### The Care Team

The Care Team includes all the people and organizations who plan to participate in the coordination and delivery of care for a patient. Refer to the [US Core CarePlan profile](https://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/stu3.1.1/StructureDefinition-us-core-careplan.html).

#### Elements

| Name       | Required | Type   | Description |
|------------|----------|--------|-------------|
| identifier |          | [Identifier](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/identifier/index.html)[] | External Ids for this team<br>Details<br>Business identifiers assigned to this care team by the performer or other systems which remain constant as the resource is updated and propagates from server to server.<br>This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see [discussion](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/resource.html#identifiers/index.html)). It is best practice for the identifier to only appear on a single resource instance, however business practices may occasionally dictate that multiple resource instances with the same identifier can exist - possibly even with different resource types. For example, multiple Patient and a Person resource instance might share the same social insurance number.
| status     |          | code   | proposed  active  suspended  inactive  entered-in-error<br>Details<br>Indicates the current state of the care team.<br>This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains the code entered-in-error that marks the care team as not currently valid.
| category   |          | [CodeableConcept](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/codeableconcept/index.html)[] | Type of team<br>Details<br>Identifies what kind of team.
| name       |          | string | Name of the team, such as crisis assessment team<br>Details<br>A label for human use intended to distinguish like teams.
| subject    |          | Reference< [Patient](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/patient/index.html)  [Group](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/group/index.html) > | Who care team is for<br>Details<br>Identifies the patient or group whose intended care is handled by the team.
| encounter   |          | Reference< [Encounter](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/encounter/index.html) > | Encounter created as part of<br>Details<br>The Encounter during which this CareTeam was created or to which the creation of this record is tightly associated.
| period     |          | [Period](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/period/index.html) | Time period team covers<br>Details<br>Indicates when the team did (or is intended to) come into effect and end.
| participant |          | CareTeamParticipant[] | Members of the team<br>Details<br>Identifies all people and organizations who are expected to be involved in the care team.
| id         |          | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing<br>Details<br>Unique id for the element within a resource.
| extension  |          | [Extension](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/extension/index.html)[] | Additional content defined by implementations<br>Details<br>May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element.
| modifierExtension |  | [Extension](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/extension/index.html)[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized<br>Details<br>May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element.
| role       |          | [CodeableConcept](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/codeableconcept/index.html)[] | Type of involvement<br>Details<br>Indicates specific responsibility of an individual within the care team.
| member     |          | Reference< [Practitioner](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/practitioner/index.html)  [PractitionerRole](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/practitionerrole/index.html)  [RelatedPerson](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/relatedperson/index.html)  [Patient](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/patient/index.html)  [Organization](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/organization/index.html)  [CareTeam](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/careteam/index.html) > | Who is involved<br>Details<br>The specific person or organization who is participating/expected to participate in the care team.
| onBehalfOf |          | Reference< [Organization](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/organization/index.html) > | Organization of the practitioner<br>Details<br>The organization of the practitioner.
| period     |          | [Period](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/period/index.html) | Time period of participant<br>Details<br>Indicates when the specific member or organization did (or is intended to) come into effect and end.
| reasonCode |          | [CodeableConcept](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/codeableconcept/index.html)[] | Why the care team exists<br>Details<br>Describes why the care team exists.
| reasonReference |  | Reference< [Condition](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/condition/index.html) >[] | Why the care team exists<br>Details<br>Condition(s) that this care team addresses.
| managingOrganization | | Reference< [Organization](/content/docs/api/fhir/resources/organization/index.html) >[] | Organization responsible for the care team<br>Details<br>The organization responsible for the care team.
| telecom    |          | [ContactPoint](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/contactpoint/index.html)[] | A contact detail for the care team (that applies to all members)<br>Details<br>A central contact detail for the care team (that applies to all members).
| note       |          | [Annotation](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/annotation/index.html)[] | Comments made about the CareTeam<br>Details<br>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.where((resolve() is Patient)) |
| 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 |
| name       | string | The name of the care team | CareTeam.name |

#### Inherited Elements

| Name               | Required | Type   | Description |
|--------------------|----------|--------|-------------|
| id                  |          | string | Logical id of this artifact<br>Details<br>The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. |
| meta                |          | [Meta](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/meta/index.html) | Metadata about the resource<br>Details<br>The metadata about the resource. |
| implicitRules       |          | uri    | A set of rules under which this content was created<br>Details<br>A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed. |
| language            |          | code   | Language of the resource content<br>Details<br>The base language in which the resource is written. |
| text                |          | [Narrative](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/narrative/index.html) | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation<br>Details<br>A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. |
| contained           |          | Resource[] | Contained, inline Resources<br>Details<br>These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them. |
| extension           |          | [Extension](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/extension/index.html)[] | Additional content defined by implementations<br>Details<br>May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. |
| modifierExtension    |          | [Extension](/content/docs/api/fhir/datatypes/extension/index.html)[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored<br>Details<br>May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element.