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Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

The DeviceMetricObservation profile describes the direct or derived, qualitative or quantitative physiological measurement, setting, or calculation data produced by a medical device or a device component.

Profiles:
Device Metric Observation ProfileThis profile describes the direct or derived, qualitative or quantitative physiological measurement, setting, or calculation data produced by a medical device or a device component.
Observation-geneticsDescribes how the observation resource is used to report structured genetic test results
observation-vitalsignsFHIR Vital Signs Profile
observation-bodyweightFHIR Body Weight Profile
observation-vitalspanelFHIR Vital Signs Panel Profile
observation-bodyheightFHIR Body Height Profile
observation-resprateFHIR Respiratory Rate Profile
observation-heartrateFHIR Heart Rate Profile
observation-bodytempFHIR Body Temperature Profile
observation-headcircumFHIR Head Circumference Profile
observation-oxygensatFHIR Oxygen Saturation Profile
observation-bmiFHIR Body Mass Index (BMI) Profile
observation-bpFHIR Blood Pressure Profile
Extensions:
observation-bodyPositionbodyPosition :

The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code.

observation-deltadelta :

The qualitative change in the value relative to the previous measurement. Usually only recorded if the change is clinically significant.

observation-focusCodefocusCode :

A code representing the focus of an observation when the focus is not the patient of record. In other words, the focus of the observation is different from Observation.subject. An example use case would be using the Observation resource to capture whether the mother is trained to change her child's tracheostomy tube. In this example, the child is the patient of record and the mother is focal subject referenced using this extension. Other example focal subjects include spouses, related persons, feti, or donors.

observation-timeOffsettimeOffset :

A specific offset time in milliseconds from the stated time in the Observation.appliesDateTime to allow for representation of sequential recording of sampled data from the same lead or data stream. For example, an ECG recorder may record sequentially 3 leads four time to receive 12-lead ECG, see ISO 22077 .

observation-sequelTosequelTo :

This observation follows the target observation (e.g. timed tests such as Glucose Tolerance Test).

observation-replacesreplaces :

This observation replaces a previous observation (i.e. a revised value).

observation-gatewayDevicegatewayDevice :

The Provenance/AuditEvent resources can represent the same information. Note that the Provenance/AuditEvent resources can represent the same information.

observation-specimenCodespecimenCode :

A code representing the the type of specimen used for this observation. Should only be used if not implicit in the code found in Observation.code.

observation-deviceCodedeviceCode :

A code representing the the type of device used for this observation. Should only be used if not implicit in the code found in Observation.code.

observation-preconditionprecondition :

Other preceding or concurrent observations that must be known to correctly interpret the the observation. For example an fiO2 measure taken alongside of a SpO2 measurement. See the Observation notes section for additional guidance.

observation-reagentreagent :

Reference to reagents used to generate this observation. This is intended for this for in-lab transactions between instruments and Laboratory Information Systems (LIS).

observation-secondaryFindingsecondaryFinding :

Secondary findings are genetic test results that provide information about variants in a gene unrelated to the primary purpose for the testing, most often discovered when Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) or Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) is performed. This extension should be used to denote when a genetic finding is being shared as a secondary finding, and ideally refer to a corresponding guideline or policy statement.

For more detail, please see: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/testing/secondaryfindings.

observation-geneticsGeneGene :

The material on this page will be removed in a future release. This content is deprecated and SHOULD NOT be used. Implementers are instead directed to the (Genomics Reporting Implementation Guide ) for guidance. A region (or regions) that includes all of the sequence elements necessary to encode a functional transcript. A gene may include regulatory regions, transcribed regions and/or other functional sequence regions (SO:0000704 ). This element is the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC, which is a short abbreviated form of the gene name (HGNC ). LOINC Code: (48018-6 ).

observation-geneticsDNARegionNameDNARegionName :

The material on this page will be removed in a future release. This content is deprecated and SHOULD NOT be used. Implementers are instead directed to the (Genomics Reporting Implementation Guide ) for guidance. A region (or regions) that includes all of the sequence elements necessary to encode a functional transcript. A gene may include regulatory regions, transcribed regions and/or other functional sequence regions (SO:0000704 ). This element is the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC, which is a short abbreviated form of the gene name (HGNC ). LOINC Code: (48018-6 ).

observation-geneticsCopyNumberEventCopyNumberEvent :

The material on this page will be removed in a future release. This content is deprecated and SHOULD NOT be used. Implementers are instead directed to the (Genomics Reporting Implementation Guide ) for guidance. A variation that increases or decreases the copy number of a given region (SO:0001019 ). Values: amplification/deletion/LOH.

observation-geneticsGenomicSourceClassGenomicSourceClass :

The material on this page will be removed in a future release. This content is deprecated and SHOULD NOT be used. Implementers are instead directed to the (Genomics Reporting Implementation Guide ) for guidance. Source of sample used to determine the sequence in sequencing lab -- germline, somatic, prenatal. LOINC Code: (48002-0 ).

observation-geneticsInterpretationInterpretation :

The material on this page will be removed in a future release. This content is deprecated and SHOULD NOT be used. Implementers are instead directed to the (Genomics Reporting Implementation Guide ) for guidance. Clinical Interpretations for variant. It's a reference to an Observation resource.

observation-geneticsVariantVariant :

Variant information.

observation-geneticsAminoAcidChangeAminoAcidChange :

AminoAcidChange information.

observation-geneticsAlleleAllele :

Allele information.

observation-geneticsAncestryAncestry :

Ancestry information.

observation-geneticsPhaseSetPhaseSet :

Phase set information.

Examples:
Genetics 1

Genetics example 1

Genetics 2

Genetics example 2

Genetics 3

Genetics example 3

Genetics 4

Genetics example 4

Genetics 5

Genetics example 5

Diplotype(with Haplotypes Ref)

Example of diplotype data (with haplotypes observation as reference)

Haplotype

Example of haplotype data that is basis of a diplotype data

Haplotype-2

Example of another haplotype data that is basis of a diplotype data

Phenotype

Example of phenotype data

TPMT-diplotype

Example of a TPMT diplotype that link to two TPMT haplotype observations

TPMT-haplotype-one

Example of a TPMT haplotype observation

TPMT-haplotype-two

Example of another TPMT haplotype observation

Breast Cancer genetic test

Example of breast cancer genetic observation

Search parameters defined by this package. See Searching for more information about searching in REST, messaging, and services.

NameTypeDescriptionPathsSource
amino-acid-changestringHGVS Protein ChangeXML / JSON
dna-variantstringHGVS DNA variantXML / JSON
gene-amino-acid-changestringHGNC gene symbol and HGVS Protein changeXML / JSON
gene-dnavariantstringHGNC gene symbol and HGVS DNA VariantXML / JSON
gene-identifiertokenHGNC gene symbol and identifierXML / JSON
For the initial scope, this DeviceMetricObservation profile is only applicable to describe a measurement that is produced by any medical device that implements or derives from the ISO/IEEE 11073 standard.