Person
Class LanguageCapability

The language communication capabilities for a Person.
"The patient's primary language. HL7 recommends using ISO table 639" - HL7 Version 2.8, PID-15.
"The next of kin/associated party's primary speaking language." - HL7 Version 2.8, NK1-20.
"Languages which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health" - HL7 FHIR, Patient.communication.
"A language the practitioner can use in patient communication." - HL7 FHIR, Practitioner.communication

Attributes
Boolean isPreferred isPreferred

Specifies whether or not the language is preferred by the person for the associated method of expression.
"Indicates whether or not the Patient prefers this language (over other languages he masters up a certain level)." - HL7 FHIR, Patient.communication.preferred.

«CS» Code language language

A language for which the Person has some level of proficiency for written or spoken communication.
"The language about which the Staff Member has some knowledge. HL7 recommends using ISO 639 as the suggested values in User-defined Table 0296 – Primary Language." - HL7 Version 2.8, LAN-2.
"The next of kin/associated party's primary speaking language." - HL7 Version 2.8, NK1-20.
"The patient's primary language. HL7 recommends using ISO table 639" - HL7 Version 2.8, PID-15.
"The ISO-639-1 alpha 2 code in lower case for the language, optionally followed by a hyphen and the ISO-3166-1 alpha 2 code for the region in upper case. E.g. "en" for English, or "en-US" for American English versus "en-EN" for England English." - HL7 FHIR, Patient.communication.language.
"A language the practitioner can use in patient communication." - HL7 FHIR, Practitioner.communication
"The preferred language spoken by the client. This information is required by the United States Meaningful Use electronic health record incentive program." - HL7 Behavioral Health Record DAM R2, Client.preferredLanguage
"Preferred spoken language of communication as expressed by the patient." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Demographic.Pat Pref Language_Spoken

«CS» Code methodOfExpression methodOfExpression

The means by which the person is capable of communicating in the language. Examples of method of expression would be written and spoken.
"The ability the Staff Member possesses with respect to the language." Possible values (in Table 0403) include: Read; Write; Speak; Understand; Sign. - HL7 Version 2.8, LAN-3.

«CS» Code proficiencyLevel proficiencyLevel

"The level of knowledge the Staff Member possesses with respect to the language ability." Possible values (in Table 0404) include: Excellent; Good; Fair; Poor; Some (level unknown); None. - HL7 Version 2.8, LAN-4.
"A value representing the level of proficiency in a language." - HL7 V3.


Properties:

Alias
Classifier Behavior
Is Abstractfalse
Is Activefalse
Is Leaffalse
Keywords
NameLanguageCapability
Name Expression
NamespacePerson
Owned Template Signature
OwnerPerson
Owning Template Parameter
PackagePerson
Qualified NameFHIM::Person::LanguageCapability
Representation
Stereotype
Template Parameter
VisibilityPublic

Attribute Details

 isPreferred
Public Boolean isPreferred

Specifies whether or not the language is preferred by the person for the associated method of expression.
"Indicates whether or not the Patient prefers this language (over other languages he masters up a certain level)." - HL7 FHIR, Patient.communication.preferred.

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassLanguageCapability
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower0
Lower Value(0)
Multiplicity0..1
NameisPreferred
Name Expression
NamespaceLanguageCapability
Opposite
OwnerLanguageCapability
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Person::LanguageCapability::isPreferred
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeBoolean
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 language
Public «CS» Code language

A language for which the Person has some level of proficiency for written or spoken communication.
"The language about which the Staff Member has some knowledge. HL7 recommends using ISO 639 as the suggested values in User-defined Table 0296 – Primary Language." - HL7 Version 2.8, LAN-2.
"The next of kin/associated party's primary speaking language." - HL7 Version 2.8, NK1-20.
"The patient's primary language. HL7 recommends using ISO table 639" - HL7 Version 2.8, PID-15.
"The ISO-639-1 alpha 2 code in lower case for the language, optionally followed by a hyphen and the ISO-3166-1 alpha 2 code for the region in upper case. E.g. "en" for English, or "en-US" for American English versus "en-EN" for England English." - HL7 FHIR, Patient.communication.language.
"A language the practitioner can use in patient communication." - HL7 FHIR, Practitioner.communication
"The preferred language spoken by the client. This information is required by the United States Meaningful Use electronic health record incentive program." - HL7 Behavioral Health Record DAM R2, Client.preferredLanguage
"Preferred spoken language of communication as expressed by the patient." - PCORnet Common Data Model, Demographic.Pat Pref Language_Spoken

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassLanguageCapability
Terminologies[
HL7_FHIR_R4 Common Languages http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages
]
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower1
Lower Value(1)
Multiplicity1
Namelanguage
Name Expression
NamespaceLanguageCapability
Opposite
OwnerLanguageCapability
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Person::LanguageCapability::language
StereotypeValueSetConstraints
Template Parameter
Type«CS» Code
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 methodOfExpression
Public «CS» Code methodOfExpression

The means by which the person is capable of communicating in the language. Examples of method of expression would be written and spoken.
"The ability the Staff Member possesses with respect to the language." Possible values (in Table 0403) include: Read; Write; Speak; Understand; Sign. - HL7 Version 2.8, LAN-3.

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassLanguageCapability
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower0
Lower Value(0)
Multiplicity0..1
NamemethodOfExpression
Name Expression
NamespaceLanguageCapability
Opposite
OwnerLanguageCapability
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Person::LanguageCapability::methodOfExpression
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type«CS» Code
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 proficiencyLevel
Public «CS» Code proficiencyLevel

"The level of knowledge the Staff Member possesses with respect to the language ability." Possible values (in Table 0404) include: Excellent; Good; Fair; Poor; Some (level unknown); None. - HL7 Version 2.8, LAN-4.
"A value representing the level of proficiency in a language." - HL7 V3.

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association
Association End
ClassLanguageCapability
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower0
Lower Value(0)
Multiplicity0..1
NameproficiencyLevel
Name Expression
NamespaceLanguageCapability
Opposite
OwnerLanguageCapability
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::Person::LanguageCapability::proficiencyLevel
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type«CS» Code
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic