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eHealth Infrastructure Extension: Addition of Employee Title Definition

Employee title - eHealth Infrastructure v9.0.1 - Sundhed.dk

June 8, 2026eHealth Infrastructure

Summary

The eHealth Infrastructure has published a new extension definition for 'Employee title' based on FHIR standards. This enables more detailed management of information regarding healthcare professionals' affiliations and roles within electronic health record systems.

Details

This specification is a technical reference included in the eHealth Infrastructure v9.0.1 release, detailing an added extension: 'Employee title'. It shows that this new extension has been implemented based on FHIR R4 standards. The extension is usable across multiple elements, including `ehealth-activitydefinition`, `ehealth-plandefinition`, and `ehealth-questionnaire`. From a technical perspective, the extension is defined as a string type within the FHIR StructureDefinition. This aims to standardize professional job information or roles of healthcare professionals, thereby enhancing interoperability during data exchange between different systems. It represents an important specification update demonstrating the evolution of electronic health record systems in Denmark.

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