Magentus Practice Management FHIR Implementation Guide
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## Extension: PreferredContactMethod - JSON Profile

Active as of 2026-04-05

JSON representation of the preferred-contact-method extension.

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    {
      "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
      "id" : "preferred-contact-method",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "extensions",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition preferred-contact-method</b></p><a name=\"preferred-contact-method\"> </a><a name=\"hcpreferred-contact-method\"> </a><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;\"><tr style=\"border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top\"><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"The logical name of the element\">Name</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Information about the use of the element\">Flags</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance\">Card.</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; width: 100px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Reference to the type of the element\">Type</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Additional information about the element\">Description &amp; Constraints</a><span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64, \" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-preferred-contact-method-definitions.html#Extension\" title=\"The practitioner's preferred method of communication for receiving results and correspondence. Can indicate a secure messaging system (via identifier) or a telecom contact type.\">Extension</a><a name=\"Extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">*</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html#Extension\">Extension</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Preferred Contact Method</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_extension_simple.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Simple Extension\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a style=\"text-decoration:line-through; text-decoration:line-through\" href=\"StructureDefinition-preferred-contact-method-definitions.html#Extension.extension\">extension</a><a name=\"Extension.extension\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\"/><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">0</span><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">..</span><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">0</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Extension</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-preferred-contact-method-definitions.html#Extension.url\">url</a><a name=\"Extension.url\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5; opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#uri\">uri</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"color: darkgreen\">&quot;http://fhir.geniesolutions.io/StructureDefinition/preferred-contact-method&quot;</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_datatype.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-preferred-contact-method-definitions.html#Extension.value[x]\">value[x]</a><a name=\"Extension.value_x_\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">1</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept\">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">Value of extension</span><br class=\"binding\"/><span style=\"font-weight:bold\" title=\"null\" class=\"binding\">Binding: </span><a href=\"ValueSet-preferred-contact-method-vs.html\" title=\"http://fhir.geniesolutions.io/ValueSet/preferred-contact-method-vs\" class=\"binding\">Preferred Contact Method Value Set</a><span title=\"null\" class=\"binding\"> (</span><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/terminologies.html#extensible\" title=\"To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set if any of the codes within the value set can apply to the concept being communicated.  If the value set does not cover the concept (based on human review), alternate codings (or, data type allowing, text) may be included instead.\" class=\"binding\">extensible</a><span title=\"null\" class=\"binding\">)</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr><td colspan=\"5\" class=\"hierarchy\"><br/><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64, \" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>"
      },
      "url" : "http://fhir.geniesolutions.io/StructureDefinition/preferred-contact-method",
      "version" : "1.2.60",
      "name" : "PreferredContactMethod",
      "title" : "Preferred Contact Method",
      "status" : "active",
      "date" : "2026-04-05T21:47:41+00:00",
      "publisher" : "Magentus Practice Management",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "name" : "Magentus Practice Management",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "https://www.magentus.com/practice-management"
            },
            {
              "system" : "email",
              "value" : "andy.bond@magentus.com"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name" : "Magentus Practice Management",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "https://www.magentus.com/practice-management",
              "use" : "work"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "The practitioner's preferred method of communication for receiving results and correspondence. Can indicate a secure messaging system (via identifier) or a telecom contact type.",
      "jurisdiction" : [
        {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
              "code" : "AU"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
      "mapping" : [
        {
          "identity" : "rim",
          "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
          "name" : "RIM Mapping"
        }
      ],
      "kind" : "complex-type",
      "abstract" : false,
      "context" : [
        {
          "type" : "element",
          "expression" : "PractitionerRole"
        }
      ],
      "type" : "Extension",
      "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
      "derivation" : "constraint",
      "snapshot" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version",
            "valueString" : "4.0.1"
          }
        ],
        "element" : [
          {
            "id" : "Extension",
            "path" : "Extension",
            "short" : "Preferred Contact Method",
            "definition" : "The practitioner's preferred method of communication for receiving results and correspondence. Can indicate a secure messaging system (via identifier) or a telecom contact type.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Extension",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "condition" : [
              "ele-1"
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              },
              {
                "key" : "ext-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.id",
            "path" : "Extension.id",
            "representation" : [
              "xmlAttr"
            ],
            "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
            "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Element.id",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "extension" : [
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                    "valueUrl" : "string"
                  }
                ],
                "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "n/a"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension",
            "path" : "Extension.extension",
            "slicing" : {
              "discriminator" : [
                {
                  "type" : "value",
                  "path" : "url"
                }
              ],
              "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
              "rules" : "open"
            },
            "short" : "Extension",
            "definition" : "An Extension",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "0",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Element.extension",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "Extension"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              },
              {
                "key" : "ext-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.url",
            "path" : "Extension.url",
            "representation" : [
              "xmlAttr"
            ],
            "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension",
            "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
            "comment" : "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Extension.url",
              "min" : 1,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "extension" : [
                  {
                    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                    "valueUrl" : "uri"
                  }
                ],
                "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
              }
            ],
            "fixedUri" : "http://fhir.geniesolutions.io/StructureDefinition/preferred-contact-method",
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
              }
            ]
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          {
            "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
            "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
            "short" : "Value of extension",
            "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html) for a list).",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "CodeableConcept"
              }
            ],
            "constraint" : [
              {
                "key" : "ele-1",
                "severity" : "error",
                "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
                "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
              }
            ],
            "isModifier" : false,
            "isSummary" : false,
            "binding" : {
              "strength" : "extensible",
              "valueSet" : "http://fhir.geniesolutions.io/ValueSet/preferred-contact-method-vs"
            },
            "mapping" : [
              {
                "identity" : "rim",
                "map" : "N/A"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "differential" : {
        "element" : [
          {
            "id" : "Extension",
            "path" : "Extension",
            "short" : "Preferred Contact Method",
            "definition" : "The practitioner's preferred method of communication for receiving results and correspondence. Can indicate a secure messaging system (via identifier) or a telecom contact type."
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.extension",
            "path" : "Extension.extension",
            "max" : "0"
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.url",
            "path" : "Extension.url",
            "fixedUri" : "http://fhir.geniesolutions.io/StructureDefinition/preferred-contact-method"
          },
          {
            "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
            "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "CodeableConcept"
              }
            ],
            "binding" : {
              "strength" : "extensible",
              "valueSet" : "http://fhir.geniesolutions.io/ValueSet/preferred-contact-method-vs"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }