FHIR Chat · Final lab result dateTime · Orders and Observation WG

Stream: Orders and Observation WG

Topic: Final lab result dateTime


view this post on Zulip David deRoode (Nov 19 2021 at 20:01):

As Us Core Lab Result Observation.effectiveDateTime is defined as representing the date the Specimen was collected (when applicable), is a lab result's final (result) Date/Time expected to be found in .meta.lastUpdated, going back through history to the version when .status=final? Seems odd there is no timestamp element within Observation for the moment at which the lab observation in asserted/made, and duplicative with a potential to conflict with Specimen.collection dateTime

view this post on Zulip Eric Haas (Nov 20 2021 at 18:20):

See Observation.issued

view this post on Zulip Eric Haas (Nov 20 2021 at 18:21):

effective x stays the same as the Observation state progresses.

view this post on Zulip Eric Haas (Nov 20 2021 at 18:24):

Us Core Lab Result Observation "Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for the minimal set of data to query and retrieve laboratory test results" (emphasis mine) but does not prohibit adding other elements like issued


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