Resource Definitions

Question 1

Patient

Answer 1

Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services.

Question 2

RelatedPerson

Answer 2

Information about a person that is involved in the care for a patient, but who is not the target of healthcare, nor has a formal responsibility in the care process.

Question 3

Person

Answer 3

Demographics and administrative information about a person independent of a specific health-related context.

Question 4

Group

Answer 4

Represents a defined collection of entities that may be discussed or acted upon collectively but which are not expected to act collectively, and are not formally or legally recognized; i.e. a collection of entities that isn’t an Organization.

Question 5

EpisodeOfCare

Answer 5

An association between a patient and an organization / healthcare provider(s) during which time encounters may occur. The managing organization assumes a level of responsibility for the patient during this time.

Question 6

Encounter

Answer 6

An interaction between a patient and healthcare provider(s) for the purpose of providing healthcare service(s) or assessing the health status of a patient.

Question 7

Account

Answer 7

A financial tool for tracking value accrued for a particular purpose. In the healthcare field, used to track charges for a patient, cost centers, etc.

Question 8

Flag

Answer 8

Prospective warnings of potential issues when providing care to the patient.

Question 9

Schedule

Answer 9

A container for slots of time that may be available for booking appointments.

Question 10

Slot

Answer 10

A slot of time on a schedule that may be available for booking appointments.

Question 11

Appointment

Answer 11

A booking of a healthcare event among patient(s), practitioner(s), related person(s) and/or device(s) for a specific date/time. This may result in one or more Encounter(s).

Question 12

AppointmentResponse

Answer 12

A reply to an appointment request for a patient and/or practitioner(s), such as a confirmation or rejection.

Question 13

Device

Answer 13

A type of a manufactured item that is used in the provision of healthcare without being substantially changed through that activity. The device may be a medical or non-medical device.

Question 14

DeviceDefinition

Answer 14

The characteristics, operational status and capabilities of a medical-related component of a medical device.

Question 15

DeviceMetric

Answer 15

Describes a measurement, calculation or setting capability of a medical device.

Question 16

Substance

Answer 16

A homogeneous material with a definite composition.

Question 17

AllergyIntolerance

Answer 17

Risk of harmful or undesirable, physiological response which is unique to an individual and associated with exposure to a substance.

Question 18

Condition

Answer 18

A clinical condition, problem, diagnosis, or other event, situation, issue, or clinical concept that has risen to a level of concern.

Question 19

Procedure

Answer 19

An action that is or was performed on or for a patient. This can be a physical intervention like an operation, or less invasive like long term services, counseling, or hypnotherapy.

Question 20

FamilyMemberHistory

Answer 20

Significant health conditions for a person related to the patient relevant in the context of care for the patient.

Question 21

CarePlan

Answer 21

Describes the intention of how one or more practitioners intend to deliver care for a particular patient, group or community for a period of time, possibly limited to care for a specific condition or set of conditions.

Question 22

Goal

Answer 22

Describes the intended objective(s) for a patient, group or organization care, for example, weight loss, restoring an activity of daily living, obtaining herd immunity via immunization, meeting a process improvement objective, etc.

Question 23

CareTeam

Answer 23

The Care Team includes all the people and organizations who plan to participate in the coordination and delivery of care for a patient.

Question 24

ClinicalImpression

Answer 24

A record of a clinical assessment performed to determine what problem(s) may affect the patient and before planning the treatments or management strategies that are best to manage a patient’s condition.

Question 25

AdverseEvent

Answer 25

Actual or potential/avoided event causing unintended physical injury resulting from or contributed to by medical care, a research study or other healthcare setting factors that requires additional monitoring, treatment, or hospitalization, or that results in death.

Question 26

DetectedIssue

Answer 26

Indicates an actual or potential clinical issue with or between one or more active or proposed clinical actions for a patient; e.g. Drug-drug interaction, Ineffective treatment frequency, Procedure-condition conflict, etc.

Question 27

RiskAssessment

Answer 27

An assessment of the likely outcome(s) for a patient or other subject as well as the likelihood of each outcome.

Question 28

Observation

Answer 28

"Measurements and simple assertions made about a patient, device or other subject. Uses for the Observation resource include: Vital signs such as body weight, blood pressure, and temperature Laboratory Data like blood glucose, or an estimated GFR Imaging results like bone density or fetal measurements Clinical Findings* such as abdominal tenderness Device measurements such as EKG data or Pulse Oximetry data Clinical assessment tools such as APGAR or a Glasgow Coma Score Personal characteristics: such as eye-color Social history like tobacco use, family support, or cognitive status Core characteristics like pregnancy status, or a death assertion"

Question 29

DiagnosticReport

Answer 29

The findings and interpretation of diagnostic tests performed on patients, groups of patients, devices, and locations, and/or specimens derived from these. The report includes clinical context such as requesting and provider information, and some mix of atomic results, images, textual and coded interpretations, and formatted representation of diagnostic reports.

