"The location to which the patient is assigned. It is a role played by a place at which services may be provided. Note that a single physical place can play multiple service delivery location roles each with its own attributes. For example, a Podiatry clinic and Research clinic may meet on alternate days in the same physical location; each clinic uses its own mailing address and telephone number." - HL7 V3. "Details and position information for a physical place where services are provided and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained or accommodated." - HL7 FHIR, Location Note that FHIR has a single class, Location, which encompasses concepts which the FHIM splits into the Location class and the ServiceDeliveryLocation class.