FHIR Observation
The following is a description of a Observation that can be submitted to the Community of Information Exchange. For detailed information please visit the HL7 FHIR page HL7.FHIR.US.SDOH-CLINICALCARE\SDOHCC Observation Screening Response - FHIR v4.0.1 or HL7.FHIR.US.SDOH-CLINICALCARE\SDOHCC Observation Assessment - FHIR v4.0.1
Operations
The following are operations that can be performed and links to
Submit a new FHIR observation
Get a FHIR observation by observation id
Sample Object
{
"basedOn": [
{
"reference": "ServiceRequest/ca7317e0-1234-4b30-a895-f060c1d05c95",
"type": "ServiceRequest"
}
],
"category": [
{
"coding": [
{
"code": "SocialNavigatorObservsation_v2",
"display": "Observation created during the social navigator workflow",
"system": "https://mi-cie.org/fhir/Structuredefinition"
}
],
"text": "Created for Task/e9591cce-1234-49e2-aad1-27deb964e6eb"
}
],
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"code": "93677-3",
"display": "Do you have any legal concerns at this time?",
"system": "https://loinc.org"
}
]
},
"effectiveDateTime": "2024-07-29T17:29:19.000Z",
"id": "02057bca-1234-4c43-9d36-d0746e9f8d4d",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2024-07-29T21:29:21.895420+00:00",
"versionId": "MTcyMjI4ODU2MTg5NTQyMDAwMA"
},
"resourceType": "Observation",
"status": "final",
"subject": {
"display": "",
"reference": "Patient/eab83cae-1234-4a3f-8e6c-81d5e07f8ba1"
},
"valueBoolean": false
}
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Field Descriptions
The following is descriptions of each of the attributes in a FHIR observation resource.
Field | Description | References |
---|---|---|
status | The status of the observation. | |
basedOn | An array of FHIR resource identifiers that this observation is based on. For a example a ServiceRequest or a Task. | |
subject | This is the patient that the observation refers to. | |
category | This is the category of the observation being made. This represents metadata that will be associated with the observation. | |
code | This is a code for the observation. This identifies what the observation is such as a question on a assessment or value inputted on a form. | |
effectiveDateTime | This is the date and time that the observation was created. | |
value[x] | The value of the observation for example it could be the answer to a question that was asked or the data that was entered onto a form. The data type is represented by the x which can be a string, boolean, or integer. | |
id | The CIE Hub unique identifier for this resource. | Â |