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8.26 Resource ResearchSubject - Content

Biomedical Research and Regulation Work GroupMaturity Level: 0 Draft Compartments: Patient

A physical entity which is the primary unit of operational and/or administrative interest in a study.

This resource supports the HL7 mission to create and promote HL7 standards by developing Biomedical Research and Regulation standards to improve or enhance information management during clinical research and regulatory evaluation of the safety, efficacy and quality of therapeutic products and procedures worldwide.

Structure

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. ResearchSubject DDomainResourcePhysical entity which is the primary unit of interest in the study
Elements defined in Ancestors: id, meta, implicitRules, language, text, contained, extension, modifierExtension
... identifier Σ0..*IdentifierBusiness Identifier for research subject in a study
... status ?!Σ1..1codecandidate | eligible | follow-up | ineligible | not-registered | off-study | on-study | on-study-intervention | on-study-observation | pending-on-study | potential-candidate | screening | withdrawn
ResearchSubjectStatus (Required)
... period Σ0..1PeriodStart and end of participation
... study Σ1..1Reference(ResearchStudy)Study subject is part of
... individual Σ1..1Reference(Patient)Who is part of study
... assignedArm 0..1stringWhat path should be followed
... actualArm 0..1stringWhat path was followed
... consent 0..1Reference(Consent)Agreement to participate in study

doco Documentation for this format

Turtle Template

@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .doco


[ a fhir:ResearchSubject;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot; # if this is the parser root

  # from Resource: .id, .meta, .implicitRules, and .language
  # from DomainResource: .text, .contained, .extension, and .modifierExtension
  fhir:ResearchSubject.identifier [ Identifier ], ... ; # 0..* Business Identifier for research subject in a study
  fhir:ResearchSubject.status [ code ]; # 1..1 candidate | eligible | follow-up | ineligible | not-registered | off-study | on-study | on-study-intervention | on-study-observation | pending-on-study | potential-candidate | screening | withdrawn
  fhir:ResearchSubject.period [ Period ]; # 0..1 Start and end of participation
  fhir:ResearchSubject.study [ Reference(ResearchStudy) ]; # 1..1 Study subject is part of
  fhir:ResearchSubject.individual [ Reference(Patient) ]; # 1..1 Who is part of study
  fhir:ResearchSubject.assignedArm [ string ]; # 0..1 What path should be followed
  fhir:ResearchSubject.actualArm [ string ]; # 0..1 What path was followed
  fhir:ResearchSubject.consent [ Reference(Consent) ]; # 0..1 Agreement to participate in study
]

Changes since DSTU2

This resource did not exist in Release 2

This analysis is available as XML or JSON.

Structure

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. ResearchSubject DDomainResourcePhysical entity which is the primary unit of interest in the study
Elements defined in Ancestors: id, meta, implicitRules, language, text, contained, extension, modifierExtension
... identifier Σ0..*IdentifierBusiness Identifier for research subject in a study
... status ?!Σ1..1codecandidate | eligible | follow-up | ineligible | not-registered | off-study | on-study | on-study-intervention | on-study-observation | pending-on-study | potential-candidate | screening | withdrawn
ResearchSubjectStatus (Required)
... period Σ0..1PeriodStart and end of participation
... study Σ1..1Reference(ResearchStudy)Study subject is part of
... individual Σ1..1Reference(Patient)Who is part of study
... assignedArm 0..1stringWhat path should be followed
... actualArm 0..1stringWhat path was followed
... consent 0..1Reference(Consent)Agreement to participate in study

doco Documentation for this format

Turtle Template

@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .doco


[ a fhir:ResearchSubject;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot; # if this is the parser root

  # from Resource: .id, .meta, .implicitRules, and .language
  # from DomainResource: .text, .contained, .extension, and .modifierExtension
  fhir:ResearchSubject.identifier [ Identifier ], ... ; # 0..* Business Identifier for research subject in a study
  fhir:ResearchSubject.status [ code ]; # 1..1 candidate | eligible | follow-up | ineligible | not-registered | off-study | on-study | on-study-intervention | on-study-observation | pending-on-study | potential-candidate | screening | withdrawn
  fhir:ResearchSubject.period [ Period ]; # 0..1 Start and end of participation
  fhir:ResearchSubject.study [ Reference(ResearchStudy) ]; # 1..1 Study subject is part of
  fhir:ResearchSubject.individual [ Reference(Patient) ]; # 1..1 Who is part of study
  fhir:ResearchSubject.assignedArm [ string ]; # 0..1 What path should be followed
  fhir:ResearchSubject.actualArm [ string ]; # 0..1 What path was followed
  fhir:ResearchSubject.consent [ Reference(Consent) ]; # 0..1 Agreement to participate in study
]

Changes since DSTU2

This resource did not exist in Release 2

This analysis is available as XML or JSON.

 

Alternate definitions: Master Definition (XML, JSON), XML Schema/Schematron + JSON Schema, ShEx (for Turtle) + see the extensions & the dependency analysis

PathDefinitionTypeReference
ResearchSubject.status Indicates the progression of a study subject through a studyRequiredResearchSubjectStatus

The following diagram reflects the "typical" state machine for ResearchSubject.

Diagram showing typical state machine for the ResearchSubject resource

Search parameters for this resource. The common parameters also apply. See Searching for more information about searching in REST, messaging, and services.

NameTypeDescriptionExpressionIn Common
datedateStart and end of participationResearchSubject.period
identifiertokenBusiness Identifier for research subject in a studyResearchSubject.identifier
individualreferenceWho is part of studyResearchSubject.individual
(Patient)
patientreferenceWho is part of studyResearchSubject.individual
(Patient)
statustokencandidate | eligible | follow-up | ineligible | not-registered | off-study | on-study | on-study-intervention | on-study-observation | pending-on-study | potential-candidate | screening | withdrawnResearchSubject.status
studyreferenceStudy subject is part ofResearchSubject.study
(ResearchStudy)