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Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)
An example bundle that demonstrates various reference resolution paths
{
"resourceType": "Bundle",
"id": "bundle-references",
"type": "collection",
"entry": [
{
"fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Patient/23",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Patient",
"id": "23",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "23" </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: 1234567</p></div>"
},
"identifier": [
{
"system": "http://example.org/ids",
"value": "1234567"
}
]
}
},
{
"fullUrl": "urn:uuid:04121321-4af5-424c-a0e1-ed3aab1c349d",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Patient",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div/></div>"
}
}
},
{
"fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/123",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "123",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "123" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#15074-8)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/23</a></p></div>"
},
"status": "final",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "15074-8",
"display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/23"
}
}
},
{
"fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/124",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "124",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "124" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#15074-8)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>http://example.org/fhir/Patient/23</a></p></div>"
},
"status": "final",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "15074-8",
"display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "http://example.org/fhir/Patient/23"
}
}
},
{
"fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/12",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "12",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "12" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#15074-8)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>urn:uuid:04121321-4af5-424c-a0e1-ed3aab1c349d</a></p></div>"
},
"status": "final",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "15074-8",
"display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "urn:uuid:04121321-4af5-424c-a0e1-ed3aab1c349d"
}
}
},
{
"fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/14",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "14",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "14" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#15074-8)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>http://example.org/fhir-2/Patient/1</a></p></div>"
},
"status": "final",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "15074-8",
"display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "http://example.org/fhir-2/Patient/1"
}
}
},
{
"fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir-2/Observation/14",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "14",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "14" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#15074-8)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/23</a></p></div>"
},
"status": "final",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "15074-8",
"display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/23"
}
}
},
{
"fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Patient/45",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Patient",
"id": "45",
"meta": {
"versionId": "1"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "45" Version "1" </p></div><p><b>name</b>: Name 1</p></div>"
},
"name": [
{
"text": "Name 1"
}
]
}
},
{
"fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Patient/45",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Patient",
"id": "45",
"meta": {
"versionId": "2"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "45" Version "2" </p></div><p><b>name</b>: Name 2</p></div>"
},
"name": [
{
"text": "Name 2"
}
]
}
},
{
"fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/47",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "47",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "47" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#15074-8)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/45/_history/2</a></p></div>"
},
"status": "final",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "15074-8",
"display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/45/_history/2"
}
}
},
{
"fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/48",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "48",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "48" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#15074-8)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <span/></p></div>"
},
"status": "final",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "15074-8",
"display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"identifier": {
"system": "http://example.org/ids",
"value": "1234567"
}
}
}
}
]
}
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.