Provider Directories – part 1

So I’ve been sort of following the Validated Directory track at the Connectathon in San Antonio. I say ‘sort of’ because I’m interested in the idea of using the VerificationResult resource to track the provenance of individual entries in a registry (though I’m not entirely clear about the relationship between VerificationResult and Provenance).

Update: After a chat with those who know these things, the Provenance resource indicates who actually created the resource, while the VerificationResult is who said the information was correct. So I might create a Practitioner resource with my qualifications (so the Provenance points to me) while my Medical School confirms that I do, indeed, have a medical degree – which would be the VerificationResult. And there could be multiple VerificationResults if, say, the check needed to be repeated.