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Patient Care Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Trial Use | Security Category: Patient | Compartments: Device, Patient, Practitioner |
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Flag resource.
Flag | |
Element Id | Flag |
Definition | Prospective warnings of potential issues when providing care to the patient. |
Short Display | Key information to flag to healthcare providers |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | DomainResource |
Alternate Names | Barriers to Care; Alert; Warning |
Summary | false |
Flag.identifier | |
Element Id | Flag.identifier |
Definition | Business identifiers assigned to this flag by the performer or other systems which remain constant as the resource is updated and propagates from server to server. |
Short Display | Business identifier |
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | Identifier |
Requirements | Allows identification of the flag as it is known by various participating systems and in a way that remains consistent across servers. |
Summary | true |
Comments | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion). It is best practice for the identifier to only appear on a single resource instance, however business practices may occasionally dictate that multiple resource instances with the same identifier can exist - possibly even with different resource types. For example, multiple Patient and a Person resource instance might share the same social insurance number. |
Flag.status | |
Element Id | Flag.status |
Definition | Supports basic workflow. |
Short Display | active | inactive | entered-in-error |
Cardinality | 1..1 |
Terminology Binding | Flag Status (Required) |
Type | code |
Is Modifier | true (Reason: This element is labelled 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) |
Summary | true |
Comments | This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains codes that mark the resource as not currently valid. |
Flag.category | |
Element Id | Flag.category |
Definition | Allows a flag to be divided into different categories like clinical, administrative etc. Intended to be used as a means of filtering which flags are displayed to particular user or in a given context. |
Short Display | Clinical, administrative, etc |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Terminology Binding | Flag Category (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
Comments | The value set will often need to be adjusted based on local business rules and usage context. |
Flag.code | |
Element Id | Flag.code |
Definition | The coded value or textual component of the flag to display to the user. |
Short Display | Coded or textual message to display to user |
Cardinality | 1..1 |
Terminology Binding | Flag Code (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
Comments | If non-coded, use CodeableConcept.text. This element should always be included in the narrative. |
Flag.subject | |
Element Id | Flag.subject |
Definition | The patient, related person, location, group, organization, or practitioner etc. this is about record this flag is associated with. |
Short Display | Who/What is flag about? |
Cardinality | 1..1 |
Type | Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson | Location | Group | Organization | Practitioner | PractitionerRole | PlanDefinition | Medication | Procedure) |
Summary | true |
Flag.period | |
Element Id | Flag.period |
Definition | The period of time from the activation of the flag to inactivation of the flag. If the flag is active, the end of the period should be unspecified. |
Short Display | Time period when flag is active |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | Period |
Summary | true |
Flag.encounter | |
Element Id | Flag.encounter |
Definition | This alert is only relevant during the encounter. |
Short Display | Alert relevant during encounter |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | Reference(Encounter) |
Summary | true |
Comments | If both Flag.encounter and Flag.period are valued, then Flag.period.start shall not be before Encounter.period.start and Flag.period.end shall not be after Encounter.period.end. |
Flag.author | |
Element Id | Flag.author |
Definition | The person, organization or device that created the flag. |
Short Display | Flag creator |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | Reference(Device | Organization | Patient | RelatedPerson | Practitioner | PractitionerRole) |
Summary | true |