PRS

AssignedEntity conveys that an entity (person) is acting on behalf of an organization. HealthcareProvider conveys that a person is authorized to provide health care services by some authorizing agency. There is nothing in those two roles that explicitly or implicitly states that an AssignedEntity is also a HealthcareProvider. However, the Personnel Management information model allows you to assert that a particular AssignedEntity is also a HealthcareProvider by including a relatedTo role link association between the two roles.



You can see this in the Personnel Management DMIM model at http://www.hl7.org/v3ballot2007may/html/domains/uvpm/uvpm.htm#dmims-PRPM_DO000000UV-ic