ISO/DTS 22220

Health informatics — Identification of persons, healthcare providers and healthcare organizations

This document specifies procedures and data elements needed to accurately identify persons including subjects of care and individual care providers. It is applicable to the positive, consistent identification of persons in health and social care settings. It provides guidance on its application in both manual and automated systems and makes recommendations about the nature and form of identifiers and the management of identification processes. It does not apply to the collection and processing of data for purposes other than the identification of persons and their associated records, even though some of the data elements collected for identification may be used for other purposes such as the determination and delivery of care, the compilation of statistics, contact tracing and reimbursement.

Informatique de santé — Identification des personnes, des fournisseurs de soins de santé et des organisations de soins de santé

L'ISO/TS 22220:2011 indique les éléments et la structure de données adaptés à une identification précise, adéquate et sensible des individus en matière de soins de santé dans un face à face assisté d'une technologie informatique, ou au moyen d'interactions entre systèmes informatiques. Elle fournit des lignes directrices destinées à améliorer l'identification positive de sujets de soins dans et entre les organisations de soins de santé. L'ISO/TS 22220:2011 définit des éléments de données démographiques et d'identification adaptés à la saisie, et la grande variété de procédures manuelles et informatisées utilisées pour l'identification des sujets de soins dans une structure de soins de santé. Elle fournit également des directives relatives à leur application dans un environnement manuel et informatisé et fournit des recommandations concernant la nature et la forme des identificateurs propres aux soins de santé, l'organisation de la gestion destinée à superviser l'identification du sujet des soins, ainsi que l'assistance informatique à apporter au processus d'identification. L'objectif de l'ISO/TS 22220:2011 est de promouvoir une bonne pratique uniforme lorsque l'on identifie des individus dans le contexte d'un face à face direct ou de l'utilisation de papiers, ainsi qu'au sein de ou entre des systèmes automatisés, l'on enregistre des données et que l'on établit un rapport d'identification de sujets de soins, l'on s'assure que les données associées à tout sujet de soins donné, et sur lesquelles tant la communication de nature clinique que l'agrégation de données sont fondées, sont correctement associées à cet individu ou cet organisme et non à un autre. L'ISO/TS 22220:2011 s'intéresse avant tout à l'utilisation de données d'identification des sujets de soins en soutien à des soins dispensés au patient. Il convient que la présente Spécification technique soit utilisée par les établissements de santé ou liés à la santé qui créent, utilisent ou conservent des dossiers relatifs à des sujets de soins. Il convient que les organismes de soins utilisent la présente Spécification technique lorsque cela s'avère nécessaire, afin de recueillir les données lors de l'enregistrement des sujets de soins ou des sujets potentiels de soins ainsi que lors de la transmission d'informations relatives à des patients à d'autres systèmes, cliniques et administratifs.

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 35.240.80 - IT applications in health care technology
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 215 - Health informatics
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 215 - Health informatics
• Current Stage: 5020 - FDIS ballot initiated: 2 months. Proof sent to secretariat
• Start Date: 07-Apr-2026
• Completion Date: 07-Apr-2026

Relations

• Revises: ISO/TS 27527:2010 - Health informatics — Provider identification
• Effective Date: 19-Apr-2025
• Revises: ISO/TS 22220:2011 - Health informatics — Identification of subjects of health care
• Effective Date: 06-Jun-2022

Overview

ISO/DTS 22220: Health Informatics - Identification of Persons, Healthcare Providers, and Healthcare Organizations is an internationally recognized standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This document provides comprehensive guidelines for procedures and required data elements to ensure accurate, positive, and consistent identification of individuals-including patients (subjects of care), healthcare professionals, and healthcare organizations-in health and social care environments. By outlining best practices for the collection, management, and application of identification data elements, ISO/DTS 22220 supports improved data integrity and interoperability within both manual and automated health information systems.

ISO/DTS 22220 is applicable to a broad range of healthcare settings and is designed to facilitate secure and effective communication, decision-making, and clinical operations across diverse healthcare contexts. The standard does not cover data collection or processing for purposes beyond person identification, such as care delivery analytics, clinical content, or financial handling.

Key Topics

• Data Elements and Structure: Specifies required data elements (such as names, addresses, identifiers, demographics) for persons, healthcare providers, and healthcare organizations.
• Person Identification: Guidance on capturing, storing, and validating personal identification, including procedures for dealing with variable data quality and changing information over time.
• Healthcare Provider and Organization Identification: Recommendations for uniquely identifying healthcare professionals and organizational entities to ensure consistent record-keeping and information sharing.
• Manual and Automated Systems: Applicable to both traditional (paper-based) and digital (automated, electronic health record) workflows for identification.
• Conformance and Implementation: Outlines use cases, including populating and managing registries, and sharing identification data for administrative or clinical purposes.
• Demographic and Address Elements: Definitions for a wide range of supporting data fields, including gender, date of birth, address specifics, and communication details.
• Data Management Best Practices: Recommends processes for minimizing errors, duplication, and misidentification, thereby improving patient safety and system efficiency.

Applications

The practical value of ISO/DTS 22220 extends to a number of health and social care scenarios, including:

• Patient Registration and Admission: Standardized identification data enhances the accuracy and efficiency of patient registration processes within hospitals, clinics, and other care settings.
• Healthcare Provider Credentialing: Ensures that organizations consistently identify providers, which is critical for licensing, credentialing, and secure communication across care teams.
• Health Information Exchange (HIE): Facilitates interoperability and the reliable exchange of patient and provider records between different health information systems.
• Client Registries and Indexes: Supports the creation and maintenance of centralized registries for patients, providers, and organizations, reducing duplicate records and improving data retrieval.
• Population Health Management: Enables effective aggregation and analysis of healthcare data while minimizing risks associated with inaccurate person matching and duplicate information.
• Quality and Safety Processes: Reduces the risk of misidentification that could lead to clinical errors, thereby supporting patient safety and care quality improvement initiatives.
• Legal and Compliance Requirements: Provides a framework to meet regulatory and organizational requirements regarding the management and confidentiality of person-identifiable information in healthcare.

Related Standards

Implementers of ISO/DTS 22220 may also benefit from reviewing the following related standards:

• ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions, relevant for address and location-based identification.
• ISO 18530: Health informatics - Automatic identification and data capture marking and labelling for subjects of care and provider identification.
• ISO/IEC 11179-3: Information technology - Metadata registries - Part 3: Metamodel for registry common facilities, helpful for structuring metadata about identification elements.
• ISO/TS 16599: Health informatics - Guidance on data quality, supporting data integrity and reliability in identification processes.

These related standards collectively underpin robust identity management, improve interoperability, and establish best practices across local, national, and international healthcare delivery systems.

