---
type: "resource"
title: "CareTeam"
resource: "CareTeam"
---
# CareTeam
## Introduction
## Scope and Usage
The CareTeam includes all the people, organizations, and care teams who participate or plan to participate in the coordination and delivery of care and is assigned to:
- a single patient, or
- a group (such as a married couple in therapy or a support group), or
- an event, prior to a subject being identified (such as a code blue team or emergency response team)
Care Team is not limited to practitioners, but may include other caregivers such as family members, guardians, the patient themself, or others. The Care Team, depending on where used, may include care team members specific to a particular care plan, an episode of care, an encounter, or may reflect all known team members across these perspectives. A CareTeam can be dynamic over time, such that there can be transience of team members, such as a rehabilitation team.
## Boundaries and Relationships
Care Team is distinct from the Group resource. The Group resource identifies an undifferentiated set of individuals who are intended to be the target of one or more clinical activities (e.g. set of clinical trial participants, set of individuals impacted by or at risk of a public health event, a herd or flock, etc.) The participants within a CareTeam are the individual members or organized group of individuals. CareTeam can be referenced by EpisodeOfCare, Encounter, or CarePlan to identify the set of individuals (and their respective roles) who are intended to be involved in providing the care defined by those resources.
## Background and Context
Provides additional detail on exactly how the resource is to be used.
## Notes
### Notes
The [Provenance](provenance) resource can be used for detailed review information, such as when the care team was last reviewed and by whom.
## StructureDefinition
### Elements (Simplified)
- **[CareTeam](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam)** [0..*]: - Planned participants in the coordination and delivery of care
- **[CareTeam.identifier](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.identifier)** [0..*]: [Identifier](/Identifier) External Ids for this team
- **[CareTeam.status](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.status)** [0..1]: [code](/code) required:[care-team-status](/valueset-care-team-status) proposed | active | suspended | inactive | entered-in-error
- **[CareTeam.category](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.category)** [0..*]: [CodeableConcept](/CodeableConcept) example:[care-team-category](/valueset-care-team-category) Type of team
- **[CareTeam.name](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.name)** [0..1]: [string](/string) Name of the team, such as crisis assessment team
- **[CareTeam.subject](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.subject)** [0..1]: [Reference(Patient](/Reference(Patient), [Group)](/Group)) Who care team is for
- **[CareTeam.period](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.period)** [0..1]: [Period](/Period) Time period team covers
- **[CareTeam.participant](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.participant)** [0..*]: [BackboneElement](/BackboneElement) Members of the team
- **[CareTeam.participant.role](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.participant.role)** [0..1]: [CodeableConcept](/CodeableConcept) example:[participant-role](/valueset-participant-role) Type of involvement
- **[CareTeam.participant.member](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.participant.member)** [0..1]: [Reference(Practitioner](/Reference(Practitioner), [PractitionerRole](/PractitionerRole), [RelatedPerson](/RelatedPerson), [Patient](/Patient), [Organization](/Organization), [CareTeam](/CareTeam), [Group](/Group), [HealthcareService)](/HealthcareService)) Who is involved
- **[CareTeam.participant.onBehalfOf](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.participant.onBehalfOf)** [0..1]: [Reference(Practitioner](/Reference(Practitioner), [PractitionerRole](/PractitionerRole), [RelatedPerson](/RelatedPerson), [Patient](/Patient), [Organization](/Organization), [CareTeam](/CareTeam), [Group](/Group), [HealthcareService)](/HealthcareService)) Entity that the participant is acting as a proxy of, or an agent of, or in the interest of, or as a representative of
- **[CareTeam.participant.effective[x]](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.participant.effective%5Bx%5D)** [0..1]: [Period](/Period), [Timing](/Timing) When the member is generally available within this care team
- **[CareTeam.participant.supportingInfo](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.participant.supportingInfo)** [0..*]: Reference([Resource](/Resource)) Basis for the member's participation
- **[CareTeam.reason](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.reason)** [0..*]: [CodeableReference](/CodeableReference) example:[clinical-findings](/valueset-clinical-findings) Why the care team exists
- **[CareTeam.managingOrganization](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.managingOrganization)** [0..*]: Reference([Organization](/Organization)) Organization responsible for the care team
