Req HealthcareProviderRoleType Code for Orthopaedic Technologist

Hi Sisira,

I'll add this as an agenda item on Tuesday HL7 Community call. Would you be able to attend and perhaps speak to this a bit?

Hello,
As we expand our EHR to the Western Regional Health Authority we have begun mapping their Meditech MIS Providers to "HealthcareProviderRoleType" values set. We have encountered an issue when trying to match the "Orthopaedic Technologist" type currently in use in Western Health’s Meditech system. We have noticed that nothing in the "HealthcareProviderRoleType" value set that suitably matches the scope of duties this technologist performs.

Provider Type: Orthopaedic Technologist
Orthopaedic Technicians/Technologists are medically trained individuals who work under the direction of physicians and in collaboration with other members of the health care team of professionals. They provide care to clients with orthopaedic problems through the application, adjustment and removal of a variety of casts, splints and traction fittings.

We would very much appreciate if you could create a new code for "Orthopaedic Technologist".

Thanks,
Sisira (NLCHI)