For further information, users should consult ISO’s member bodies or visit www.iso.org.

Standards Content (Sample)

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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 General terms .2
3.2 Terms related to person’s identifier data elements .2
3.3 Terms related to person’s name data elements .3
3.4 Terms related to additional person’s demographic data elements .4
3.5 Terms related to person’s address data elements .5
3.6 Terms related to person’s electronic communication data elements .7
3.7 Terms related to person’s address communication suppression data elements .8
3.8 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider identification data
elements .8
3.9 Terms related to an individual healthcare provider demographic data element .8
3.10 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider qualification data
elements .8
3.11 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider place of practice data
elements .9
3.12 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider registration data elements .9
3.13 Terms related to the individual professional healthcare provider special restrictions
or extensions to practice .10
3.14 Terms related to an individual unregulated healthcare provider group . 12
3.15 Terms related to the healthcare organization identifier data elements . 12
3.16 Terms related to the healthcare organization name data elements . 12
3.17 Terms related to the healthcare organization address data elements . 13
4 Components of data elements .13
4.1 General . 13
4.2 Data element structure . 13
4.2.1 General . 13
4.2.2 Data element name . 13
4.2.3 Definition . 13
4.2.4 Logical data type .14
4.2.5 Guidance .14
4.2.6 Examples .14
4.3 Data elements by use case .14
5 Person identification .15
5.1 General . 15
5.2 Person identifier group .16
5.3 Person name group .17
5.3.1 General .17
5.3.2 Person name usage group . 20
5.4 Additional person demographics . 22
5.4.1 General . 22
5.4.2 Birth group . 22
5.4.3 Death group .24
5.4.4 Sex and gender group . 25
5.5 Person address group .27
5.6 Electronic communications .31
5.7 Address communication suppression .32
6 Individual healthcare provider identification .34
6.1 General . 34
6.2 Individual professional healthcare provider group . 34

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6.3 Individual healthcare provider demographic group . 35
6.4 Individual healthcare provider qualification title group . 36
6.5 Individual healthcare provider place of practice group .37
6.6 Individual healthcare provider registration group . 39
6.7 Individual healthcare provider special restrictions or extensions to practice .41
6.7.1 General .41
6.7.2 Individual healthcare provider endorsement group .41
6.7.3 Individual healthcare provider conditions group .43
6.7.4 Individual healthcare provider reprimand group . 44
6.7.5 Individual healthcare provider caution group .45
6.8 Individual unregulated healthcare provider group . 46
7 Healthcare organization . 47
7.1 General .47
7.2 Healthcare organization identifier group .47
7.3 Healthcare organization name group . 48
7.4 Healthcare organization address group . 49
Bibliography .53

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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 215, Health informatics.
This third edition of ISO/TS 22220 cancels and replaces ISO/TS 22220:2011 and ISO/TS 27527:2010, which
have been technically revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— further elaboration on the sex and gender data elements related to person identification;
— the term “subject of care” has been replaced with the term “person” since it now applies to individual
healthcare providers and patients;
— all data elements have been updated;
— three use cases were added, including conformance for each use case.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

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Introduction
The healthcare system relies heavily on the ability to uniquely and accurately identify a person, an individual
healthcare provider and healthcare organizations when they attend for care. The healthcare system and the
digital health technologies that support the healthcare require accuracy and consistency in the collection
of, the sharing and the exchange data concerning individual person, an individual healthcare provider and
healthcare organization.
More effective communication between healthcare providers is key to securing closer co-operation,
improving the handling of persons in terms of quality and continuity of care and prevention, and promoting
health system efficiency.
Reliable identification of the individual has always been a critical part of the healthcare process. The ability
of computerized systems to support and enhance the manual process of identification is vital, as is the ability
of these systems to identify individuals, individual healthcare providers and healthcare organizations when
communicating patient information electronically. High quality identification is necessary to ensure that
healthcare professionals have access to patient information, facilitating closer co-ordination and continuity
of care and improving service in terms of prevention and follow-up. Modern service delivery networks
result in greater flows of persons and services across national, functional, jurisdictional and professional
boundaries. However, high quality identification can be very complex in a more integrated healthcare
environment.
Within healthcare service delivery environments, the process of positively identifying persons entails
matching data supplied manually, electronically or through hard documentation by those persons against
data the healthcare provider holds about them. This process occurs both manually, increasingly with
computer support, and electronically, where systems have to communicate information about individuals
securely and accurately. Impediments to high quality identification include variable data quality (see the
ISO/TS 16599 series), inadequately considered manual identification processes, differing data capture
requirements and mechanisms, and varying data matching methods.
This document identifies the data elements and relevant structure and content of the data used to identify
individuals, individual healthcare providers and healthcare organizations in a healthcare setting. In addition,
it provides support to the identification of individuals, individual healthcare providers and healthcare
organizations in a consistent manner between systems that will support the natural changes in usage and
application of the various names used by people over time.
This document addresses the business requirements of identification as well as the data needed to improve
the confidence of healthcare providers and person identification. It defines the data used to identify persons
and the business processes associated with this activity, whether computerized or manual. It is intended
to be used both to support the processes of the identification of persons by individuals and computerized
identification in automated matching systems.
Within a healthcare service delivery context, the process of positively identifying individuals entails
matching data supplied by those individuals against data the service provider holds about them. The ability
to positively identify individuals and to locate their relevant details is critical to the provision of speedy,
safe, high quality, comprehensive and efficient healthcare. The benefits of positive identification include:
— less time wasted and inconvenience generated in hunting for or re-gathering information about the
individual, which translates to more efficient healthcare;
— more complete and accurate information on which to base potentially life-critical clinical decisions;
— fewer duplicate entries for an individual, leading to less duplication of testing and prescribing;
— safer treatment from having clinical details for the correct individual;
— more complete and accurate information on which to base potential data use and disclosure decisions.
The delivery of healthcare is undergoing a paradigm change, brought about by changing consumer
expectations, technological advances, economic pressures, socio-demographic change and changes in the
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These new service directions will necessitate a much greater flow of information on persons and services
across functional, jurisdictional, administrative and professional boundaries. In a more integrated
healthcare environment, positive identification is no less critical but is much more complex. Population
mobility and multiple points of access to the healthcare system led to the accumulation of subject-related
data in a variety of fragmented, unrelated repositories. Positive person identification is recognized around
the world as a critical success factor for healthcare reform.
Some examples of the many barriers to successfully identifying individuals in healthcare settings are:
— variable data quality and changes in key identifying information over time.
— the patient’s capacity to provide information. In a healthcare environment, it is important that the
identification system can cope with the fact that people’s memories and capacity to communicate
vary according to their mental and physical capacity and to their willingness to seek and receive care.
Information is often provided by third parties (family and friends) who might know the person by a
preferred name rather than by the person’s formal name.
— differing data capture requirements and mechanisms and varying data matching methods. This
document provides a framework for improving the confidence of healthcare providers and persons alike
so that the data being associated with any given individual, and upon which clinical decisions are made,
are appropriately associated, and suited to the flexibility of the healthcare setting.
— the need to respect the wishes of the person. If the system is unable to accommodate the wishes of an
individual who prefers that others not know their full name, or who prefers to be known by a preferred
name or nickname, this patient might not seek healthcare. System planning is required to consider how
to communicate the formal name when required to other systems and also to capture and share the
preferred name so as not to cause unnecessary stress to the person or confuse family and friends during
healthcare encounters.
Where permitted by law, data matching can be undertaken in a variety of contexts and settings, including
for administrative purposes. However, the specific focus of this document is the positive identification of
persons, individual healthcare providers and healthcare organizations for healthcare service delivery
purposes. It is recognized that implementations in different systems and national settings might vary
according to local needs.
It is recognized that this document can support national client registry projects in healthcare but does not
represent a registry content, structural or operational specification.
The positive and unique identification of persons within and between healthcare organizations is a critical
event in health service delivery, with direct implications for the safety and quality of healthcare.
It is important that responsibilities for the quality, capture, storage and use of identifying data for persons,
including implementation of this document are clearly and unambiguously assigned within the organization,
and documented in relevant policies, procedures and work instructions.
Users of this document can refer to relevant privacy legislation, authentication and authorization
specifications and other guidelines so as not to breach personal privacy in their collection, use, storage and
disclosure of person information.
Relevant staff can receive training that highlights the nature, importance and health benefits of high-quality
procedures for the capture, storage and use of health identifying data and the safety implications of errors
and duplications of person and organization information.
Business processes associated with the capture, storage and use of subject identifying data can be designed
and continuously improved to ensure that accurate, consistent, and complete data collection, communication
and storage practices are used.
There are several data elements defined in this document that are also common terms, such as date of birth.
Although the meaning of the data element is evident, all data elements must be defined to include context
and usage within the overall information model covering the scope of this document.

