Patient search parameters are grouped

[Dunmail]

From Epic:

Asset

https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7-UK/UK-Core-Access/patient_index.html#patient-family

Comment

The more discrete search parameters provided, the more accurate the search and the less likely an app (and it's user) is to confuse two patients.

The requirement/recommendation to support the following standalone search parameters have significant performance costs with limited utility and some risk: family, given, gender, name, birthdate.

Proposal

Please consider mandating groupings of Patient search parameters, not individual demographic parameters. E.g. Given, family, and birthdate