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Operation-measure-evaluate-measure.xml

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Operation Definition

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<OperationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="Measure-evaluate-measure"/> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> Evaluate Measure</h2> 
      <p> OPERATION: Evaluate Measure</p> 
      <p> The official URL for this operation definition is: </p> 
      <pre> http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/Measure-evaluate-measure</pre> 
      <div> 
        <p> The evaluate-measure operation is used to calculate an eMeasure and obtain the results</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> URL: [base]/Measure/$evaluate-measure</p> 
      <p> URL: [base]/Measure/[id]/$evaluate-measure</p> 
      <p> Parameters</p> 
      <table class="grid">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Use</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Name</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Cardinality</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Type</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Binding</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Documentation</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> periodStart</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#date">date</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The start of the measurement period. In keeping with the semantics of the date parameter
                 used in the FHIR search operation, the period will start at the beginning of the period
                 implied by the supplied timestamp. E.g. a value of 2014 would set the period start to
                 be 2014-01-01T00:00:00 inclusive</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> periodEnd</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#date">date</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The end of the measurement period. The period will end at the end of the period implied
                 by the supplied timestamp. E.g. a value of 2014 would set the period end to be 2014-12-31T23:59:59
                 inclusive</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> measure</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a> 
            <br/>  (
            <a href="search.html#reference">reference</a> )
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The measure to evaluate. This parameter is only required when the operation is invoked
                 on the resource type, it is not used when invoking the operation on a Measure instance</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> reportType</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The type of measure report: subject, subject-list, or population. If not specified, a
                 default value of subject will be used if the subject parameter is supplied, otherwise,
                 population will be used</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> subject</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a> 
            <br/>  (
            <a href="search.html#reference">reference</a> )
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Subject for which the measure will be calculated. If not specified, the measure will be
                 calculated for all subjects that meet the requirements of the measure. If specified, the
                 measure will only be calculated for the referenced subject(s)</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> practitioner</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a> 
            <br/>  (
            <a href="search.html#reference">reference</a> )
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Practitioner for which the measure will be calculated. If specified, the measure will
                 be calculated only for subjects that have a primary relationship to the identified practitioner</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> lastReceivedOn</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#dateTime">dateTime</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The date the results of this measure were last received. This parameter is only valid
                 for patient-level reports and is used to indicate when the last time a result for this
                 patient was received. This information can be used to limit the set of resources returned
                 for a patient-level report</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> return</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="measurereport.html">MeasureReport</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The results of the measure calculation. See the MeasureReport resource for a complete
                 description of the output of this operation. Note that implementations may choose to return
                 a MeasureReport with a status of pending to indicate that the report is still being generated.
                 In this case, the client can use a polling method to continually request the MeasureReport
                 until the status is updated to complete</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
      <div> 
        <p> The effect of invoking this operation is to calculate the measure for the given subject,
           or all subjects if no subject is supplied, and return the results as a MeasureReport resource
           of the appropriate type. Note that whether or not this operation affects the state of
           the server depends on whether the server persists the generated MeasureReport. If the
           MeasureReport is not persisted, this operation can be invoked with GET</p> 

      </div> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="2"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="trial-use"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/Measure-evaluate-measure"/> 
  <version value="4.0.1"/> 
  <name value="Evaluate Measure"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <kind value="operation"/> 
  <date value="2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="The evaluate-measure operation is used to calculate an eMeasure and obtain the results"/> 
  <code value="evaluate-measure"/> 
  <comment value="The effect of invoking this operation is to calculate the measure for the given subject,
   or all subjects if no subject is supplied, and return the results as a MeasureReport resource
   of the appropriate type. Note that whether or not this operation affects the state of
   the server depends on whether the server persists the generated MeasureReport. If the
   MeasureReport is not persisted, this operation can be invoked with GET"/> 
  <resource value="Measure"/> 
  <system value="false"/> 
  <type value="true"/> 
  <instance value="true"/> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="periodStart"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The start of the measurement period. In keeping with the semantics of the date parameter
     used in the FHIR search operation, the period will start at the beginning of the period
     implied by the supplied timestamp. E.g. a value of 2014 would set the period start to
     be 2014-01-01T00:00:00 inclusive"/> 
    <type value="date"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="periodEnd"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The end of the measurement period. The period will end at the end of the period implied
     by the supplied timestamp. E.g. a value of 2014 would set the period end to be 2014-12-31T23:59:59
     inclusive"/> 
    <type value="date"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="measure"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The measure to evaluate. This parameter is only required when the operation is invoked
     on the resource type, it is not used when invoking the operation on a Measure instance"/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
    <searchType value="reference"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="reportType"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The type of measure report: subject, subject-list, or population. If not specified, a
     default value of subject will be used if the subject parameter is supplied, otherwise,
     population will be used"/> 
    <type value="code"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="subject"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="Subject for which the measure will be calculated. If not specified, the measure will be
     calculated for all subjects that meet the requirements of the measure. If specified, the
     measure will only be calculated for the referenced subject(s)"/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
    <searchType value="reference"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="practitioner"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="Practitioner for which the measure will be calculated. If specified, the measure will
     be calculated only for subjects that have a primary relationship to the identified practitioner"/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
    <searchType value="reference"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="lastReceivedOn"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The date the results of this measure were last received. This parameter is only valid
     for patient-level reports and is used to indicate when the last time a result for this
     patient was received. This information can be used to limit the set of resources returned
     for a patient-level report"/> 
    <type value="dateTime"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="return"/> 
    <use value="out"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The results of the measure calculation. See the MeasureReport resource for a complete
     description of the output of this operation. Note that implementations may choose to return
     a MeasureReport with a status of pending to indicate that the report is still being generated.
     In this case, the client can use a polling method to continually request the MeasureReport
     until the status is updated to complete"/> 
    <type value="MeasureReport"/> 
  </parameter> 
</OperationDefinition> 

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.