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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)
Example of an Observations made about a location - an oyster farm
{
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "vp-oyster",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "vp-oyster" </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: 20171014-1234 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: preliminary</p><p><b>code</b>: OYSTER TESTING <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#41857-4 "Vibrio parahaemolyticus DNA [Presence] in Unspecified specimen by Probe and target amplification method"; test-codes#VP MULTI PCR "VP MULTI PCR")</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <span>: Sonoma oyster farm</span></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2017-10-12</p><p><b>issued</b>: 15 Oct. 2017, 10:11:24 am</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a>Practitioner/f005: A. Langeveld</a> "Langeveld ANNE"</p><p><b>value</b>: POSITIVE <span> (<a>SNOMED CT</a>#10828004 "Positive (qualifier value)"; result-codes#POSITIVE)</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Abnormal <span> (<a>ObservationInterpretation</a>#A)</span></p><p><b>specimen</b>: <span>: Live Oysters Acc#20171014-1234</span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Text</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>NEGATIVE</td></tr></table></div>"
},
"identifier": [
{
"use": "official",
"system": "http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory",
"value": "20171014-1234"
}
],
"status": "preliminary",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "41857-4",
"display": "Vibrio parahaemolyticus DNA [Presence] in Unspecified specimen by Probe and target amplification method"
},
{
"system": "http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory/test-codes",
"code": "VP MULTI PCR",
"display": "VP MULTI PCR"
}
],
"text": "OYSTER TESTING"
},
"subject": {
"display": "Sonoma oyster farm"
},
"effectiveDateTime": "2017-10-12",
"issued": "2017-10-14T23:11:24Z",
"performer": [
{
"reference": "Practitioner/f005",
"display": "A. Langeveld"
}
],
"valueCodeableConcept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "10828004",
"display": "Positive (qualifier value)"
},
{
"system": "http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory/result-codes",
"code": "POSITIVE",
"display": "POSITIVE"
}
],
"text": "POSITIVE"
},
"interpretation": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
"code": "A",
"display": "Abnormal"
}
]
}
],
"specimen": {
"display": "Live Oysters Acc#20171014-1234"
},
"referenceRange": [
{
"text": "NEGATIVE"
}
]
}
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.