# US Quality Core CareTeam - 2026 US Quality Core Implementation Guide v0.5.0

## Resource Profile: US Quality Core CareTeam 

 
Profile of CareTeam for decision support/quality metrics. Defines the core set of elements and extensions for quality rule and measure authors. 

### USCDI+ Quality Element Support Expectations

Systems are expected to support this profile as part of implementing USCDI+ Quality V1 in FHIR and meeting the conformance requirements of this guide.

The following elements are specifically relevant to USCDI+ Quality V1 data classes and elements. Systems are expected to support these elements as applicable to their role in US Quality Core data exchange. See the [Must Support](must-support.md) section of this guide for more information. These elements are tagged as (USCDI+ Quality) in the formal profile views.

**USCDI+ Quality Elements:**

* participant: (USCDI+ Quality) (USCDI) Members of the team
* participant.role: (USCDI+ Quality) (USCDI) Type of involvement
* participant.member: (USCDI+ Quality) (USCDI) Who is involved

Because this profile is derived from US Core, systems are also expected to support Must Support requirements and (USCDI) tagged elements inherited from US Core. The [Formal Views](#profile) section also provides the formal summary, definitions, terminology requirements, and mandatory element requirements.

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [US Quality Core ImagingStudy](StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-imagingstudy.md), [US Quality Core NonPatient Observation](StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-nonpatient-observation.md), [US Quality Core Observation Screening Assessment](StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-observation-screening-assessment.md) and [US Quality Core Simple Observation](StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-simple-observation.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [CareTeam/example](CareTeam-example.md)
* CapabilityStatements using this Profile: [US Quality Core Client CapabilityStatement](CapabilityStatement-us-quality-core-client.md) and [US Quality Core Server CapabilityStatement](CapabilityStatement-us-quality-core-server.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/fhir.onc.us-quality-core|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-careteam.json)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description Differentials, Snapshots, and other representations](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](../StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-careteam.csv), [Excel](../StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-careteam.xlsx), [Schematron](../StructureDefinition-us-quality-core-careteam.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "us-quality-core-careteam",
  "url" : "http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/us-quality-core-careteam",
  "version" : "0.5.0",
  "name" : "USQualityCoreCareTeam",
  "title" : "US Quality Core CareTeam",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-06-05",
  "publisher" : "Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://www.healthit.gov/feedback"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Profile of CareTeam for decision support/quality metrics. Defines the core set of elements and extensions for quality rule and measure authors.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "US",
      "display" : "United States of America"
    }],
    "text" : "USA"
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "CareTeam",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-careteam|6.1.0",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "CareTeam",
      "path" : "CareTeam"
    },
    {
      "id" : "CareTeam.subject",
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/uscdi-requirement",
        "valueBoolean" : true
      }],
      "path" : "CareTeam.subject",
      "short" : "(USCDI) Who the care team is for.",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/us-quality-core-patient"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "CareTeam.participant",
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/uscdi-requirement",
        "valueBoolean" : true
      },
      {
        "url" : "http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/uscdiplusquality",
        "valueBoolean" : true
      }],
      "path" : "CareTeam.participant",
      "short" : "(USCDI+ Quality) (USCDI) Members of the team"
    },
    {
      "id" : "CareTeam.participant.role",
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/uscdi-requirement",
        "valueBoolean" : true
      },
      {
        "url" : "http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/uscdiplusquality",
        "valueBoolean" : true
      }],
      "path" : "CareTeam.participant.role",
      "short" : "(USCDI+ Quality) (USCDI) Type of involvement"
    },
    {
      "id" : "CareTeam.participant.member",
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/uscdi-requirement",
        "valueBoolean" : true
      },
      {
        "url" : "http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/uscdiplusquality",
        "valueBoolean" : true
      }],
      "path" : "CareTeam.participant.member",
      "short" : "(USCDI+ Quality) (USCDI) Who is involved",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/us-quality-core-practitioner",
        "http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/us-quality-core-practitionerrole",
        "http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/us-quality-core-organization",
        "http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/us-quality-core-relatedperson"]
      }]
    }]
  }
}

```
