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Version: 3.1

User

Definition

A user in Care is the staff account of a person who works in your organization. Doctors, nurses, and administrators sign in to Care with this account. A user account is separate from a patient record.

A user is closest to two FHIR R5 resources. Practitioner holds the identity of a staff member. PractitionerRole holds the role of a person in an organization. Care does not implement these as literal FHIR resources. The mapping is approximate.

Key Attributes

ComponentsWhat it captures
PrefixThe title of the person, for example Dr., Mr., Mrs., Ms., Miss, or Prof. This attribute is optional.
First NameThe first name of the person. This attribute is required.
Last NameThe last name of the person. This attribute is required.
SuffixThe text that comes after the name of the person. This attribute is optional.
UsernameThe name the person types to sign in. This attribute is required.
EmailThe email address of the person. This attribute is required.
Phone NumberThe phone number of the person. This attribute is required.
GenderThe gender of the person: Male, Female, Transgender, or Non Binary. This attribute is required.
Government OrganizationThe government organization of the person. You select it one level at a time, for example State and then District. This attribute is optional.

Username and Email

You set the Username and the Email when you create the user. You cannot change them later. Select both values with care.

Responsibility Assignments

A user gets access through responsibility assignments. Each assignment joins a Responsibility with a Designation. The designation is the role that the person holds in that responsibility. You can add assignments when you create the user, and you can change them later from the user's profile page. For more information, see Roles and Permission.

Status

StatusDescription
ArchivedThe person cannot sign in to Care. Care keeps the history of the person. The user card shows a grey "Archived" badge.

Care shows no status label for an account that is not archived. That person can sign in. Each user card shows one activity badge in place of a status:

BadgeDescription
OnlineThe person is active in Care now.
Last sign-in timeThe time when the person last signed in, for example "2 days ago".
Never Logged InThe person never signed in to Care.
Service AccountThe account is a service account, not a person.

Only a Care superuser can archive an account. Care has no option to reactivate an archived account.