FHIR Release 3 (STU)

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Extension: qualityOfEvidence

Clinical Decision Support Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Informative

Use Context: Any

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - CDS WG

The quality of the evidence described. The code system used specifies the quality scale used to grade this evidence source while the code specifies the actual quality score (represented as a coded value) associated with the evidence.

Context of Use: Use on data type: Attachment

usage info: insert a list of places where this extension is used

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	CodeableConcept	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence qualityOfEvidence: The quality of the evidence described. The code system used specifies the quality scale used to grade this evidence source while the code specifies the actual quality score (represented as a coded value) associated with the evidence. Binding: QualityOfEvidenceRating (example) Use on data type: Attachment
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence qualityOfEvidence: The quality of the evidence described. The code system used specifies the quality scale used to grade this evidence source while the code specifies the actual quality score (represented as a coded value) associated with the evidence. Use on data type: Attachment
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence"
valueCodeableConcept	0..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension Binding: QualityOfEvidenceRating (example)
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- qualityOfEvidence -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCodeableConcept><!-- 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // qualityOfEvidence
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } //Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	CodeableConcept	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence qualityOfEvidence: The quality of the evidence described. The code system used specifies the quality scale used to grade this evidence source while the code specifies the actual quality score (represented as a coded value) associated with the evidence. Binding: QualityOfEvidenceRating (example) Use on data type: Attachment
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence qualityOfEvidence: The quality of the evidence described. The code system used specifies the quality scale used to grade this evidence source while the code specifies the actual quality score (represented as a coded value) associated with the evidence. Use on data type: Attachment
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence"
valueCodeableConcept	0..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension Binding: QualityOfEvidenceRating (example)
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- qualityOfEvidence -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCodeableConcept><!-- 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // qualityOfEvidence
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqif-qualityOfEvidence", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } //Value of extension
  }

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div)
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]))