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The Australian Person and provider identification in healthcare standard and ISO/IEC 11179-3:2023 were
leveraged in the development of this document.

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FINAL DRAFT Technical Specification ISO/DTS 22220:2026(en)
Health informatics — Identification of persons, healthcare
providers and healthcare organizations
1 Scope
This document indicates the data elements and structure suited to accurately and consistently identify
persons (including subjects of care), healthcare providers and healthcare organizations. The data elements
names and definitions are provided in Clause 3; the full data element definitional structure is given in
Clauses 5, 6 and 7. This document identifies conformance requirements in the following use cases:
— Populate and manage an index or registry. This can include the storage of a person, healthcare provider
or organization within an index or registry.
— Record or share information for administrative purposes.
— Record or share information for clinical purposes.
Application of this document will increase the capacity for data access. Authorization of such access is
determined by the application of legislation, organizational policies and guidelines, and professional ethics.
It is recognized that specific applications might require additional data to fulfil their purpose, such as value
sets or adjustments to conformance requirements. This document provides a generic set of identifying
information, which is application-independent. Implementations in different healthcare environments and
national settings can require the establishment of data sub-sets, additional guidelines and rules in the use of
the data elements.
The following are outside the scope of this document:
— Additional factors to be considered in providing access to distributed person data, including privacy,
security, authentication, access and data transfer mechanisms.
— Collection and processing of data for purposes other than the identification of persons and their
associated records, even though some of the data elements collected for identification can be used for
other purposes such as the determination and delivery of care, the compilation of statistics, contact
tracing and reimbursement.
— This includes clinical content, care processes and financial identifiers not used for person or provider
identification.
— Handling of person electronic consent in forms and other use cases, although this can be considered for
addition by implementers and dependent on electronic signature policy for medical records.
— Naming conventions, and rules for specifying data element names and data element definitions.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

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3.1 General terms
3.1.1
capture
deliberate action, which results in the registration of a record (3.1.2) into a record keeping system
3.1.2
record
information created, received and maintained as an asset by an organization or person in the transaction of
business and kept as evidence of such activity
Note 1 to entry: Adapted from ISO 15489-1:2016, 3.14.
3.1.3
registration
act of giving a record (3.1.2) a unique identity in a record keeping system
3.1.4
storage
function of storing records (3.1.2) for future retrieval and use
3.1.5
data element
basic unit of identifiable and definable data
[SOURCE: ISO 2146:2010, 3.4]
3.1.6
logical data type
kind of data that can be included in a field based on foundational notions in computer science and
mathematics without implementation details
Note 1 to entry: Physical datatypes generally additionally specify storage requirements or metadata, or both ‒ for
instance an integer is a real number without fractional component, whereas a Java ‘int’ is a representation of an integer
that is four bytes long, storing whole numbers from ‒2 147 483 648 to [phone].
3.2 Terms related to person’s identifier data elements
3.2.1
person identifier designation
number or code assigned to a person by an organization, establishment, agency or domain in order to
uniquely identify that person as a subject of healthcare within that healthcare organization, establishment,
agency or domain
3.2.2
person identifier issuer
organization, agency or provider that allocates a person identifier designation (3.2.1)
3.2.3
person identifier type
type of the identifier for use within the organization or jurisdiction
3.2.4
person identifier geographic area
geographic scope within which this identifier is used

3.2.5
person identification comment
comments recorded for a person where follow up to distinguish between two or more subjects with the
same or similar demographic information may be required
3.3 Terms related to person’s name data elements
3.3.1
name title
honorific form of address commencing a name, used when addressing a person by name, whether by mail, by
phone, or, depending upon cultural situation, in person
3.3.2
name title sequence number
indicator of the order of use for name titles (3.3.1)
3.3.3
personal pronoun
nouns or noun-phrases specified by the person to be used when replacing the person’s name when referring
to the patient in speech, in clinical notes, and in written instructions to caregivers
3.3.4
pronoun start date
date at which a pronoun starts to be used
3.3.5
pronoun end date
date at which a pronoun is not to be used
3.3.6
family name
part of a name a person usually has in common with some other members of their family, as distinguished
from the person’s given names (3.3.8)
3.3.7
family name sequence number
indicator of the order of use for family names (3.3.6)
3.3.8
given name
person’s identifying name(s) within the family group or by which the person is uniquely socially identified
3.3.9
given name sequence number
indicator of the order of use for given names (3.3.8)
3.3.10
name suffix
additional term used to follow a person’s name to identify a person usually in relation to others in the
person’s family, or to acknowledge qualifications, positions held and honours awarded
3.3.11
name suffix sequence number
indicator of the order of use for name suffix (3.3.10)
3.3.12
name usage
classification that identifies the use and purpose of the name to enable differentiation between names

