Release 4

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Codesystem-research-study-prim-purp-type.json

Biomedical Research and Regulation Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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

Definition for Code System ResearchStudyPrimaryPurposeType

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "research-study-prim-purp-type",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00"
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "brr"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  }],
  "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/research-study-prim-purp-type",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1250"
  }],
  "version" : "4.0.1",
  "name" : "ResearchStudyPrimaryPurposeType",
  "title" : "ResearchStudyPrimaryPurposeType",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Codes for the main intent of the study.",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/research-study-prim-purp-type",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "treatment",
    "display" : "Treatment",
    "definition" : "One or more interventions are being evaluated for treating a disease, syndrome, or condition."
  },
  {
    "code" : "prevention",
    "display" : "Prevention",
    "definition" : "One or more interventions are being assessed for preventing the development of a specific disease or health condition."
  },
  {
    "code" : "diagnostic",
    "display" : "Diagnostic",
    "definition" : "One or more interventions are being evaluated for identifying a disease or health condition."
  },
  {
    "code" : "supportive-care",
    "display" : "Supportive Care",
    "definition" : "One or more interventions are evaluated for maximizing comfort, minimizing side effects, or mitigating against a decline in the participant's health or function."
  },
  {
    "code" : "screening",
    "display" : "Screening",
    "definition" : "One or more interventions are assessed or examined for identifying a condition, or risk factors for a condition, in people who are not yet known to have the condition or risk factor."
  },
  {
    "code" : "health-services-research",
    "display" : "Health Services Research",
    "definition" : "One or more interventions for evaluating the delivery, processes, management, organization, or financing of healthcare."
  },
  {
    "code" : "basic-science",
    "display" : "Basic Science",
    "definition" : "One or more interventions for examining the basic mechanism of action (for example, physiology or biomechanics of an intervention)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "device-feasibility",
    "display" : "Device Feasibility",
    "definition" : "An intervention of a device product is being evaluated to determine the feasibility of the product or to test a prototype device and not health outcomes. Such studies are conducted to confirm the design and operating specifications of a device before beginning a full clinical trial."
  }]
}

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.