Stream: implementers
Topic: Bundles and dateTimes
Kevin Mayfield (Jul 13 2018 at 18:20):
I'm looking some example Bundles. For a quite a few resources the dateTime is absent.
e.g. in Observation.effectiveDateTime or Procedure.performedDateTime
I believe the correct way of handling this, is to handle the resource as it was supplied and so the effectiveDateTime is empty. It's been suggested I use the period of the context Encounter but I think this is wrong (how would I know the dateTime wasn't known).
Is this defined anywhere in the FHIR spec so I can pass this on?
Thanks
Lloyd McKenzie (Jul 13 2018 at 18:46):
There's no context inheritance in FHIR. If something isn't explicitly stated, then there's no formal mechanism by which you can infer a value - though local business rules can do all sorts of magical things...
Kevin Mayfield (Jul 15 2018 at 06:24):
Thanks, that comment is just what I was expecting.
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