3.3.13
name usage start date
date at which the name usage (3.3.12) for the name to which the usage is associated starts
3.3.14
name usage end date
date at which the name usage (3.3.12) for the name to which the usage is associated ceased
3.3.15
name usage identifier
designation used to represent the individual in a specific organization or situations
EXAMPLE The name associated with a specific healthcare number.
3.3.16
name usage restriction type
indicator of specific conditions or rules to be applied to a particular name
3.3.17
name usage restriction start date
date at which a name usage restriction type (3.3.16) starts
3.3.18
name usage restriction end date
date at which a name usage restriction type (3.3.16) ends
3.4 Terms related to additional person’s demographic data elements
3.4.1
date of birth
date, as exact as possible, when the person is known or estimated to have been born
3.4.2
date of birth accuracy indicator
indication of the accuracy of a date of birth (3.4.1)
3.4.3
date of birth follow-up indicator
flag that indicates when the current date of birth (3.4.1) requires follow-up to obtain a more accurate date
3.4.4
birth plurality
indicator of multiple births showing the total number of births resulting from a single pregnancy
3.4.5
birth order
sequential order of this person in a multiple birth regardless of live or still birth
3.4.6
country of birth
country in which the person was born
3.4.7
province of birth
state, province or territory in which the person was born
3.4.8
locality of birth
town or equivalent location in which the person was born

3.4.9
mother’s original family name
original family name (3.3.6) of the person’s mother
3.4.10
date of death
specific date when a person is declared deceased
3.4.11
date of death follow-up indicator
flag that indicates when the date of death requires follow-up
3.4.12
source of death notification
source of information about a person’s death
3.4.13
sex at birth
sex of the person documented at birth
3.4.14
recorded sex or gender
documentation of a specific instance of sex or gender information where only one data field for sex and
gender is available and where it is found in the local system or historical documentation
3.4.15
gender identity
individual’s personal sense of being a man, woman or nonbinary
3.4.16
gender identity start date
date at which a gender identity (3.4.15) starts
3.4.17
gender identity end date
date at which a gender identity (3.4.15) ends
3.5 Terms related to person’s address data elements
3.5.1
address purpose
role or use of the address by the individual or organization
3.5.2
address type
representation of the type of address in order to distinguish the type of physical or virtual address
3.5.3
address type start date
date on which the address type (3.5.2) is first applicable to the person
3.5.4
address type end date
date on which the address type (3.5.2) is no longer applicable to the person
3.5.5
address status
status of a person’s or organization’s address

3.5.6
address status start date
date when the address status (3.5.5) was first used
3.5.7
address status end date
date when this address status (3.5.5) was or is no longer to be used
3.5.8
address unit type
specification of the type of a separately identifiable portion (address unit) within a building or complex, etc.
to clearly distinguish it from another
3.5.9
address unit number
identifier to distinguish an address within a building or complex
3.5.10
address site name
full name used to identify the physical building or property as part of its address
3.5.11
address floor number type
descriptor used to classify the type of floor or level of a multi-storey building or complex
3.5.12
address floor number
descriptor used to identify the floor or level of a multi-storey building or complex
3.5.13
address street number
identifier of a house or property that is unique within a street name, suburb
3.5.14
address lot number
lot reference allocated to an address in the absence of street numbering
3.5.15
address street name
name that identifies a public thoroughfare and differentiates it from others in the same suburb, town or
locality
3.5.16
address street type
designation that identifies the type of public thoroughfare
3.5.17
address street suffix
term used to qualify street name issued for directional references
3.5.18
postal delivery type
unique designation forming part of the mailing address for the channel of postal service as defined by the
post office
3.5.19
postal delivery number
number forming part of the mailing address for the channel of postal service as defined by the post office
3.5.20
address locality
full name of the city, suburb, or town containing the specific address

3.5.21
state or territory or province identifier designation
identifier of the province, state or territory in which a person resides, or an organization exists
3.5.22
postal code
designation for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place for the address as defined by the
postal service
3.5.23
country identifier designation
identifier representing the country in which a person resides, or an organization exists
3.5.24
address location descriptor
description of the location of an address relative to another physical site
3.5.25
address line
composite of one or more standard address components that describe a low level of geographical and
physical description of a location that, used in conjunction with the other high-level address components,
forms a complete geographical or physical address
3.5.26
address geocode datum
reference frame that defines the position of locations on Earth using geodetic coordinates
3.5.27
address geocode latitude
geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the earth’s surface relative to the
equator
3.5.28
address geocode longitude
geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the earth’s surface relative to
Greenwich
3.5.29
address geocode altitude
geographic coordinate that specifies the vertical position of a point on the earth’s surface relative to ocean
level
3.6 Terms related to person’s electronic communication data elements
3.6.1
electronic communication type
unique designation to indicate the communication mechanism for use
3.6.2
electronic communication detail
unique combination of characters used as input to electronic telecommunication equipment for the purpose
of contact and correspondence.
3.6.3
electronic contact usage
representation of the manner of use that a person or organization applies to a specific electronic
communication detail (3.6.2)
3.7 Terms related to person’s address communication suppression data elements
3.7.1
suppression flag
unique representation that identifies a person’s address details may be subject to suppression
3.7.2
suppression start date
effective start date from which the suppression flag (3.7.1) was or is to be subject to a suppression order
3.7.3
suppression end date
effective end date from which the suppression flag (3.7.1) was or is to be subject to a suppression order
3.8 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider identification data
elements
3.8.1
healthcare provider profession type
unique designation of the professional title of a person recognized by a specific regulated field of practice as
defined by the profession’s registration body
3.8.2
healthcare provider profession identifier
number or identifier allocated to the health profession by the profession’s registration body
3.8.3
healthcare provider area of profession
unique designation of the geographic area within which the provider identifier is used
3.8.4
healthcare provider profession start date
date the healthcare provider commenced practice in the health profession as advised by the profession’s
registration body
3.9 Terms related to an individual healthcare provider demographic data element
3.9.1
healthcare provider language
unique designation of the language, in addition to English, in which the healthcare provider has identified as
being clinically proficient
3.10 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider qualification data
elements
3.10.1
healthcare provider qualification title
unique designation of the title of a professional qualification held by the individual healthcare provider
3.10.2
healthcare provider qualification awarding institution
unique designation of the institution that awarded a professional qualification held by the individual
healthcare provider
3.10.3
healthcare provider qualification country
unique designation of the country in which the institution that awarded a professional qualification held by
the individual healthcare provider is domiciled

