diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 127a56ee..24361718 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ In this section, we describe all user-related data to be stored. The security ru
 |dateOfEnrollment|Date|-|The date when the invitation code was used to create this user.|
 |dateOfBirth|optional Date|-|The date when the user was born.|
 |genderIdentity|optional string|"female","male","transgender","nonBinary","preferNotToState"|The gender identity chosen when a patient redeemed the invitation.|
+|clinician|optional string|The identifier of the clinician assigned to a patient. For all other users, this property either is nonexistant or null.|
+|providerName|optional string|Text description of the provider of a patient. This value takes precedence over the `clinician` property during health summary generation. For all other users, this property either is nonexistant or null.|
 |organization|optional string|-|The id of the organization a clinician, patient or owner is associated with.|
 |invitationCode|string|-|The invitationCode to be used when logging in to the app for the first time.|
 |language|optional string|e.g. "en"|Following IETF BCP-47 / [FHIR ValueSet languages](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4B/valueset-languages.html).|
diff --git a/functions/models/src/types/userRegistration.ts b/functions/models/src/types/userRegistration.ts
index ae23cc55..b9480591 100644
--- a/functions/models/src/types/userRegistration.ts
+++ b/functions/models/src/types/userRegistration.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export const userRegistrationInputConverter = new Lazy(
         organization: optionalish(z.string()),
         dateOfBirth: optionalish(dateConverter.schema),
         clinician: optionalish(z.string()),
+        providerName: optionalish(z.string()),
         receivesAppointmentReminders: optionalishDefault(z.boolean(), true),
         receivesInactivityReminders: optionalishDefault(z.boolean(), true),
         receivesMedicationUpdates: optionalishDefault(z.boolean(), true),
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export const userRegistrationInputConverter = new Lazy(
         dateOfBirth:
           object.dateOfBirth ? dateConverter.encode(object.dateOfBirth) : null,
         clinician: object.clinician ?? null,
+        providerName: object.providerName ?? null,
         receivesAppointmentReminders: object.receivesAppointmentReminders,
         receivesInactivityReminders: object.receivesInactivityReminders,
         receivesMedicationUpdates: object.receivesMedicationUpdates,
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ export class UserRegistration {
 
   readonly dateOfBirth?: Date
   readonly clinician?: string
+  readonly providerName?: string
 
   readonly receivesAppointmentReminders: boolean
   readonly receivesInactivityReminders: boolean
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ export class UserRegistration {
     organization?: string
     dateOfBirth?: Date
     clinician?: string
+    providerName?: string
     receivesAppointmentReminders: boolean
     receivesInactivityReminders: boolean
     receivesMedicationUpdates: boolean
@@ -118,6 +122,7 @@ export class UserRegistration {
     this.organization = input.organization
     this.dateOfBirth = input.dateOfBirth
     this.clinician = input.clinician
+    this.providerName = input.providerName
     this.receivesAppointmentReminders = input.receivesAppointmentReminders
     this.receivesInactivityReminders = input.receivesInactivityReminders
     this.receivesMedicationUpdates = input.receivesMedicationUpdates
diff --git a/functions/src/services/healthSummary/databaseHealthSummaryService.ts b/functions/src/services/healthSummary/databaseHealthSummaryService.ts
index 475a3e4d..41b834c9 100644
--- a/functions/src/services/healthSummary/databaseHealthSummaryService.ts
+++ b/functions/src/services/healthSummary/databaseHealthSummaryService.ts
@@ -54,15 +54,16 @@ export class DefaultHealthSummaryService implements HealthSummaryService {
       this.getVitals(userId, advanceDateByDays(date, -14), weightUnit),
     ])
 
-    const clinician =
-      patient?.content.clinician ?
-        await this.userService.getAuth(patient.content.clinician)
-      : undefined
+    const providerName =
+      patient?.content.providerName ??
+      (patient?.content.clinician ?
+        (await this.userService.getAuth(patient.content.clinician)).displayName
+      : undefined)
 
     return new HealthSummaryData({
       name: auth.displayName,
       dateOfBirth: patient?.content.dateOfBirth,
-      providerName: clinician?.displayName,
+      providerName: providerName,
       nextAppointment: nextAppointment?.content,
       recommendations: recommendations.map((doc) => doc.content),
       vitals: vitals,