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Regulated Clinical Research Information Management Work GroupMaturity Level: 0 DraftCompartments: Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the AdverseEvent resource.

AdverseEvent
Definition

Actual or potential/avoided event causing unintended physical injury resulting from or contributed to by medical care, a research study or other healthcare setting factors that requires additional monitoring, treatment, or hospitalization, or that results in death.

Control1..1
Alternate NamesAE
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.identifier
Definition

The identifier(s) of this adverse event that are assigned by business processes and/or used to refer to it when a direct URL reference to the resource itsefl is not appropriate.

NoteThis is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Control0..1
TypeIdentifier
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.category
Definition

The type of event which is important to characterize what occurred and caused harm to the subject, or had the potential to cause harm to the subject.

Control0..1
Terminology BindingAdverseEventCategory (Required)
Typecode
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.type
Definition

This element defines the specific type of event that occurred or that was prevented from occurring.

Control0..1
Terminology BindingSNOMED CT Clinical Findings (Example)
TypeCodeableConcept
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.subject
Definition

This subject or group impacted by the event. With a prospective adverse event, there will be no subject as the adverse event was prevented.

Control0..1
TypeReference(Patient | ResearchSubject | Medication | Device)
Alternate Namespatient
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.date
Definition

The date (and perhaps time) when the adverse event occurred.

Control0..1
TypedateTime
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.reaction
Definition

Includes information about the reaction that occurred as a result of exposure to a substance (for example, a drug or a chemical).

Control0..*
TypeReference(Condition)
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.location
Definition

The information about where the adverse event occurred.

Control0..1
TypeReference(Location)
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.seriousness
Definition

Describes the seriousness or severity of the adverse event.

Control0..1
Terminology BindingAdverseEventSeriousness (Example)
TypeCodeableConcept
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.outcome
Definition

Describes the type of outcome from the adverse event.

Control0..1
Terminology BindingAdverseEventOutcome (Required)
TypeCodeableConcept
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.recorder
Definition

Information on who recorded the adverse event. May be the patient or a practitioner.

Control0..1
TypeReference(Patient | Practitioner | RelatedPerson)
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.eventParticipant
Definition

Parties that may or should contribute or have contributed information to the Act. Such information includes information leading to the decision to perform the Act and how to perform the Act (e.g. consultant), information that the Act itself seeks to reveal (e.g. informant of clinical history), or information about what Act was performed (e.g. informant witness).

Control0..1
TypeReference(Practitioner | Device)
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.description
Definition

Describes the adverse event in text.

Control0..1
Typestring
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.suspectEntity
Definition

Describes the entity that is suspected to have caused the adverse event.

Control0..*
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.instance
Definition

Identifies the actual instance of what caused the adverse event. May be a substance, medication, medication administration, medication statement or a device.

Control1..1
TypeReference(Substance | Medication | MedicationAdministration | MedicationStatement | Device)
Alternate NamesSubstance or Medication or Device
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.causality
Definition

causality1 | causality2.

Control0..1
Terminology BindingAdverseEventCausality (Required)
Typecode
Summarytrue
To Dois this meant to be a backbone element?
AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.causalityAssessment
Definition

assess1 | assess2.

Control0..1
Terminology BindingAdverseEventCausalityAssessment (Example)
TypeCodeableConcept
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.causalityProductRelatedness
Definition

AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.causalityProductRelatedness.

Control0..1
Typestring
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.causalityMethod
Definition

method1 | method2.

Control0..1
Terminology BindingAdverseEventCausalityMethod (Example)
TypeCodeableConcept
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.causalityAuthor
Definition

AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.causalityAuthor.

Control0..1
TypeReference(Practitioner | PractitionerRole)
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.causalityResult
Definition

result1 | result2.

Control0..1
Terminology BindingAdverseEventCausalityResult (Example)
TypeCodeableConcept
Summarytrue
To Dowhat is difference between assessment and result?
AdverseEvent.subjectMedicalHistory
Definition

AdverseEvent.subjectMedicalHistory.

Control0..*
TypeReference(Condition | Observation | AllergyIntolerance | FamilyMemberHistory | Immunization | Procedure)
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.referenceDocument
Definition

AdverseEvent.referenceDocument.

Control0..*
TypeReference(DocumentReference)
Summarytrue
AdverseEvent.study
Definition

AdverseEvent.study.

Control0..*
TypeReference(ResearchStudy)
Summarytrue