3.10.4
healthcare provider qualification year
year in which the institution awarded the professional qualification held by the individual healthcare
provider
3.10.5
healthcare provider qualification end date
date on which the healthcare provider’s qualification is no longer valid
3.11 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider place of practice data
elements
3.11.1
healthcare provider place of practice locality
designation of the city, suburb or town of the individual healthcare provider place of practice address
3.11.2
healthcare provider place of practice state or province
unique designation of the state province or territory of the individual healthcare provider place of practice
address
3.11.3
healthcare provider place of practice post code
designation for a postal delivery area, as defined by the postal service for the individual healthcare provider
place of practice address
3.11.4
healthcare provider place of practice country
unique designation for the country of the individual healthcare provider place of practice address
3.11.5
healthcare provider place of practice edit date
date the record (3.1.2) for place of practice identified by the individual healthcare provider was changed
3.12 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider registration
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ISO/CD TSDTS 22220.2
ISO/TC 215/ WG 3 and 1
Secretariat: ANSI
Date: 2026-01-1803-19
Health informatics — Identification of persons, healthcare
providers and healthcare organizations

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Contents
Foreword . vi
Introduction . vii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
3.1 General terms . 2
3.2 Terms related to person’s identifier data elements . 3
3.3 Terms related to person’s name data elements . 3
3.4 Terms related to additional person’s demographic data elements . 5
3.5 Terms related to person’s address data elements . 6
3.6 Terms related to person’s electronic communication data elements . 8
3.7 Terms related to person’s address communication suppression data elements . 8
3.8 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider identification data
elements . 9
3.9 Terms related to an individual healthcare provider demographic data element . 9
3.10 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider qualification data elements9
3.11 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider place of practice data
elements . 10
3.12 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider registration data elements10
3.13 Terms related to the individual professional healthcare provider special restrictions or
extensions to practice . 11
3.14 Terms related to an individual unregulated healthcare provider group . 13
3.15 Terms related to the healthcare organization identifier data elements . 13
3.16 Terms related to the healthcare organization name data elements . 13
3.17 Terms related to the healthcare organization address data elements . 14
4 Components of data elements . 14
4.1 General . 14
4.2 Data element structure . 14
4.3 Data elements by use case . 16
5 Person identification . 16
5.1 General . 16
5.2 Person identifier group . 18
5.3 Person name group . 19
5.4 Additional person demographics . 26
5.5 Person address group . 30
5.6 Electronic communications . 36
5.7 Address communication suppression . 37
6 Individual healthcare provider identification . 38
6.1 General . 38
6.2 Individual professional healthcare provider group . 40
6.3 Individual healthcare provider demographic group . 41
6.4 Individual healthcare provider qualification title group . 42
6.5 Individual healthcare provider place of practice group . 43
6.6 Individual healthcare provider registration group . 45
6.7 Individual healthcare provider special restrictions or extensions to practice . 47
6.8 Individual unregulated healthcare provider group . 54
7 Healthcare organization . 55
7.1 General . 55
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7.2 Healthcare organization identifier group . 56
7.3 Healthcare organization name group . 57
7.4 Healthcare organization address group . 59
Bibliography . 63

