Release 4B Ballot #1

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Observation-example-eye-color.xml

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

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Example of a very simple personal characteristic observation (id = "eye-color")

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="eye-color"/> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative</b> </p> <p/>  <p> <b> code</b> : <span> eye color</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a> Generated Summary: Medical record number: 12345 (USUAL); active; Peter James Chalmers
           (OFFICIAL), Jim , Peter James Windsor (MAIDEN); , Phone: (03) 5555 6473, Phone: (03) 3410
           5613, Phone: (03) 5555 8834; gender: male; birthDate: 1974-12-25; </a> </p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2016-05-18</p> <p> <b> value</b> : blue</p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/> 
  <code> 
    <text value="eye color"/> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="2016-05-18"/> 
  <valueString value="blue"/> 
</Observation>

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.