R4 Ballot #1 (Mixed Normative/Trial use)

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Researchsubject.profile.xml

Biomedical Research and Regulation Work GroupMaturity Level: N/ABallot Status: InformativeCompartments: Patient

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StructureDefinition for researchsubject

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    <lastUpdated value="2018-04-03T12:05:46.262+10:00"/> 
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            <span title="ResearchSubject : A physical entity which is the primary unit of operational and/or administrative
             interest in a study.">ResearchSubject</span> 
            <a name="ResearchSubject"> </a> 
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          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid;
           padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Physical entity which is the primary unit of interest in the study
            <br/>  Elements defined in Ancestors: 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this
             value never changes.">id</a> , 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure.
             Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.">meta</a> , 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and
             which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an
             implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc.">implicitRules</a> , 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="The base language in which the resource is written.">language</a> , 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to
             represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the
             structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it &quot;clinically
             safe&quot; for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what
             content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety.">text</a> , 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains
             them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent
             transaction scope.">contained</a> , 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
             of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict
             set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer
             can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the
             definition of the extension.">extension</a> , 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
             of the resource, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it.
             Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions
             safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and
             use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is
             a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications
             processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.">modifierExtension</a> 
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            <span title="ResearchSubject.identifier : Identifiers assigned to this research subject for a study.">identifier</span> 
            <a name="ResearchSubject.identifier"> </a> 
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            <a href="datatypes.html#Identifier">Identifier</a> 
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          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid;
           padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Business Identifier for research subject in a study
            <br/>  
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            <span title="ResearchSubject.status : The current state of the subject.">status</span> 
            <a name="ResearchSubject.status"> </a> 
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            <a href="conformance-rules.html#isModifier" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; background-color: white" title="This element is a modifier element">?!</a> 
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; background-color: white" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
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            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a> 
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           padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">candidate | eligible | follow-up | ineligible | not-registered | off-study | on-study
             | on-study-intervention | on-study-observation | pending-on-study | potential-candidate
             | screening | withdrawn
            <br/>  
            <a href="valueset-research-subject-status.html" title="Indicates the progression of a study subject through a study">ResearchSubjectStatus</a>  (
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            <span title="ResearchSubject.period : The dates the subject began and ended their participation in
             the study.">period</span> 
            <a name="ResearchSubject.period"> </a> 
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            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; background-color: white" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
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            <a href="datatypes.html#Period">Period</a> 
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    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.language">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.language"/> 
      <short value="Language of the resource content"/> 
      <definition value="The base language in which the resource is written."/> 
      <comment value="Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as
       text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies 
       to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language
       of other presentations generated from the data in the resource. Not all the content has
       to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the
       narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on
       the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship
       between xml:lang and the html lang attribute)."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Resource.language"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="code"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-maxValueSet">
          <valueReference> 
            <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/all-languages"/> 
          </valueReference> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="Language"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="extensible"/> 
        <description value="A human language."/> 
        <valueSetCanonical value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages"/> 
      </binding> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.text">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.text"/> 
      <short value="Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation"/> 
      <definition value="A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to
       represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the
       structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it &quot;clinically
       safe&quot; for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what
       content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety."/> 
      <comment value="Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have
       a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no additional
       discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied).  This may be necessary
       for data from legacy systems where information is captured as a &quot;text blob&quot;
       or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated and encoded in formation is added
       later."/> 
      <alias value="narrative"/> 
      <alias value="html"/> 
      <alias value="xhtml"/> 
      <alias value="display"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="DomainResource.text"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Narrative"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="dom-1"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="Act.text?"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.contained">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.contained"/> 
      <short value="Contained, inline Resources"/> 
      <definition value="These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains
       them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent
       transaction scope."/> 
      <comment value="This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification
       is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again."/> 
      <alias value="inline resources"/> 
      <alias value="anonymous resources"/> 
      <alias value="contained resources"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="DomainResource.contained"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Resource"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.extension">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.extension"/> 
      <short value="Additional Content defined by implementations"/> 
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
       of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict
       set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer
       can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the
       definition of the extension."/> 
      <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project,
       or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.
        The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of
       simplicity for everyone."/> 
      <alias value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="DomainResource.extension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.modifierExtension">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.modifierExtension"/> 
