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# CareTeam

> The Care Team includes all the people and organizations who plan to participate in the coordination and delivery of care for a patient.

## Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| identifier | No | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[] | External Ids for this team |
| status | No | code | proposed / active / suspended / inactive / entered-in-error |
| category | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[] | Type of team |
| name | No | string | Name of the team, such as crisis assessment team |
| subject | No | Reference\<[Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient) / [Group](/medical-api/fhir/resources/group)> | Who care team is for |
| encounter | No | Reference\<[Encounter](/medical-api/fhir/resources/encounter)> | Encounter created as part of |
| period | No | [Period](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/period) | Time period team covers |
| participant | No | CareTeamParticipant | Members of the team |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - role | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[] | Type of involvement |
| - member | No | Reference\<[Practitioner](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitioner) / [PractitionerRole](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitionerrole) / [RelatedPerson](/medical-api/fhir/resources/relatedperson) / [Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient) / [Organization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/organization) / [CareTeam](/medical-api/fhir/resources/careteam)> | Who is involved |
| - onBehalfOf | No | Reference\<[Organization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/organization)> | Organization of the practitioner |
| - period | No | [Period](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/period) | Time period of participant |
| reasonCode | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[] | Why the care team exists |
| reasonReference | No | Reference\<[Condition](/medical-api/fhir/resources/condition)>\[] | Why the care team exists |
| managingOrganization | No | Reference\<[Organization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/organization)>\[] | Organization responsible for the care team |
| telecom | No | [ContactPoint](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/contactpoint)\[] | A contact detail for the care team (that applies to all members) |
| note | No | [Annotation](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/annotation)\[] | Comments made about the CareTeam |

## Search Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
| - | - | - | - |
| date | date | Time period team covers | CareTeam.period |
| identifier | token | External Ids for this team | CareTeam.identifier |
| patient | reference | Who care team is for | CareTeam.subject |
| category | token | Type of team | CareTeam.category |
| encounter | reference | Encounter created as part of | CareTeam.encounter |
| participant | reference | Who is involved | CareTeam.participant.member |
| status | token | proposed / active / suspended / inactive / entered-in-error | CareTeam.status |
| subject | reference | Who care team is for | CareTeam.subject |

## Inherited Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| id | No | string | Logical id of this artifact |
| meta | No | [Meta](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/meta) | Metadata about the resource |
| implicitRules | No | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| language | No | code | Language of the resource content |
| text | No | [Narrative](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/narrative) | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained | No | Resource\[] | Contained, inline Resources |
| extension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| modifierExtension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored |

To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see [CareTeam](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/CareTeam).


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