Stream: implementers
Topic: Symptom observation resourcetype
Hayyi (Jan 20 2021 at 05:25):
Hello all, need some guidance here . Please refer to the attach image.
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What is the best practice to store such data? The symptom will be referenced to the condition resource.
Since the symptom is a free text with no codesystem, Should it be in observation or questionnaireRespone? Or both with reference to each other?
Lloyd McKenzie (Jan 20 2021 at 05:52):
The raw data (in the discrete form shown) would typically be gathered in a QuestionnaireResponse. It would then be used to populate an Observation or possibly a Condition. (Condition is for something you want to track over time, Observation is for point-in-time assertion.) With an Observation, you could possibly capture some of the details as Observation.components. For Condition, some will map to existing Observation discrete values like onset or severity. Others would typically live in free text in Condition.code.text, though you could also use extensions on Condition to capture the discrete values if you felt them useful to share (and thought others would support them as discrete too). If you think some of them will be widely supported, you could submit a change request to have them considered for inclusion as standard elements or extensions.
Last updated: Apr 12 2022 at 19:14 UTC