      <short value="Extensions that cannot be ignored"/> 
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
       of the resource, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it.
       Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions
       safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and
       use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is
       a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications
       processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions."/> 
      <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project,
       or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.
        The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of
       simplicity for everyone."/> 
      <alias value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="DomainResource.modifierExtension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="Not known why this is labelled a modifier"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.identifier">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.identifier"/> 
      <short value="Business Identifier for research subject in a study"/> 
      <definition value="Identifiers assigned to this research subject for a study."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="ResearchSubject.identifier"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Identifier"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="FiveWs.identifier"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value=".identifier"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.status">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.status"/> 
      <short value="candidate | eligible | follow-up | ineligible | not-registered | off-study | on-study
       | on-study-intervention | on-study-observation | pending-on-study | potential-candidate
       | screening | withdrawn"/> 
      <definition value="The current state of the subject."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="ResearchSubject.status"/> 
        <min value="1"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="code"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="This element is labeled as a modifier because it is a status element that contains status
       entered-in-error which means that the resource should not be treated as valid"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="ResearchSubjectStatus"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="Indicates the progression of a study subject through a study"/> 
        <valueSetCanonical value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/research-subject-status"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="FiveWs.status"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value=".status"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.period">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.period"/> 
      <short value="Start and end of participation"/> 
      <definition value="The dates the subject began and ended their participation in the study."/> 
      <alias value="timing"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="ResearchSubject.period"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Period"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="FiveWs.planned"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.study">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.study"/> 
      <short value="Study subject is part of"/> 
      <definition value="Reference to the study the subject is participating in."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="ResearchSubject.study"/> 
        <min value="1"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ResearchStudy"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.individual">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.individual"/> 
      <short value="Who is part of study"/> 
      <definition value="The record of the person or animal who is involved in the study."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="ResearchSubject.individual"/> 
        <min value="1"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.assignedArm">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.assignedArm"/> 
      <short value="What path should be followed"/> 
      <definition value="The name of the arm in the study the subject is expected to follow as part of this study."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="ResearchSubject.assignedArm"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="string"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.actualArm">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.actualArm"/> 
      <short value="What path was followed"/> 
      <definition value="The name of the arm in the study the subject actually followed as part of this study."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="ResearchSubject.actualArm"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="string"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.consent">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.consent"/> 
      <short value="Agreement to participate in study"/> 
      <definition value="A record of the patient's informed agreement to participate in the study."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="ResearchSubject.consent"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Consent"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
    </element> 
  </snapshot> 
  <differential> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject">
      <path value="ResearchSubject"/> 
      <short value="Physical entity which is the primary unit of interest in the study"/> 
      <definition value="A physical entity which is the primary unit of operational and/or administrative interest
       in a study."/> 
      <comment value="Need to make sure we encompass public health studies."/> 
      <alias value="Study Subject"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="OBX"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="Observation[classCode=CLNTRL, moodCode=EVN]"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.identifier">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.identifier"/> 
      <short value="Business Identifier for research subject in a study"/> 
      <definition value="Identifiers assigned to this research subject for a study."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Identifier"/> 
      </type> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="FiveWs.identifier"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value=".identifier"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.status">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.status"/> 
      <short value="candidate | eligible | follow-up | ineligible | not-registered | off-study | on-study
       | on-study-intervention | on-study-observation | pending-on-study | potential-candidate
       | screening | withdrawn"/> 
      <definition value="The current state of the subject."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="code"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="This element is labeled as a modifier because it is a status element that contains status
       entered-in-error which means that the resource should not be treated as valid"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="ResearchSubjectStatus"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="Indicates the progression of a study subject through a study"/> 
        <valueSetCanonical value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/research-subject-status"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="FiveWs.status"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value=".status"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.period">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.period"/> 
      <short value="Start and end of participation"/> 
      <definition value="The dates the subject began and ended their participation in the study."/> 
      <alias value="timing"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Period"/> 
      </type> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="FiveWs.planned"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.study">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.study"/> 
      <short value="Study subject is part of"/> 
      <definition value="Reference to the study the subject is participating in."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ResearchStudy"/> 
      </type> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.individual">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.individual"/> 
      <short value="Who is part of study"/> 
      <definition value="The record of the person or animal who is involved in the study."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"/> 
      </type> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.assignedArm">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.assignedArm"/> 
      <short value="What path should be followed"/> 
      <definition value="The name of the arm in the study the subject is expected to follow as part of this study."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="string"/> 
      </type> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.actualArm">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.actualArm"/> 
      <short value="What path was followed"/> 
      <definition value="The name of the arm in the study the subject actually followed as part of this study."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="string"/> 
      </type> 
    </element> 
    <element id="ResearchSubject.consent">
      <path value="ResearchSubject.consent"/> 
      <short value="Agreement to participate in study"/> 
      <definition value="A record of the patient's informed agreement to participate in the study."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Consent"/> 
      </type> 
    </element> 
  </differential> 
</StructureDefinition> 

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.