A record of a device being used by a patient where the record is the result of a report from the patient or another clinician.

An external identifier for this statement such as an IRI.

A plan, proposal or order that is fulfilled in whole or in part by this DeviceUseStatement.

Allows tracing of authorization for the DeviceUseStatement and tracking whether proposals/recommendations were acted upon.

A code representing the patient or other source's judgment about the state of the device used that this statement is about. Generally this will be active or completed.

DeviceUseStatment is a statement at a point in time. The status is only representative at the point when it was asserted. The value set for contains codes that assert the status of the use by the patient (for example, stopped or on hold) as well as codes that assert the status of the resource itself (for example, entered in error).

This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains the codes that mark the statement as not currently valid.

The patient who used the device.

The time period over which Allows linking the device was used. DeviceUseStatement to the underlying Request, or to other information that supports or is used to derive the DeviceUseStatement.

The most common use cases for deriving a DeviceUseStatement comes from creating it from a request or from an observation or a claim. it should be noted that the amount of information that is available varies from the type resource that you derive the DeviceUseStatement from.

How often the device was used.

The time at which the statement was made/recorded.

Who reported the device was being used by the patient.

The details of the device used.

Reason or justification for the use of the device.

Indicates another resource whose existence justifies this DeviceUseStatement.

Indicates the site anotomic location on the subject's body where the device was used ( i.e. the target site). target).

Knowing where the device is targeted is important for tracking if multiple sites are possible. If more information than just a code is required, use the extension http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/body-site-instance http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/body-structure .

Details about the device statement that were not represented at all or sufficiently in one of the attributes provided in a class. These may include for example a comment, an instruction, or a note associated with the statement.