In context of https://jira.hl7.org/browse/FHIR-28375 we propose to clarify that the Vital Signs sub-profiles do not need to all be supported.  Particularly we suggest that the Vital Signs Panel is not required, while others would be fine.

As the FHIR US Core profile is used for accessing and exchanging data based on what the source system has, this should not require the data source system to add functionality to capture a patient as part of the provenance.

While this JIRA is posted to US Core/Cross-Project Workgroup, we strongly urge the project to work with the Orders & Observations workgroup and FMG to resolve how to ease the restrictions put in the base profile to accommodate US Core requirements.

Links to pages:

http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/STU3.1/index.html

https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/US-Core-R4/index.html

http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/observation-vitalsigns.html