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Practitioner specialty table

The Practitioner specialty [sn_hcls_practitioner_specialty] table stores the association details of a specialty with a practitioner.

Key features

  • Links the practitioner to multiple care specialties that the practitioner specializes in.
  • Enables supported care specialties models in the Healthcare code set [sn_hcls_code_set] table.
  • Provides a reference to the practitioner and the code set of type care specialty.
  • Includes a reference to the practitioner type (also modeled as a code set).
  • Enables indicating whether location is the primary specialty for a practitioner.

Role required to configure the table: sn_hcls.admin.

For more information, see Healthcare and Life Sciences data model.

FieldData typeDescription
ActiveTrue/FalseOption to indicate whether the specialty is associated with the practitioner.
PractitionerReferencePerson added as the practitioner.
Practitioner typeReferenceType of the practitioner.
SourceReferenceSource system details of an external healthcare system in a ServiceNow instance.
SpecialtyReferenceSpecialty of the practitioner.

Parent Topic:Healthcare and Life Sciences data model tables