Folder

Each kmehrmessage must contain at least one folder. A folder corresponds to a patient. It may contain several transactions concerning the patient.

A folder is composed of the following elements.

confidentiality	To restrict the access to the content of the folder to some healthcare parties.	Optional
id	Identifies the folder within the message. The ID-KMEHR identifying system requires using the sequential position of the folder within the message. In addition to this, local folder identifiers may be used.	Mandatory
patient	Defines the patient that is the subject of the folder.	Mandatory
transaction	Transactions that compose the folder.	Mandatory
text	Comments about the folder.	Optional
lnk	To establish link(s) with the folder.	Optional

XML example

The following folder element is the second folder element of the message. This second folder is ‘a new version’ of the first folder.

<folder>
   <id SV="1.0" S="ID-KMEHR">2</id>
   <patient> … </patient>
   <transaction>
      ….
   </transaction>
   <lnk TYPE="isanewversionof" URL="//folder[position()=1]"></lnk>
</folder>