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| 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 Weight Example
{
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "example",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p/><p><b>category</b>: <span>Vital Signs</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Body Weight</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Generated Summary: Medical record number: 12345 (USUAL); active; Peter James Chalmers (OFFICIAL), Jim , Peter James Windsor (MAIDEN); , Phone: (03) 5555 6473, Phone: (03) 3410 5613, Phone: (03) 5555 8834; gender: male; birthDate: 1974-12-25; </a></p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a>Generated Summary: status: in-progress; <span>inpatient encounter</span></a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2016-03-28</p><p><b>value</b>: 185 lbs</p></div>"
},
"status": "final",
"category": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
"code": "vital-signs",
"display": "Vital Signs"
}
]
}
],
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "29463-7",
"display": "Body Weight"
},
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "3141-9",
"display": "Body weight Measured"
},
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "27113001",
"display": "Body weight"
},
{
"system": "http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes",
"code": "body-weight",
"display": "Body Weight"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/example"
},
"encounter": {
"reference": "Encounter/example"
},
"effectiveDateTime": "2016-03-28",
"valueQuantity": {
"value": 185,
"unit": "lbs",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "[lb_av]"
}
}
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.