioner collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/life_sciences_dev_guide/map_fhir_practitioner.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/map_fhir_practitioner.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 8544e29e96da0cd7e73642db954f6db21dbd32a214a3de27ba7388eac8deeb9d description: The Practitioner FHIR resource maps to the HealthcareProvider object and person accounts in Salesforce​. --- # Practitioner The Practitioner FHIR resource maps to the HealthcareProvider object and person accounts in Salesforce​. The Practitioner resource in FHIR is represented as a combination of HealthcareProvider records and person accounts in Salesforce, where the HealthcareProvider record is the base. The person account is associated to the HealthcareProvider record by referencing the person account record using the AccountId field on HealthcareProvider. ![Note](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/images/icon_note.png) #### Note If your implementation models providers as contacts instead of person accounts, you can’t associate the fields mapped to Account to your providers. You can instead associate your HealthcareProvider record to the Contact record using the PractitionerId field on HealthcareProvider. ## FHIR V4​.0 - Clinical ​Data Model Mapping Here’s how the fields defined by FHIR for [Practitioner](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/practitioner.html) map to the fields in Salesforce​.
Table 1. Practitioner - Salesforce
Practitioner Resource Salesforce Field Type Salesforce Cardinality Notes
identifier ​​​Identifier Object 0​.​M The identifier information for a documentReference is represented as Identifier records that reference the Healthcare​Provider record using their ​​​Identifier​.​Parent​RecordId field​.
active Account​.IsActive Boolean 0​.1

The practitioner​​.active field is mapped to the account record of the provider’s person account. This account record is referenced using the Healthcare​Provider​.AccountId field.

If your Implementation models providers as Contacts instead of Person Accounts, then you can’t map practitioner​​.active to your providers.
name Person​Name Object 0​.M The name information for a practitioner is represented as Person​Name records that reference the practitioner’s person account record using their Person​Name​.Parent​RecordId field​.
telecom Contact​Point​Phone Object 0​.M

The telecom information for a practitioner is represented as Contact​Point​Phone records that reference the account record of the practitioner’s person account using the Contact​Point​Phone​.ParentId field​.

If your Implementation models providers as Contacts instead of Person Accounts, then you can’t map practitioner​​.telecom to your providers.
address Contact​Point​Address Object 0​.M

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

If your Implementation models providers as Contacts instead of Person Accounts, then you can’t map practitioner​​.address to your providers.
gender Contact​.Gender Picklist 0​.1

While FHIR defines practitioner​.gender as a code set, its Salesforce implementation is a picklist​.

The practitioner’s gender is mapped to the contact record of their person account. This contact record is referenced using the Healthcare​Provider​.PractitionerId field on HealthcareProvider.
birth​Date Contact​.Birthdate ​Date 0​.1 N/A
photo N/A N/A N/A Not supported
qualification Board​Certification Object 0​.M The qualification information for a practitioner is represented as Board​Certification records that reference the practitioner’s Healthcare​Provider record using their Board​Certification​.Healthcare​ProviderId field​.
qualification​.identifier ​​​Identifier Object 0​.​M The identifier information for a qualification is represented as Identifier records that reference the Board​Certification record using their ​​​Identifier​.​Parent​RecordId field​.
qualification​.code Board​Certification​.Certification​Type Picklist 0​.1

While FHIR defines practitioner​.qualification​.code as a code set bundle, its Salesforce implementation is a picklist​.
qualification​.period Board​Certification​.Effective​From ​Date 0​.1 Because Salesforce doesn’t support a native period data type, the practitioner​.qualification​.period FHIR resource is flattened to a set of from and to dates​.
qualification​.period Board​Certification​.Effective​To ​Date 0​.1 Because Salesforce doesn’t support a native period data type, the practitioner​.qualification​.period FHIR resource is flattened to a set of from and to dates​.
qualification​.issuer Board​Certification​.Board​Name String 0.1 N/A
communication Person​Language Object 0​.M

The language information for a practitioner is represented as Person​Language records that reference the practitioner’s person account using their Person​Language​.IndividualId field​.

While FHIR defines practitioner​.communication as a code set bundle, the Salesforce implementation is a reference to Person​Language.
## Sample Record Diagram Here's a diagram that shows an example of how this resource is represented in Salesforce. ![A diagram that shows how a practitioner Carol Peterson is represented in Salesforce.](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/dev_guides/healthcare_api/Mappings_FHIR/images/srd_hc_practitioner.png)