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  1. FHIR Specification Feedback
  2. FHIR-34890

There are now about 19 profiles based on Observation, consider consolidating to all purpose Observation with code specific rule pages

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    • US Core (FHIR)
    • 4.1.0 [deprecated]
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      It has been our experience that the readers prefer explicit profiles and don't like the indirection and abstraction like you are suggesting.    On the other hand , I agree that a the Observation profiles have proliferated we need to improve the organization and highlight the differences in a clear and simple manner.

       

      Proposal:

      1. Group and List profiles based on type instead of strictly alphabetically (see examples page for how it will look)
      2. Where applicable, for each Profile provide a link to a table that compares profiles across type.
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      It has been our experience that the readers prefer explicit profiles and don't like the indirection and abstraction like you are suggesting.    On the other hand , I agree that a the Observation profiles have proliferated we need to improve the organization and highlight the differences in a clear and simple manner.   Proposal: Group and List profiles based on type instead of strictly alphabetically (see examples page for how it will look) Where applicable, for each Profile provide a link to a table that compares profiles across type.
    • Eric Haas/Isaac Vetter: 13-0-0
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      With 19+ profiles all based on observation there would appear to be much duplication between them.

      Also, in my experience, this confuses people with thinking that a blood pressure observation profile and a BMI observation profile is an entirely different thing rather than 95% the same thing with a different code value in the resource.

      I suggest that the Observation Profile(s) be consolidated into a single profile where the structure, search params, etc. are all listed only one time. Put all the specific code rules in their own sub-(something).

      "If Observation.code = 1234 then SHALL populate X."

      "If Observation.code = 2345 then SHALL populate Y."

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