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Observation-example-heart-rate.json

Orders and Observations Work Group Maturity Level : N/A Standards Status : Informative Compartments : Device , Encounter , Patient , Practitioner , RelatedPerson

Raw JSON ( canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification )

Simple Heart Rate Example 

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "heart-rate",
  "meta": {
    "profile": [
      "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"
    ]
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: heart-rate</p><p><b>meta</b>: </p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Heart rate <span>(Details : {LOINC code '8867-4' = 'Heart rate', given as 'Heart rate'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 02/07/1999</p><p><b>value</b>: 44 beats/minute<span> (Details: UCUM code /min = '/min')</span></p></div>"

    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource &quot;heart-rate&quot; </p><p>Profile: <a>Vital Signs Profile</a></p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span> (<a>Observation Category Codes</a>#vital-signs)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Heart rate <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#8867-4)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a> &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p><p><b>effective</b>: 1999-07-02</p><p><b>value</b>: 44 beats/minute<span> (Details: UCUM code /min = '/min')</span></p></div>"

  },
  "status": "final",
  "category": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
          "code": "vital-signs",
          "display": "Vital Signs"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vital Signs"
    }
  ],
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "8867-4",
        "display": "Heart rate"
      }
    ],
    "text": "Heart rate"
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime": "1999-07-02",
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 44,
    "unit": "beats/minute",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "/min"
  }
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.