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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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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 with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: vp-oyster</p><p><b>identifier</b>: 20171014-1234 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: preliminary</p><p><b>code</b>: OYSTER TESTING <span>(Details : {LOINC code '41857-4' = 'Vibrio parahaemolyticus DNA [Presence] in Unspecified specimen by Probe and target amplification method', given as 'Vibrio parahaemolyticus DNA [Presence] in Unspecified specimen by Probe and target amplification method'}; {http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory/test-codes code 'VP MULTI PCR' = 'VP MULTI PCR', given as 'VP MULTI PCR'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: Sonoma oyster farm</p><p><b>effective</b>: 12/10/2017</p><p><b>issued</b>: 14/10/2017 11:11:24 PM</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a>A. Langeveld</a></p><p><b>value</b>: POSITIVE <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '10828004' = 'Positive', given as 'Positive (qualifier value)'}; {http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory/result-codes code 'POSITIVE' = 'POSITIVE', given as 'POSITIVE'})</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Abnormal <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation code 'A' = 'Abnormal', given as 'Abnormal'})</span></p><p><b>specimen</b>: Live Oysters Acc#20171014-1234</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" } ] }
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