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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Security Category: Patient | Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
This table lists profiles and extensions for the Observation resource. For background information, see Profiling Resources and Extensibility. Additional profiles and extensions may be found in published Implementation Guides , or in the Conformance resource registry .
Profile | Description | Context |
BMI | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving the vital sign body mass index. | observation-bmi |
BP | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving the vital sign blood pressure. | observation-bp |
BodyHeight | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving the vital sign body height. | observation-bodyheight |
BodyTemp | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving the vital sign body temperature. | observation-bodytemp |
BodyWeight | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving the vital sign body weight. | observation-bodyweight |
DeviceMetricObservation | This profile describes the direct or derived, qualitative or quantitative physiological measurement, setting, or calculation data produced by a medical device or a device component. | Device Metric Observation Profile |
HeadCircum | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving the vital sign head circumference. | observation-headcircum |
HeartRate | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving the vital sign heart rate. | observation-heartrate |
Observation-Genetics | Describes how the observation resource is used to report structured genetic test results | Observation-genetics |
OxygenSat | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving the vital sign oxygen saturation. | observation-oxygensat |
RespRate | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving the vital sign respiratory rate. | observation-resprate |
VitalSigns | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. | observation-vitalsigns |
VitalsPanel | Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving the vital signs panel. | observation-vitalspanel |
Extensions that reference this resource:
amino-acid-change | string | HGVS Protein Change Expression: Observation.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-geneticsAminoAcidChangeName') |
dna-variant | string | HGVS DNA variant Expression: Observation.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-geneticsDnaVariant') |
gene-amino-acid-change | string | HGNC gene symbol and HGVS Protein change Expression: Observation.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-geneticsAminoAcidChangeName') |
gene-dnavariant | string | HGNC gene symbol and HGVS DNA Variant Expression: Observation.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-geneticsDnaVariant') |
gene-identifier | token | HGNC gene symbol and identifier Expression: Observation.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-geneticsGene') |