Provider specialty and taxonomy objects
Key Takeaway
Care Specialty Taxonomy records classify a specialty, Healthcare Provider Specialty records say what a provider specializes in, and Care Provider Facility Specialty records say where the provider offers it.
A healthcare provider can have several specialties and subspecialties, and patients need to find a provider by the specialty offered at a given location. Agentforce Health models these facts with separate records. Care Specialty records hold specialty codes, and taxonomy records classify the specialties. Other records link a specialty to a provider overall or to a provider at a specific facility.
Where specialty records attach
Specialty records sit on top of the provider model. A provider is a person account, or a business account for an organization, plus a Healthcare Provider record that describes what the provider does. Specialty records then attach to that provider.
Model providers with both a Healthcare Provider record and a person account so they align to the FHIR Practitioner resource. Providers modeled only as person accounts may not be able to use features such as Provider Search.