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Observation-example-satO2.json

Example Observation/satO2 (JSON)

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

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Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry Example (DeviceMetricObservation profile)

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "satO2",
  "meta": {
    "profile": [
      "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"
    ]

  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "satO2",
  "meta" : {
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"]

  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource &quot;satO2&quot; </p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"vitalsigns.html\">Vital Signs Profile</a></p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: o1223435-10</p><p><b>partOf</b>: <a href=\"procedure-ob.html\">Procedure/ob</a></p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"codesystem-observation-category.html\">Observation Category Codes</a>#vital-signs)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#2708-6; <a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#59408-5 &quot;Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry&quot;; <a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-mdc.html\">ISO 11073-10101 Health informatics - Point-of-care</a>#150456 &quot;MDC_PULS_OXIM_SAT_O2&quot;)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example.html\">Patient/example</a> &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p><p><b>effective</b>: 2014-12-05T09:30:10+01:00</p><p><b>value</b>: 95 %<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Normal (applies to non-numeric results) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#N &quot;Normal&quot;)</span></p><p><b>device</b>: <a href=\"devicemetric-example.html\">DeviceMetric/example</a></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Low</b></td><td><b>High</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>90 %<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span></td><td>99 %<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span></td></tr></table></div>"

  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"satO2\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource Observation &quot;satO2&quot; </p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"vitalsigns.html\">Vital Signs Profile</a></p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id:\u00a0o1223435-10</p><p><b>partOf</b>: <a href=\"procedure-example-ob.html\">Procedure/ob</a></p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html\">Observation Category Codes</a>#vital-signs)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#2708-6; <a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#59408-5 &quot;Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry&quot;; <a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-mdc.html\">ISO 11073-10101 Health informatics - Point-of-care</a>#150456 &quot;MDC_PULS_OXIM_SAT_O2&quot;)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example.html\">Patient/example</a> &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p><p><b>effective</b>: 2014-12-05T09:30:10+01:00</p><p><b>value</b>: 95 %<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Normal (applies to non-numeric results) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#N &quot;Normal&quot;)</span></p><p><b>device</b>: <a href=\"devicemetric-example.html\">DeviceMetric/example</a></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Low</b></td><td><b>High</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>90 %<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span></td><td>99 %<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span></td></tr></table></div>"

  },
  "identifier": [
    {
      "system": "http://goodcare.org/observation/id",
      "value": "o1223435-10"
    }
  ],
  "partOf": [

  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "http://goodcare.org/observation/id",
    "value" : "o1223435-10"
  }],
  "partOf" : [{
    "reference" : "Procedure/ob"
  }],
  "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" : "2708-6",
      "display" : "Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood"
    },

    {
      "reference": "Procedure/ob"
    }
  ],
  "status": "final",
  "category": [

      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "59408-5",
      "display" : "Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry"
    },

    {
      "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": "2708-6",
        "display": "Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood"
      },
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "59408-5",
        "display": "Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry"
      },
      {
        "system": "urn:iso:std:iso:11073:10101",
        "code": "150456",
        "display": "MDC_PULS_OXIM_SAT_O2"
      }
    ]

      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:11073:10101",
      "code" : "150456",
      "display" : "MDC_PULS_OXIM_SAT_O2"
    }]

  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example"

  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/example"

  },
  "effectiveDateTime": "2014-12-05T09:30:10+01:00",
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 95,
    "unit": "%",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "%"

  "effectiveDateTime" : "2014-12-05T09:30:10+01:00",
  "valueQuantity" : {
    "value" : 95,
    "unit" : "%",
    "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code" : "%"

  },
  "interpretation": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
          "code": "N",
          "display": "Normal"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Normal (applies to non-numeric results)"
    }
  ],
  "device": {
    "reference": "DeviceMetric/example"

  "interpretation" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
      "code" : "N",
      "display" : "Normal"
    }],
    "text" : "Normal (applies to non-numeric results)"
  }],
  "device" : {
    "reference" : "DeviceMetric/example"

  },
  "referenceRange": [
    {
      "low": {
        "value": 90,
        "unit": "%",
        "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code": "%"
      },
      "high": {
        "value": 99,
        "unit": "%",
        "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code": "%"
      }

  "referenceRange" : [{
    "low" : {
      "value" : 90,
      "unit" : "%",
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "code" : "%"
    },
    "high" : {
      "value" : 99,
      "unit" : "%",
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "code" : "%"

    }
  ]

  }]

}

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.