---
type: "example"
title: "Person Example: person-example"
resource: "Person"
example: "person-example"
---
# Person Example: person-example

## Narrative

| Name | Peter James **Chalmers** ("Jim") |
| --- | --- |
| Address | 534 Erewhon, Pleasantville, Vic, 3999 |
| Contacts | Home: unknown. Work: (03) 5555 6473 |
| Id | MRN: 12345 (Acme Healthcare) |

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Person xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/person.xsd">
  <id value="example"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <table>
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td>Name</td>
            <td>Peter James <b>Chalmers</b> ("Jim")</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Address</td>
            <td>534 Erewhon, Pleasantville, Vic, 3999</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Contacts</td>
            <td>Home: unknown. Work: (03) 5555 6473</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Id</td>
            <td>MRN: 12345 (Acme Healthcare)</td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </div>
  </text>

  <!-- MRN assigned by ACME healthcare on 6-May 2001 -->
  <identifier>
    <use value="usual"/>
    <type>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/>
        <code value="MR"/>
      </coding>
    </type>
    <system value="urn:oid:1.2.36.146.595.217.0.1"/>
    <value value="12345"/>
    <period>
      <start value="2001-05-06"/>
    </period>
    <assigner>
      <display value="Acme Healthcare"/>
    </assigner>
  </identifier>

  <active value="true"/>

  <!-- Peter James Chalmers, but called "Jim" -->
  <name>
    <use value="official"/>
    <family value="Chalmers"/>
    <given value="Peter"/>
    <given value="James"/>
  </name>
  <name>
    <use value="usual"/>
    <given value="Jim"/>
  </name>

  <telecom>
    <use value="home"/>
    <!-- home communication details aren't known -->
  </telecom>
  <telecom>
    <system value="phone"/>
    <value value="(03) 5555 6473"/>
    <use value="work"/>
  </telecom>
  <telecom>
    <system value="email"/>
    <value value="Jim@example.org"/>
    <use value="home"/>
  </telecom>

  <!-- use FHIR code system for male / female -->
  <gender value="male" />
  <birthDate value="1974-12-25"/>

  <address>
    <use value="home"/>
    <line value="534 Erewhon St"/>
    <city value="PleasantVille"/>
    <state value="Vic"/>
    <postalCode value="3999"/>
  </address>

  <link>
    <target>
      <reference value="RelatedPerson/peter"/>
      <display value="Peter Chalmers"/>
    </target>
  </link>
  <link>
    <target>
      <reference value="Patient/example" />
      <display value="Peter Chalmers" />
    </target>
  </link>
</Person>
```