| • | Practitioner is a record instance that is shown at many places in the system like “Other Physicians” field of templates, person authorizing a chart. The practitioner can be “Internal” or “External” |
| o | Internal practitioner is a practitioner who is working for the practice or is directly attached to the practice. For example, in a practice of four physicians, each of the physicians will be added as “Internal Practitioner” |
| o | External practitioner is any other practitioner that is not working for the practice in question. For example, a cardiology practice is receiving patients from a family practice physician. The cardiology practice can add the family physician as a “External Practitioner” to their practice |
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