Practitioner specialty table

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
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  • The Practitioner specialty [sn_hcls_practitioner_specialty] table stores the association details of a specialty with a practitioner.

    Key features

    • Links the practitioner to multiple care specialties that the practitioner specializes in.
    • Enables supported care specialties models in the Healthcare code set [sn_hcls_code_set] table.
    • Provides a reference to the practitioner and the code set of type care specialty.
    • Includes a reference to the practitioner type (also modeled as a code set).
    • Enables indicating whether location is the primary specialty for a practitioner.

    Role required to configure the table: sn_hcls.admin.

    For more information, see Healthcare and Life Sciences data model.

    Table 1. Practitioner specialty table fields

    Field

    Data type

    Description

    Active

    True/False

    Option to indicate whether the specialty is associated with the practitioner.

    Practitioner

    Reference

    Person added as the practitioner.

    Practitioner type

    Reference

    Type of the practitioner.

    Source

    Reference

    Source system details of an external healthcare system in a ServiceNow instance.

    Specialty

    Reference

    Specialty of the practitioner.