FHIR Release 3 (STU)

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Patient Care Work GroupMaturity Level: 1 Trial UseCompartments: Device, Patient, Practitioner

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Flag resource.

Flag
Definition

Prospective warnings of potential issues when providing care to the patient.

Control1..1
Alternate NamesBarriers to Care; Alert; Warning
Flag.identifier
Definition

Identifier assigned to the flag for external use (outside the FHIR environment).

NoteThis is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Control0..*
TypeIdentifier
Summarytrue
Flag.status
Definition

Supports basic workflow.

Control1..1
Terminology BindingFlagStatus (Required)
Typecode
Is Modifiertrue
Summarytrue
Comments

This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains codes that mark the resource as not currently valid.

Flag.category
Definition

Allows an flag to be divided into different categories like clinical, administrative etc. Intended to be used as a means of filtering which flags are displayed to particular user or in a given context.

Control0..1
Terminology BindingFlag Category (Example)
TypeCodeableConcept
Summarytrue
Flag.code
Definition

The coded value or textual component of the flag to display to the user.

Control1..1
Terminology BindingFlag Code (Example)
TypeCodeableConcept
Summarytrue
Comments

If non coded, use CodeableConcept.text. This element should always be included in the narrative.

Flag.subject
Definition

The patient, location, group , organization , or practitioner, etc. this is about record this flag is associated with.

Control1..1
TypeReference(Patient | Location | Group | Organization | Practitioner | PlanDefinition | Medication | Procedure)
Summarytrue
Flag.period
Definition

The period of time from the activation of the flag to inactivation of the flag. If the flag is active, the end of the period should be unspecified.

Control0..1
TypePeriod
Summarytrue
Flag.encounter
Definition

This alert is only relevant during the encounter.

Control0..1
TypeReference(Encounter)
Summarytrue
Comments

If both Flag.encounter and Flag.period are valued, then Flag.period.start shall not be before Encounter.period.start and Flag.period.end shall not be after Encounter.period.end.

Flag.author
Definition

The person, organization or device that created the flag.

Control0..1
TypeReference(Device | Organization | Patient | Practitioner)
Summarytrue