Release 5

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v5.0.0: R5 - STU). This is the current published version in it's permanent home (it will always be available at this URL). For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R5 R4B R4 R3 R2

Orders and Observations icon Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeSecurity Category: Patient Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

The following Observations show examples of laboratory observations:

The following Observations shows examples of physical exams finding and simple assessments:

The following Observations show examples of imaging results:

The following Observations show examples of observations about a location:

The following Observations show examples of observations about a group:

The following Observations show examples of physical trait observation:

The following Observations show examples of assessment tool scores:

The following Observations show examples of observations generated by a device:

The following Observations show examples of observations generated by a personal healthcare device:

The following Observations show examples of social history observations:

The following Observations show examples of findings of signs and symptoms:

The following Observations show examples of vital signs measurements:


The following Observations demonstrate examples of internationalization (using non-ASCII Unicode characters for Observation.code):


Example NameidFormat
Simple Weight ExampleexampleXMLJSONTurtle
Simple Respiratory Rate Examplerespiratory-rateXMLJSONTurtle
Simple Heart Rate Exampleheart-rateXMLJSONTurtle
Simple Body Temperature Examplebody-temperatureXMLJSONTurtle
Simple Body Height Examplebody-heightXMLJSONTurtle
Simple Body Length Examplebody-lengthXMLJSONTurtle
Simple Head Circumference Examplehead-circumferenceXMLJSONTurtle
Simple BMI ExamplebmiXMLJSONTurtle
BMI with links to Height and Weightbmi-using-relatedXMLJSONTurtle
Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry Example (DeviceMetricObservation profile)satO2XMLJSONTurtle
Blood Pressure Measurementblood-pressureXMLJSONTurtle
Blood Pressure Measurement with an absent Diastolic measurementblood-pressure-darXMLJSONTurtle
Simple Mean Arterial Blood Pressure ExamplembpXMLJSONTurtle
Simple Panel of Heart Rate, Repiratory Rate. Blood Pressure and Body Temperaturevitals-panelXMLJSONTurtle
Blood Pressure Measurement cancelledblood-pressure-cancelXMLJSONTurtle
Real-world patient - glucosef001XMLJSONTurtle
Specimen Reject ExampleunsatXMLJSONTurtle
Real-world patient -base excessf002XMLJSONTurtle
Real-world patient - CO2f003XMLJSONTurtle
Real-world patient - erythrocytef004XMLJSONTurtle
Real-world patient - hemoglobinf005XMLJSONTurtle
An "ask at order" response using the datetime datetype for the result valuedate-lastmpXMLJSONTurtle
Real-world patient - temperaturef202XMLJSONTurtle
Real-world patient - CO2f203XMLJSONTurtle
Real-world patient - creatininef204XMLJSONTurtle
Real-world patient - estimated gfrf205XMLJSONTurtle
Real-world patient - staphylococcusf206XMLJSONTurtle
EKG Example using SampledData data typeekgXMLJSONTurtle
Clinical assessment tool example - GCS with individual score as componentsglasgowXMLJSONTurtle
Clinical assessment tool example - GCS with individual scores as related QuestionnaireAnswergcs-qaXMLJSONTurtle
Example of a 1 minute Apgar score with individual score as components1minute-apgar-scoreXMLJSONTurtle
Example of a 2 minute Apgar score with individual score as components2minute-apgar-scoreXMLJSONTurtle
Example of a 5 minute Apgar score with individual score as components5minute-apgar-scoreXMLJSONTurtle
Example of a 10 minute Apgar score with individual score as components10minute-apgar-scoreXMLJSONTurtle
Example of a 20 minute Apgar score with individual score as components20minute-apgar-scoreXMLJSONTurtle
Example of a clinical gender observation. For a discussion on representing a patient's gender the Patient Resource.clinical-genderXMLJSONTurtle
Example of a very simple personal characteristic observationeye-colorXMLJSONTurtle
Example of an encoded BMD measurements of left femurbmdXMLJSONTurtle
Spirometry Example referencing DeviceComponent656XMLJSONTurtle
Example of a multi-select values/answers Observation with individual answers/values as componentsalcohol-typeXMLJSONTurtle
Example of an Observations made about a location - an oyster farmvp-oysterXMLJSONTurtle
An example of a herd screening ELISA assay for Mycoplasmal Pneumonia in Pigs.herd1XMLJSONTurtle
An example of a finding of vomitingvomitingXMLJSONTurtle
An example of a finding of second hand smoke exposuresecondsmokeXMLJSONTurtle
An example of capturing 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 the focus.trachcareXMLJSONTurtle
An example of a simple blood typing panel.bgpanelXMLJSONTurtle
An example of a blood group (ABO) measurement.bloodgroupXMLJSONTurtle
An example of a blood Rh antigen measurement.rhstatusXMLJSONTurtle
Explores the edge cases of the decimal data typedecimalXMLJSONTurtle
An example to demonstrate using the bodyPosition and delta extensionsmap-sittingXMLJSONTurtle
An exam finding using pattern 3 described in the "Using Codes in Observation" Sectionabdo-tenderXMLJSONTurtle
Observation example demonstrating internationalization (Korean)krcore-observation-labresult-example-01XMLJSONTurtle
Observation example demonstrating internationalization (Arabic)body-weight-with-arabic-codeXMLJSONTurtle
 

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.