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Observation-example-mbp.json

Orders and Observations Work Group

Maturity Level: N/A

Standards Status: Informative

Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Simple Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Example

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "mbp",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: mbp</p><p/><p><b>category</b>: <span>Vital Signs</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Mean blood pressure</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Generated Summary: id: example; Medical record number: 12345 (USUAL); active; Peter James Chalmers (OFFICIAL), Jim , Peter James Windsor (MAIDEN); -unknown-(HOME), ph: (03) 5555 6473(WORK), ph: (03) 3410 5613(MOBILE), ph: (03) 5555 8834(OLD); gender: male; birthDate: 1974-12-25; </a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 1999-07-02</p><p><b>value</b>: 80 mm[Hg]</p></div>"
  },
  "status": "final",
  "category": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
          "code": "vital-signs",
          "display": "Vital Signs"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vital Signs"
    }
  ],
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "8478-0",
        "display": "Mean blood pressure"
      }
    ],
    "text": "Mean blood pressure"
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime": "1999-07-02",
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 80,
    "unit": "mm[Hg]",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "mm[Hg]"
  }
}

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.