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 https://hl7.org/fhir/us/sdoh-clinicalcare/2022jan/StructureDefinition-SDOHCC-ObservationScreeningResponse.html or https://hl7.org/fhir/us/sdoh-clinicalcare/2022jan/StructureDefinition-SDOHCC-ObservationAssessment.html

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
}

Field Descriptions

The following is descriptions of each of the attributes in a FHIR observation resource.

Field	Description	References

Field	Description	References
status	The status of the observation.	https://build.fhir.org/observation-definitions.html#Observation.status
basedOn	An array of FHIR resource identifiers that this observation is based on. For a example a ServiceRequest or a Task.	https://build.fhir.org/observation-definitions.html#Observation.basedOn
subject	This is the patient that the observation refers to.	https://build.fhir.org/observation-definitions.html#Observation.subject
category	This is the category of the observation being made. This represents metadata that will be associated with the observation.	https://build.fhir.org/observation-definitions.html#Observation.category
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.	https://build.fhir.org/observation-definitions.html#Observation.code
effectiveDateTime	This is the date and time that the observation was created.	https://build.fhir.org/observation-definitions.html#Observation.effective_x_
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.	https://build.fhir.org/observation-definitions.html#Observation.value_x_
id	The CIE Hub unique identifier for this resource.