Family-member-history-genetics

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9.4.10 Family member history for genetics analysis

Patient Care

Work Group

Maturity Level: N/A

Standards Status: Informative

Adds additional information to a family member history supporting both the capture of mother/father relationships as well as additional observations necessary to enable genetics-based risk analysis for patients

9.4.10.1 Content

Profiles:
FamilyMemberHistory-Genetic	Adds additional information to a family member history supporting both the capture of mother/father relationships as well as additional observations necessary to enable genetics-based risk analysis for patients
Extensions:
family-member-history-genetics-parent	parent : Identifies a parent of the relative.
family-member-history-genetics-sibling	sibling : Identifies a sibling of the relative.
family-member-history-genetics-observation	observation : Allows capturing risk-relevant observations about the relative that aren't themselves a specific health condition; e.g. Certain ethnic ancestries that are disease-relevant, presence of particular genetic markers, etc.