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title: HealthcareProviderSpecialty
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description: Represents specialties for a practitioner or a service provider organization. A provider can have multiple specialties such as anesthesiology and cardiovascular.
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# HealthcareProviderSpecialty

Represents specialties for a practitioner or a service provider organization. A provider can have multiple specialties such as anesthesiology and cardiovascular.

## Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert()

## Fields

### AccountId

- **Type**: reference
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Account associated with this specialty.
    
    This is a relationship field.
- **Relationship Name**: Account
- **Relationship Type**: Lookup
- **Refers To**: Account

### ActiveResearchStudyCount

- **Type**: int
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The count of active research studies being performed by the healthcare provider for the specialty. This field is available in API version 62.0 and later when Site Management (Pilot) is enabled.

### CompletedResearchStudyCount

- **Type**: int
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The count of research studies completed by the healthcare provider for the specialty. This field is available in API version 62.0 and later when Site Management (Pilot) is enabled.

### EffectiveFrom

- **Type**: date
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The date from which this provider specialty is effective.

### EffectiveTo

- **Type**: date
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The date on which this provider specialty is no longer effective.

### IsActive

- **Type**: boolean
- **Properties**: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Indicates whether the record is active.

### IsPrimarySpecialty

- **Type**: boolean
- **Properties**: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Indicates whether the specialty is the provider's primary specialty.

### LastReferencedDate

- **Type**: dateTime
- **Properties**: Filter, Nillable, Sort
- **Description**: The timestamp for when the current user last viewed a record related to this record.

### LastViewedDate

- **Type**: dateTime
- **Properties**: Filter, Nillable, Sort
- **Description**: The timestamp for when the current user last viewed this record. If this value is null, it’s possible that this record was referenced (LastReferencedDate) and not viewed.

### Name

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Name of the provider’s specialty.

### OwnerId

- **Type**: reference
- **Properties**: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
- **Description**: The ID of the user who owns this record.
    
    This is a polymorphic relationship field.
- **Relationship Name**: Owner
- **Relationship Type**: Lookup
- **Refers To**: Group, User

### PractitionerId

- **Type**: reference
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Practitioner associated with the specialty.
    
    This is a relationship field.
- **Relationship Name**: Practitioner
- **Relationship Type**: Lookup
- **Refers To**: Contact

### ResearchStudyPhase

- **Type**: multipicklist
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Update
- **Description**: Specifies the research study phase that the healthcare provider has experience with. This field is available in API version 62.0 and later when Site Management (Pilot) is enabled.
- **Possible values**:
    - Phase 1
    - Phase 2
    - Phase 3
    - Phase 4

### ResearchStudyType

- **Type**: multipicklist
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Update
- **Description**: Specifies the research study type that the healthcare provider has experience with. This field is available in API version 62.0 and later when Site Management (Pilot) is enabled.
- **Possible values**:
    - Hybrid
    - Traditional
    - Virtual

### SourceSystem

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: System from which the record was sourced.

### SourceSystemIdentifier

- **Type**: string
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: ID of an external record on its source system.

### SpecialtyId

- **Type**: reference
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Care specialty record associated with the provider.
    
    This is a relationship field.
- **Relationship Name**: Specialty
- **Relationship Type**: Lookup
- **Refers To**: CareSpecialty

### SpecialtyRole

- **Type**: picklist
- **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
- **Description**: Role of the specialty for the provider or practitioner.

## Associated Objects

This object has the following associated objects. If the API version isn’t specified, they’re available in the same API versions as this object. Otherwise, they’re available in the specified API version and later.

[HealthcareProviderSpecialtyChangeEvent](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_change_event.htm "HTML (New Window)") (API version 59.0)

Change events are available for the object.

[HealthcareProviderSpecialtyFeed](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_feed.htm "HTML (New Window)")

Feed tracking is available for the object.

[HealthcareProviderSpecialtyHistory](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_history.htm "HTML (New Window)")

History is available for tracked fields of the object.

[HealthcareProviderSpecialtyOwnerSharingRule](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_ownersharingrule.htm "HTML (New Window)")

Sharing rules are available for the object.

[HealthcareProviderSpecialtyShare](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.264.0.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_associated_objects_share.htm "HTML (New Window)")

Sharing is available for the object.