Stream: implementers
Topic: AllergyIntolerance.Criticality vs. Severity
Shamil Nizamov (Aug 17 2020 at 20:40):
What is the difference (i.e., use case) when to use criticality over severity. Both talks about a clinical estimation of the the adverse reaction agent.
Jean Duteau (Aug 17 2020 at 20:54):
In R4, they are two different attributes. AllergyIntolerance has a criticality which is an estimate of the harm to the identified substance while the reaction has a severity which is the specific severity of that reaction. A common example that highlights the difference is an allergy to bee stings. The reaction could have a severity of 'mild' but the criticality of the allergy is 'high' since it is expected that subsequent bee stings will get more and more severe.
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