- **[CareTeam.telecom](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.telecom)** [0..*]: [ContactPoint](/ContactPoint) A contact detail for the care team (that applies to all members)
- **[CareTeam.note](/careteam-definitions#CareTeam.note)** [0..*]: [Annotation](/Annotation) Comments made about the CareTeam
## Mappings
- [CareTeam Mappings](/careteam-mappings) — 19 mapping entries
## Implementation Guide
### implementationguide-CareTeam-core.xml
```xml
```
## Resource Packs
### list-CareTeam-packs.xml
```xml
-
```
## Search Parameters
- [category](/careteam-search#category) — **token** — Type of team — `CareTeam.category`
- [date](/careteam-search#date) — **date** — A date within the coverage time period. — `-`
- [identifier](/careteam-search#identifier) — **token** — External Ids for this team — `CareTeam.identifier`
- [name](/careteam-search#name) — **string** — Name of the team, such as crisis assessment team — `CareTeam.name | CareTeam.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/careteam-alias').value`
- [participant](/careteam-search#participant) — **reference** — Who is involved — `CareTeam.participant.member`
- [patient](/careteam-search#patient) — **reference** — Who care team is for — `CareTeam.subject.where(resolve() is Patient)`
- [status](/careteam-search#status) — **token** — proposed | active | suspended | inactive | entered-in-error — `CareTeam.status`
- [subject](/careteam-search#subject) — **reference** — Who care team is for — `CareTeam.subject`
[Full Search Parameters](/careteam-search)
## Examples
- [careteam-example](/careteam-example-careteam-example) — careteam-example
- [careteam-examples-header](/careteam-example-careteam-examples-header) — careteam-examples-header
- [example](/careteam-example-example) — careteam-example — Care Team to address obesity
[Full Examples](/careteam-examples)
## Mapping Exceptions
### careteam-fivews-mapping-exceptions.xml
### Unmapped Elements
- **FiveWs.what** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.recorded** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.author** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.cause** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.version** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.witness** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.where** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.context** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.source** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.who** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.grade** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.planned** — Unknown
- **FiveWs.done** — Unknown
### careteam-participant-mapping-exceptions.xml
### Divergent Elements
- **Participant.identifier** → **CareTeam.identifier**
- shortUnmatched | reason=Unknown | pattern=Business Identifier for care team | resource=External Ids for this team
- definitionUnmatched | reason=Unknown | pattern=Business identifiers assigned to this care team by one of the applications involved. These identifiers remain constant as the resource is updated and propagates from server to server. | resource=Business identifiers assigned to this care team by the performer or other systems which remain constant as the resource is updated and propagates from server to server.
- commentsUnmatched | reason=Unknown | pattern=Note: This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see [discussion](resource.html#identifiers)). It is best practice for the identifier to only appear on a single resource instance, however business practices may occasionally dictate that multiple resource instances with the same identifier can exist - possibly even with different resource types. For example, multiple Patient and a Person resource instance might share the same social insurance number. | resource=This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see [discussion](resource.html#identifiers)). It is best practice for the identifier to only appear on a single resource instance, however business practices may occasionally dictate that multiple resource instances with the same identifier can exist - possibly even with different resource types. For example, multiple Patient and a Person resource instance might share the same social insurance number.
- **Participant.active** → **CareTeam.status**
- missingTypes | reason=Unknown | pattern=boolean
- extraTypes | reason=Unknown
- shortUnmatched | reason=Unknown | pattern=Whether the care team is currently active | resource=proposed | active | suspended | inactive | entered-in-error
- definitionUnmatched | reason=Unknown | pattern=Whether this care team record is in active use. | resource=Indicates the current state of the care team.
- **Participant.name** → **CareTeam.name**
- shortUnmatched | reason=Unknown | pattern=A name for the care team | resource=Name of the team, such as crisis assessment team
- definitionUnmatched | reason=Unknown | pattern=Description of the care team as presented to a consumer while searching. | resource=A label for human use intended to distinguish like teams. E.g. the "red" vs. "green" trauma teams.