Release 5

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Example Observation/f001 (XML)

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

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Real-world patient - glucose (id = "f001")

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

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="f001"/> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="f001"> </a> </p> <div style="display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border:
       1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Resource Observation &quot;f001&quot; </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: 6323 (use: OFFICIAL)</p> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> code</b> : Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #15074-8)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example-f001-pieter.html">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a>  &quot;Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL&quot;</p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2013-04-02T09:30:10+01:00</p> <p> <b> issued</b> : 4 Apr 2013, 1:30:10 am</p> <p> <b> performer</b> : <a href="practitioner-example-f005-al.html">Practitioner/f005: A. Langeveld</a>  &quot;Langeveld ANNE&quot;</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 6.3 mmol/l<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code mmol/L = 'mmol/L')</span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : High <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html">ObservationInterpretation</a> #H)</span> </p> <h3> ReferenceRanges</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Low</b> </td> <td> <b> High</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> 3.1 mmol/l<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code mmol/L = 'mmol/L')</span> </td> <td> 6.2 mmol/l<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code mmol/L = 'mmol/L')</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <identifier> 
    <use value="official"/> 
    <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/observations"/> 
    <value value="6323"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <status value="final"/> 
  <code> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="15074-8"/> 
      <display value="Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood"/> 
    </coding> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/f001"/> 
    <display value="P. van de Heuvel"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="2013-04-02T09:30:10+01:00"/> 
  <issued value="2013-04-03T15:30:10+01:00"/> 
  <performer> 
    <reference value="Practitioner/f005"/> 
    <display value="A. Langeveld"/> 
  </performer> 
  <valueQuantity> 
    <value value="6.3"/> 
    <unit value="mmol/l"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="mmol/L"/> 
  </valueQuantity> 
  <interpretation> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/> 
      <code value="H"/> 
      <display value="High"/> 
    </coding> 
  </interpretation> 
  <referenceRange> 
    <low> 
      <value value="3.1"/> 
      <unit value="mmol/l"/> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <code value="mmol/L"/> 
    </low> 
    <high> 
      <value value="6.2"/> 
      <unit value="mmol/l"/> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <code value="mmol/L"/> 
    </high> 
  </referenceRange> 
</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.