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ContactPoint

The ContactPoint FHIR resource maps to the Contact​Point​Phone​ object in Salesforce.

FHIR V4.0 - Clinical Data Model Mapping

Here’s how the fields defined by FHIR for ContactPoint map to the fields in Salesforce.

Table 1. ContactPoint - Salesforce
Contact Point Resource Salesforce Field ​Type Salesforce Cardinality Notes
system Contact​Point​Phone​.Phone​Type Picklist 0.1 While FHIR defines contact​Point​​.system as a reference to a code set bundle, the Salesforce implementation is a picklist.
value Contact​Point​Phone​.Telephone​Number Phone 0.1 While FHIR defines contact​Point​​.value as a string, Contact​Point​Phone​.Telephone​Number is a phone data type.
Contact​Point​Phone​.Area​Code String 0.1 N/A
Contact​Point​Phone​.Extension​Number String 0.1 N/A
Contact.​Email ​Email 0.1 While FHIR defines contact​Point​​.value as a string, Contact.​Email is an email data type.
use Contact​Point​Phone​.Usage​Type Picklist 0.1 While FHIR defines contact​Point​​.use as a code, the Salesforce implementation is a picklist.
Contact​Point​Email​.Usage​Type Picklist 0.1
rank Contact​Point​Phone​.Preference​Rank Double 0.1 N/A
Contact​Point​Email​.Preference​Rank Double 0.1 N/A
period Contact​Point​Phone​.Active​From​Date​ ​Date​ 0.1 Because Salesforce doesn’t support a native period data type, the Salesforce implementation of contact​Point​​.period is flattened to a set of from and to dates.
Contact​Point​Phone​.Active​To​​Date​ ​Date​ 0.1
Contact​Point​Email​.Active​From​Date​ ​Date​ 0.1 Because Salesforce doesn’t support a native period data type, the Salesforce implementation of contact​Point​​.period is flattened to a set of from and to dates.
Contact​Point​Email​.Active​To​​Date​ ​Date​ 0.1