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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through
ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been
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ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).
ISO draws attention to the possibility that the implementation of this document may involve the use of (a)
patent(s). ISO takes no position concerning the evidence, validity or applicability of any claimed patent rights
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC215TC 215, Health informatics.
This secondthird edition of ISO/TS 22220 cancels and replaces the first editions of ISO/TS 22220:2011 and
ISO/TS 27527:2010. Both standards, which have been combined and technically revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— further elaboration on the sex and gender related data elements related to person identification;
− by combining these two standards there is less repetition related to the person identification that was
present in both standards
— the term “subject of care” has been replaced with the term “person” since it now applies to individual
healthcare providers and patients;
— a general refresh on all of the data elements have been updated;
— three use cases were added that included, including conformance for each use case.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
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Introduction
The healthcare system relies heavily on the ability to uniquely and accurately identify a person, an individual
healthcare provider, and healthcare organizations when they attend for care. The healthcare system and the
digital health technologies that support the healthcare require accuracy and consistency in the collection of,
the sharing and the exchange data concerning individual person, an individual healthcare provider, and
healthcare organization.
More effective communication between healthcare providers is key to securing closer co-operation, improving
the handling of persons in terms of quality and continuity of care and prevention, and promoting health system
efficiency.
Reliable identification of the individual has always been a critical part of the healthcare process. The ability of
computerized systems to support and enhance the manual process of identification is vital, as is the ability of
these systems to identify individuals, individual healthcare providers and healthcare organizations when
communicating patient information electronically. High quality identification is necessary to ensure that
healthcare professionals have access to patient information, facilitating closer co-ordination and continuity of
care and improving service in terms of prevention and follow-up. Modern service delivery networks result in
greater flows of persons and services across national, functional, jurisdictional, and professional boundaries.
However, high quality identification can be very complex in a more integrated healthcare environment.
Within healthcare service delivery environments, the process of positively identifying persons entails
matching data supplied manually, electronically or through hard documentation by those persons against data
the healthcare provider holds about them. This process occurs both manually, increasingly with computer
support, and electronically, where systems have to communicate information about individuals securely and
accurately. Impediments to high quality identification include variable data quality[5], (see the
ISO/TS 16599 series), inadequately considered manual identification processes, differing data capture
requirements and mechanisms, and varying data matching methods.
This document identifies the data elements and relevant structure, and content of the data used to identify
individuals, individual healthcare providerproviders and healthcare organizations in a healthcare setting. In
addition, it provides support to the identification of individuals, individual healthcare providerproviders and
healthcare organizations in a consistent manner between systems that will support the natural changes in
usage and application of the various names used by people over time.
This document addresses the business requirements of identification as well as the data needed to improve
the confidence of healthcare providers and person identification. It defines the data used to identify persons
and the business processes associated with this activity, whether computerized or manual. It is intended to be
used both to support the processes of the identification of persons by individuals and computerized
identification in automated matching systems.
Within a healthcare service delivery context, the process of positively identifying individuals entails matching
data supplied by those individuals against data the service provider holds about them. The ability to positively
identify individuals and to locate their relevant details is critical to the provision of speedy, safe, high quality,
comprehensive and efficient healthcare. The benefits of positive identification include:
— less time wasted and inconvenience generated in hunting for or re-gathering information about the
individual, which translates to more efficient healthcare;
— more complete and accurate information on which to base potentially life-critical clinical decisions;
— fewer duplicate entries for an individual, leading to less duplication of testing and prescribing;
— safer treatment from having clinical details for the rightcorrect individual;
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— more complete and accurate information on which to base potential data use and disclosure decisions.
The delivery of healthcare is undergoing a paradigm change, brought about by changing consumer
expectations, technological advances, economic pressures, socio-demographic change and changes in the
patterns of health and ill health in communities.
These new service directions will necessitate a much greater flow of information on persons and services
across functional, jurisdictional, administrative and professional boundaries. In a more integrated healthcare
environment, positive identification is no less critical but is much more complex. Population mobility and
multiple points of access to the healthcare system led to the accumulation of subject-related data in a variety
of fragmented, unrelated repositories. Positive person identification is recognized around the world as a
critical success factor for healthcare reform.
Below are someSome examples of the many barriers to successfully identifying individuals in healthcare
settings. are:
— Variablevariable data quality and changes in key identifying information over time.
— The patient'sthe patient’s capacity to provide information. In a healthcare environment, it is important
that the identification system can cope with the fact that people'speople’s memories and capacity to
communicate vary according to their mental and physical capacity and to their willingness to seek and
receive care. Information is often provided by third parties (family and friends) who might know the
person by a preferred name rather than by the person'sperson’s formal name.
— Differingdiffering data capture requirements and mechanisms and varying data matching methods. This
document provides a framework for improving the confidence of healthcare providers and persons alike
so that the data being associated with any given individual, and upon which clinical decisions are made,
are appropriately associated, and suited to the flexibility of the healthcare setting.
— Thethe need to respect the wishes of the person. If the system is unable to accommodate the wishes of an
individual who prefers that others not know their full name, or who prefers to be known by a preferred
name or nickname patients, this patient might not seek healthcare. System planning is required to consider
how to communicate the formal name when required to other systems and also to capture and share the
preferred name so as not to cause unnecessary stress to the person or confuse family and friends during
healthcare encounters.
Where permitted by law, data matching can be undertaken in a variety of contexts and settings, including for
administrative purposes. However, the specific focus of this document is the positive identification of persons,
individual healthcare providers and healthcare organizations for healthcare service delivery purposes. It is
recognized that implementations in different systems and national settings might vary according to local
needs.
It is recognized that this document can support national client registry projects in healthcare but does not
represent a registry content, structural or operational specification.
The positive and unique identification of persons within and between healthcare organizations is a critical
event in health service delivery, with direct implications for the safety and quality of healthcare.
It is important that responsibilities for the quality, capture, storage and use of identifying data for persons,
including implementation of this document are clearly and unambiguously assigned within the organization,
and documented in relevant policies, procedures and work instructions.
Users of this document can refer to relevant privacy legislation, authentication and authorization
specifications and other guidelines so as not to breach personal privacy in their collection, use, storage and
disclosure of person information.
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Relevant staff can receive training that highlights the nature, importance and health benefits of high-quality
procedures for the capture, storage and use of health identifying data and the safety implications of errors and
duplications of person and organization information.
Business processes associated with the capture, storage and use of subject identifying data can be designed
and continuously improved to ensure that accurate, consistent, and complete data collection, communication
and storage practices are used.
There are several data elements defined in this document that are also common terms, such as date of birth.
Although the meaning of the data element is evident, all data elements must be defined to include context and
usage within the overall information model covering the scope of this standarddocument.
[9]
The Australian Person and provider identification in healthcare standard ({1) and ISO/IEC 11179-3:2023,
Information technology — Metadata registries (MDR) — Part 3: Metamodel for registry common facilities [4]
were leveraged in the development of this document.
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Health informatics — Identification of persons, healthcare providers
and healthcare organizations
1 Scope
This document indicates the data elements and structure suited to accurately and consistently identify
persons, (including subjects of care and healthcare providers)), healthcare providers and healthcare
organizations. The data elements names and definitiondefinitions are provided in Clause 3clauses 3.4-3.17
with; the full data element definitional structure is given in Clauses 5clauses 5, 6, 6 and 7 7. . This document
identifies conformance requirements in the following use cases:
— populatePopulate and manage an index or registry. This can include the storage of a person, healthcare
provider or organization within an index or registry.
— recordRecord or share information for administrative purposes.
— recordRecord or share information for clinical purposes.
Application of this document will increase the capacity for data access. Authorization of such access is
determined by the application of legislation, organizational policies and guidelines, and professional ethics.
It is recognized that specific applications might require additional data to fulfil their purpose, such as value
sets or adjustments to conformance requirements. This document provides a generic set of identifying
information, which is application-independent. Implementations in different healthcare environments and
national settings couldcan require the establishment of data sub-sets, additional guidelines and rules in the
use of the data elements.
The following is consideredare outside the scope of this document:
— additionalAdditional factors to be considered in providing access to distributed person data, including
privacy, security, authentication, access, and data transfer mechanisms; and.
— the collectionCollection and processing of data for purposes other than the identification of persons and
their associated records, even though some of the data elements collected for identification maycan be
used for other purposes such as the determination and delivery of care, the compilation of statistics,
contact tracing and reimbursement.
— This includes clinical content, care processes, and financial identifiers not used for person or provider
identification.
— handlingHandling of person electronic consent in forms and other use cases is out of scope for, although
this standard but maycan be considered for addition by implementers and dependent on electronic
signature policy for medical records.
— Naming conventions, and rules for specifying data element names, and rules for specifying data element
definitions.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 3166-1:2020(en)
ISO 18530:2021(en) Health informatics — Automatic identification and data capture marking and labelling —
Subject of care and individual provider identification
ISO 3166-1:2020(en) Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country
code
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1 General terms
3.1.1 3.1.1
capture
deliberate action, which results in the registration of a record (3.1.23.1.3) into a record keeping system
3.1.2 3.1.3
record
information created, received and maintained as an asset by an organization or person in the transaction of
business and kept as evidence of such activity
Note 1 to entry: Adapted from ISO 15489-1.

