Stream: hapi
Topic: Storing a data point in more than one resource
Mohsen Jafari (Jan 11 2022 at 08:10):
I'm working with a clinic that collects the patients' "level of care" by using questionnaires. I'm gonna store the clinic data in FHIR resources. Does it make sense to store the "level of care" in both QuestionnaireResponse and Observation resources at the same time? Or is it a mistake to store a single data point (e.g., level of care) in more than on FHIR resource?
Jens Villadsen (Jan 11 2022 at 08:58):
That is more of an #implementers question I believe.
Lin Zhang (Jan 11 2022 at 08:59):
Agree, it sounds like a business/healthcare question.
Daniel Venton (Jan 11 2022 at 15:08):
Since you are asking a question of the patient and the patient is providing the response it would seem to me that the patients answer would be stored exclusively in QuestionnaireResponse.
If the Provider is making an Observation about the patients level of care (whether based on the responses or other factors), the providers interpretation/evaluation might be in an Observation.
I am not a lawyer or a clinician.
Joel Schneider (Jan 12 2022 at 01:41):
The Structured Data Capture implementation guide contains a section about extracting data from a QuestionnaireResponse into other FHIR resources. The Zulip #questionnaire stream would be another good place for discussion about this topic.
Last updated: Apr 12 2022 at 19:14 UTC
