Details
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Change Request
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Resolution: Persuasive with Modification
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Medium
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FHIR Core (FHIR)
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STU3
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Orders & Observations
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Observation
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Terminologies - Valuesets
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Description
Should there be a category to represent core characteristics such as pregnancy status or personal characteristics such as eye color?
*These are part of the use cases called out in the specification - *should these all be added as categories?
Vital signs such as body weight, blood pressure, and temperature
Laboratory Data like blood glucose, or an estimated GFR
Imaging results like bone density or fetal measurements
Devices Measurements such as EKG data or Pulse Oximetry data
Clinical assessment tools such as APGAR or a Glasgow Coma Score
Personal characteristics: such as eye-color
Social history like tobacco use, family support, or cognitive status
Core characteristics like pregnancy status, or a death assertion