Release 5

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Example Observation/f001 (JSON)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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

Real-world patient - glucose

{
  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "f001",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"f001\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource Observation &quot;f001&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id:\u00a06323\u00a0(use:\u00a0OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#15074-8)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-f001-pieter.html\">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a> &quot;Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL&quot;</p><p><b>effective</b>: 2013-04-02T09:30:10+01:00</p><p><b>issued</b>: 4 Apr 2013, 1:30:10 am</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f005-al.html\">Practitioner/f005: A. Langeveld</a> &quot;Langeveld ANNE&quot;</p><p><b>value</b>: 6.3 mmol/l<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code mmol/L = 'mmol/L')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: High <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#H)</span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Low</b></td><td><b>High</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>3.1 mmol/l<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code mmol/L = 'mmol/L')</span></td><td>6.2 mmol/l<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code mmol/L = 'mmol/L')</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "identifier" : [{
    "use" : "official",
    "system" : "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/observations",
    "value" : "6323"
  }],
  "status" : "final",
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "15074-8",
      "display" : "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood"
    }]
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/f001",
    "display" : "P. van de Heuvel"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime" : "2013-04-02T09:30:10+01:00",
  "issued" : "2013-04-03T15:30:10+01:00",
  "performer" : [{
    "reference" : "Practitioner/f005",
    "display" : "A. Langeveld"
  }],
  "valueQuantity" : {
    "value" : 6.3,
    "unit" : "mmol/l",
    "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code" : "mmol/L"
  },
  "interpretation" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
      "code" : "H",
      "display" : "High"
    }]
  }],
  "referenceRange" : [{
    "low" : {
      "value" : 3.1,
      "unit" : "mmol/l",
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "code" : "mmol/L"
    },
    "high" : {
      "value" : 6.2,
      "unit" : "mmol/l",
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "code" : "mmol/L"
    }
  }]
}

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.