Details
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Type:
Change Request
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Status: Triaged (View Workflow)
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Priority:
Medium
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Specification:FHIR Core (FHIR)
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Raised in Version:R5
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Work Group:Patient Administration
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Related URL:
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Related Artifact(s):Appointment
Description
Appointments are usually created before procedures, so they would normally not point to a procedure. They should, and that seems missing, be able to point to requests, e.g.
- Appointment in hospital / clinic to take requested meds (point to medication request )
- Appointment in hospital for planned surgery (serviceRequest)
- Go to clinic to get a holter device (deviceRequest)
Not sure pointing to a procedure is within the 80% most common uses, but I would not exclude that, just add the requests.
Discussion: https://chat.fhir.org/#narrow/stream/179166-implementers/topic/Appointment.2EreasonReference