:2016, 3.1.414.
3.1.3
registration
act of giving a record (3.1.2) a unique identity in a record keeping system
3.1.4 3.1.5
storage
function of storing records (3.1.2) for future retrieval and use
3.1.5 3.1.6
data element
basic unit of identifiable and definable data
[SOURCE: ISO 2146:2010, 3.4]
3.1.6 3.1.7
logical data type
kind of data that can be included in a field based on foundational notions in computer science and mathematics
without implementation details
Note 1 to entry: physical Physical datatypes generally additionally specify storage requirements and or metadata -, or
both ‒ for instance an integer is a real number without fractional component, whereas a Java ‘int’ is a representation of
an integer that is four bytes long, storing whole numbers from -‒2 147 483 648 to [phone].
3.2 Terms related to person’s identifier data elements
3.2.1 3.2.1
person identifier designation
number or code assigned to a person by an organization, establishment, agency or domain in order to uniquely
identify that person as a subject of healthcare within that healthcare organization, establishment, agency or
domain
3.2.2 3.2.2
person identifier issuer
organization, agency or provider that allocates a person identifier designation (3.2.1)
3.2.3 3.2.3
person identifier type
type of the identifier for use within the organization or jurisdiction
3.2.4 3.2.4
person identifier geographic area
geographic scope within which this identifier is used
3.2.5 3.2.5
person identification comment
comments recorded for a person where follow up to distinguish between two or more subjects with the same
or similar demographic information may be required
3.3 Terms related to person’s name data elements
3.3.1 3.3.1
name title
honorific form of address commencing a name, used when addressing a person by name, whether by mail, by
phone, or, depending upon cultural situation, in person
3.3.2 3.3.2
name title sequence number
indicator of the order of use for name titles (3.3.1)
3.3.3 3.3.3
personal pronoun
nouns or noun-phrases specified by the person to be used when replacing the person’s name when referring
to the patient in speech, in clinical notes, and in written instructions to caregivers
3.3.4 3.3.4
pronoun start date
date at which a pronoun starts to be used
3.3.5 3.3.5
pronoun end date
date at which a pronoun is not to be used
3.3.6 3.3.6
family name
part of a name a person usually has in common with some other members of their family, as distinguished
)
from his/herthe person’s given names (3.3.8
3.3.7 3.3.7
family name sequence number
indicator of the order of use for family names (3.3.6)
3.3.8 3.3.8
given name
person'sperson’s identifying name (or names(s) within the family group or by which the person is uniquely
socially identified
3.3.9 3.3.9
given name sequence number
indicator of the order of use for given names (3.3.8)
3.3.10 3.3.10
name suffix
additional term used to follow a person'sperson’s name to identify a person usually in relation to others in the
person’s family, or to acknowledge qualifications, positions held, and honours awarded
3.3.11 3.3.11
name suffix sequence number
indicator of the order of use for name suffix (3.3.103.3.10)
3.3.12 3.3.12
name usage
classification that identifies the use and purpose of the name to enable differentiation between names
3.3.13 3.3.13
name usage start date
date at which thisthe name usage (3.3.123.3.12) for the name to which the usage is associated starts
3.3.14 3.3.14
name usage end date
date at which thisthe name usage (3.3.123.3.12) for the name to which the usage is associated ceased to be
used
3.3.15 3.3.15
name usage identifier
designation used to represent the individual in a specific organization or situations; for example, the name
associated with a specific healthcare number
3.3.16EXAMPLE The name associated with a specific healthcare number.
3.3.16
name usage restriction type
indicator of specific conditions or rules to be applied to a particular name
3.3.17 3.3.17
name usage restriction start date
date at which a name usage restriction type (3.3.163.3.16) starts
3.3.18 3.3.18
name usage restriction end date
date at which a name usage restriction type (3.3.163.3.16) ends
3.4 Terms related to additional person’s demographic data elements
3.4.1 3.4.1
date of birth
date, as exact as possible, when the person is known or estimated to have been born
3.4.2 3.4.2
date of birth accuracy indicator
indication of the accuracy of a date of birth (3.4.13.4.1)
3.4.3 3.4.3
date of birth follow-up indicator
flag that indicates when the current date of birth (3.4.13.4.1) requires follow-up to obtain a more accurate date
3.4.4 3.4.4
birth plurality
indicator of multiple births showing the total number of births resulting from a single pregnancy
3.4.5 3.4.5
birth order
sequential order of this person in a multiple birth regardless of live or still birth
3.4.6 3.4.6
country of birth
country in which the person was born
3.4.7 3.4.7
province of birth
state, province or territory in which the person was born
3.4.8 3.4.8
locality of birth
town or equivalent location in which the person was born
3.4.9
3.4.9 mother's
mother’s original family name
original family name (3.3.6) of the person’s mother
3.4.93.4.10 3.4.10
date of death
specific date when a person is declared deceased. 3.4.11
3.4.103.4.11
date of death follow-up indicator
flag that indicates when the date of death requires follow-up
3.4.113.4.12 3.4.12
source of death notification
source of information about a person'sperson’s death
3.4.123.4.13 3.4.13
sex at birth
sex of the person documented at birth
3.4.133.4.14 3.4.14
recorded sex or gender
documentation of a specific instance of sex or gender information where only one data field for sex and gender
is available and where it is found in the local system or historical documentation
3.4.143.4.15
3.4.15
gender identity
individual'sindividual’s personal sense of being a man, woman, or nonbinary
3.4.153.4.16
3.4.16
gender identity start date
date at which a gender identity (3.4.153.4.15) starts
3.4.163.4.17 3.4.17
gender identity end date
date at which a gender identity (3.4.15identity3.4.15) ends
3.5 Terms related to a person’s address data elements
3.5.1 3.5.1
address purpose
role or use of the address by the individual or organization
3.5.2 3.5.2
address type
representation of the type of address in order to distinguish the type of physical or virtual address
3.5.3 3.5.3
address type start date
date on which the address type (3.5.23.5.2) is first applicable to the person
3.5.4 3.5.4
address type end date
the date on which the address type (3.5.23.5.2) is no longer applicable to the person
3.5.5 3.5.5
address status
status of a person’s or organization’s address
3.5.6 3.5.6
address status start date
date when the address status (3.5.53.5.5) was first used
3.5.7 3.5.7
address status end date
date when this address status (3.5.53.5.5) was or is no longer to be used
3.5.8 3.5.8
address unit type
specification of the type of a separately identifiable portion (address unit) within a building or complex, etc.
to clearly distinguish it from another
3.5.9 3.5.9
address unit number
identifier to distinguish an address within a building or complex
3.5.10 3.5.10
address site name
full name used to identify the physical building or property as part of its address
3.5.11 3.5.11
address floor number type
descriptor used to classify the type of floor or level of a multi-storey building/ or complex
3.5.12 3.5.12
address floor number
descriptor used to identify the floor or level of a multi-storey building/ or complex
3.5.13 3.5.13
address street number
identifier of a house or property that is unique within a street name, suburb
3.5.14 3.5.14
address lot number
lot reference allocated to an address in the absence of street numbering
3.5.15 3.5.15
address street name
name that identifies a public thoroughfare and differentiates it from others in the same suburb/, town/ or
locality
3.5.16 3.5.16
address street type
designation that identifies the type of public thoroughfare
3.5.17 3.5.17
address street suffix
term used to qualify street name issued for directional references
3.5.18 3.5.18
postal delivery type
unique designation forming part of the mailing address for the channel of postal service as defined by the post
office
3.5.19 3.5.19
postal delivery number
number forming part of the mailing address for the channel of postal service as defined by the post office
3.5.20 3.5.20
address locality
full name of the city, suburb, or town containing the specific address
3.5.21
3.5.21 State
state or territory or province identifier designation
