Stream: implementers
Topic: Maternity Assessments
Pravina Munghate (May 04 2016 at 20:21):
Hi ,
I have been looking through FHIR site for an appropriate structure to capture various assessments related to maternity which are done during booking appointment. Examples - VTE assessment , Tissue Viability etc.
So far , I have seen 2 structures that come close :
Clinical Assessment : http://hl7.org/fhir/2015Jan/clinicalassessment.html
Risk Assessment : https://www.hl7.org/fhir/riskassessment.html
Am I in the right direction ? Also , I have seen a comment in Clinical Assessment link which says :
There is another related clinical concept often called an "assessment": assessment Tools such as Apgar (also known as "Assessment Scales"), and this is different to the scope of the "clinical assessment" resource. Assessment tools such as Apgar are represented as Observations, and Questionnaires may be used to help generate these.
Haven't found any link to "Assessment" mentioned above. I feel perhaps "Assessment" is the right structure since we are dealing with assessment scales like MEWS (Modified Early Warning Score or Modified Early Obstetric Warning Score). Is it possible to get a link to it or any guidance in this regard ?
Thanks !
Lloyd McKenzie (May 05 2016 at 19:49):
Most assessments that don't fit under the ClinicalAssessment or RiskAssessment will be captured through either Observation (or hierarchies of Observations) or DiagnosticReport.
Eric Haas (May 06 2016 at 05:20):
Yes the MEWS is a clinical assessment tool and should be represented as a set of Observation Resources. The scores for each parameter are recorded as an Observation. The total is another Observation that may reference each parameter. See the GCS example.
Brian Postlethwaite (Jun 21 2016 at 00:06):
Or Questionnaire/QuestinnaireResponse if it is structured data capture using templates.
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