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Facility

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A facility typically describes a hospital or clinic that provides imaging services.

Properties

Property

Description

Code

A code that uniquely identifies the facility.

Name

The name of the facility. Must also be unique.

Information Authority

The information authority that the facility is associated with.

Notes

Information authorities are defined as an enumeration.  An information authority is an entity that acts as the authoritative store of patient data for a facility, typically a Hospital Information System (HIS).  More than one facility may be associated with a single information authority.