identifier of the province, state or territory in which a person resides, or an organization exists
3.5.213.5.22 3.5.22
postal code
designation for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place for the address as defined by the
postal service
3.5.223.5.23 3.5.23
country identifier designation
identifier representing the country in which a person resides, or an organization exists
3.5.233.5.24 3.524
address location descriptor
description of the location of an address relative to another physical site
3.5.243.5.25 3.5.25
address line
composite of one or more standard address components that describe a low level of geographical
andphysicaland physical description of a location that, used in conjunction with the other high-level address
components i, forms a complete geographical or physical address
3.5.253.5.26 3.5.26
address geocode datum
geodetic datum, or geodetic reference system, is a reference frame that defines the position of locations on
Earth using geodetic coordinates
3.5.263.5.27 3.5.27
address geocode latitude
geographic coordinate that specifies the north–-south position of a point on the earth’s surface relative to the
equator
3.5.273.5.28 3.5.28
address geocode longitude
geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the earth’s surface relative to
Greenwich
3.5.283.5.29 3.5.29
address geocode altitude
geographic coordinate that specifies the vertical position of a point on the earth’s surface relative to ocean
level
3.6 Terms related to a person’s electronic communication data elements
3.6.1 3.6.1
electronic communication type
unique designation to indicate the communication mechanism for use
3.6.2 3.6.2
electronic communication detailsdetail
unique combination of characters used as input to electronic telecommunication equipment for the purpose
of contact and correspondence.
3.6.3 3.6.3
electronic contact usage
representation of the manner of use that a person or organization applies to a specific electronic
communication detail (3.6.2)
3.7 Terms related to a person’s address communication suppression data elements
3.7.1 3.7.1
suppression flag
unique representation that identifies a person’s address details may be subject to suppression
3.7.2 3.7.2
suppression start date
effective start date from which the suppression flag (3.7.13.7.1) was or is to be subject to a suppression order
3.7.3 3.7.3
suppression end date
effective end date from which thisthe suppression flag (3.7.13.7.1) was or is to be subject to a suppression
order
3.8 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider identification data
elements
3.8.1 3.8.1
healthcare provider profession type
unique designation of the professional title of a person recognized by a specific regulated field of practice as
defined by the profession’s registration body
3.8.2 3.8.2
healthcare provider profession identifier
number or identifier allocated to the health profession by the profession’s registration body
3.8.3 3.8.3
healthcare provider area of profession
unique designation of the geographic area within which the provider identifier is used
3.8.4 3.8.4
healthcare provider profession start date
date the healthcare provider commenced practice in the health profession as advised by the profession’s
registration body
3.9 Terms related to an individual healthcare provider demographic data element
3.9.1 3.9.1
healthcare provider language
unique designation of the language, in addition to English, in which the healthcare provider has identified as
being clinically proficient
3.10 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider qualification data
elements
3.10.1 3.10.1
healthcare provider qualification title
unique designation of the title of a professional qualification held by the individual healthcare provider
3.10.2 3.10.2
healthcare provider qualification awarding institution
unique designation of the institution that awarded a professional qualification held by the individual
healthcare provider
3.10.3 3.10.3
healthcare provider qualification country
unique designation of the country in which the institution that awarded a professional qualification held by
the individual healthcare provider is domiciled
3.10.4 3.10.4
healthcare provider qualification year
year in which the institution awarded the professional qualification held by the individual healthcare provider
3.10.5 3.10.5
healthcare provider qualification end date
date on which the healthcare provider’s qualification is no longer valid
3.11 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider place of practice data
elements
3.11.1 3.11.1
healthcare provider place of practice locality
designation of the city, suburb, or town of the individual healthcare provider place of practice address
3.11.2 3.11.2
healthcare provider place of practice state or province
unique designation of the state province or territory of the individual healthcare provider place of practice
address
3.11.3 3.11.3
healthcare provider place of practice post code
designation for a postal delivery area, as defined by the postal service for the individual healthcare provider
place of practice address
3.11.4 3.11.4
healthcare provider place of practice country
unique designation for the country of the individual healthcare provider place of practice address
3.11.5 3.11.5
healthcare provider place of practice edit date
date the record (3.1.2) for place of practice identified by the individual healthcare provider was changed
3.12 Terms related to individual professional healthcare provider registration data
elements
3.12.1 3.12.1
healthcare provider registration sequence designation
additional number or text added to the healthcare provider profession identifier designation to identify
different registration records (3.1.2) for each individual healthcare provider
3.12.2 3.12.2
healthcare provider registration division
unique designation of the highest-level professional category within which an individual healthcare provider
is registered
3.12.3 3.12.3
healthcare provider registration type
unique designation of the extent of registration awarded to the individual healthcare provider by the
registration body
3.12.4 3.12.4
healthcare provider registration sub-type
unique designation of the registration specification to differentiate the registration type more clearly
3.12.5 3.12.5
healthcare provider registration status
unique designation that indicates whether the registration of the individual healthcare provider is active or
restricted in some way
3.12.6 3.12.6
healthcare provider registration sub-status
unique designation of the current sub-status of an individual healthcare provider registration
3.12.7 3.12.7
healthcare provider registration start date
date on which the individual healthcare provider registration was specified to start by the registration board
3.12.8 3.12.8
healthcare provider registration status end date
date the individual healthcare provider registration is expected to end unless the registration is renewed
3.12.9 3.12.9
healthcare provider speciality
unique designation of the health specialty recognized by a specialist college and practiced by the
Individualindividual healthcare provider
3.12.10 3.12.10
healthcare provider field of sub-specialty practice
unique designation of the field of specialty within a healthcare provider specialty recognized by a specialist
college and practiced by the individual healthcare provider
3.13 Terms related to the individual professional healthcare provider special restrictions or
extensions to practice
3.13.1 3.13.1
healthcare provider registration endorsement identifier
endorsement identifier provided by a registration authority to identify the individual healthcare provider’s
endorsement
3.13.2 3.13.2
healthcare provider registration endorsement type
permitted scope of practice of the individual healthcare provider beyond that of their professional group
3.13.3 3.13.3
healthcare provider registration endorsement detail
information explaining the special conditions of endorsement placed on the registration of the individual
healthcare provider
3.13.4 3.13.4
healthcare provider registration endorsement start date
date on which the healthcare provider’s registration endorsement was specified to start
3.13.5 3.13.5
healthcare provider registration endorsement end date
date on which the healthcare provider’s registration endorsement was due to end or is considered no longer
active
3.13.6 3.13.6
healthcare provider registration condition identifier
designation to indicate a specific instance of a condition on an individual healthcare provider’s permission to
practice
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