Question 30

ServiceRequest

Answer 30

AKA Referral: A record of a request for service such as diagnostic investigations, treatments, or operations to be performed.

Question 31

Media

Answer 31

A photo, video, or audio recording acquired or used in healthcare. The actual content may be inline or provided by direct reference.

Question 32

ImagingStudy

Answer 32

Representation of the content produced in a DICOM imaging study. A study comprises a set of series, each of which includes a set of Service-Object Pair Instances (SOP Instances - images or other data) acquired or produced in a common context. A series is of only one modality (e.g. X-ray, CT, MR, ultrasound), but a study may have multiple series of different modalities.

Question 33

MolecularSequence

Answer 33

Raw data describing a biological sequence.

Question 34

Specimen

Answer 34

A sample to be used for analysis.

Question 35

BodyStructure

Answer 35

Record details about an anatomical structure. This resource may be used when a coded concept does not provide the necessary detail needed for the use case.

Question 36

MedicationRequest

Answer 36

Represents an instruction for the administration of medication to a patient - both in the inpatient (hospital) and community setting. It can also include instructions for the dispensing, the reasons why the administration should occur and other data. It is called an 'Request' to be consistent with other FHIR resources and the workflow pattern, but a common alias for this resource is a 'Prescription' or an 'Order'. The Order itself represents the content of the instruction and is not, by itself, actionable. The workflow process around 'fulfilling' the order is part of the generic FHIR workflow (see below), with the MedicationRequest representing the contents.

Question 37

MedicationDispense

Answer 37

The provision of a supply of a medication with the intention that it is subsequently consumed by a patient (usually in response to a prescription).

Question 38

MedicationAdministration

Answer 38

A record of a patient actually consuming a medicine, or if it has otherwise been administered to them

Question 39

MedicationStatement

Answer 39

This is a record indicating that a patient may be taking a medication now, has taken the medication in the past, or will be taking the medication in the future. The source for this information can be the patient, significant other (such as a family member or spouse), or a clinician. A common scenario where this information is captured is during the history taking process during a patient visit or stay. A medication statement is not a part of the prescribe->dispense->administer sequence, but is a report that such a sequence (or at least a part of it) did take place, resulting in a belief that the patient has received a particular medication. It may be used to construct a patients 'Current Medications' list.

Question 40

Medication

Answer 40

The medication resource represents an actual medication that can be given to a patient, and referenced by the other medication resources. In many cases, this resource is not needed and the drug is indicated by a reference to the appropriate terminology and so can be represented using a codeable concept. In other cases, however, it may be desired to indicate more details than the simple drug (such as the packaging, whether it is a generic medication or the active and inactive ingredients) and so the Medication resource can be used for this.

Question 41

MedicationKnowledge

Answer 41

The MedicationKnowledge resource is draft and is included for comment purposes. This resource represents information about a medication, for example, details about the medication including interactions, contraindications, cost, regulatory status, administration guidelines, etc.

Question 42

Immunization

Answer 42

The Immunization resource is intended to cover the recording of current and historical administration of vaccines to patients across all healthcare disciplines in all care settings and all regions. This includes immunization of both humans and animals, but does not include the administration of non-vaccine agents, even those that may have or claim to have immunological effects.

Question 43

ImmunizationRecommendation

Answer 43

A patient's point-in-time immunization and recommendation (i.e. forecasting a patient's immunization eligibility according to a published schedule) with optional supporting justification

Question 44

ImmunizationEvaluation

Answer 44

The ImmunizationEvaluation resource is intended to cover communicating the results of an evaluation of a vaccine administration event (documented using the Immunization resource) against a set of published recommendations (protocols).

Question 45

PlanDefinition

Answer 45

This resource allows for the definition of various types of plans as a sharable, consumable, and executable artifact. The resource is general enough to support the description of a broad range of clinical artifacts such as clinical decision support rules, order sets and protocols.

Question 46

Account

Answer 46

A financial tool for tracking value accrued for a particular purpose. In the healthcare field, used to track charges for a patient, cost centers, etc.

Question 47

Contract

Answer 47

Legally enforceable, formally recorded unilateral or bilateral directive i.e., a policy or agreement.

Question 48

Coverage

Answer 48

Financial instrument which may be used to reimburse or pay for health care products and services. Includes both insurance and self-payment.

Question 49

CoverageEligibilityRequest

Answer 49

The CoverageEligibilityRequest provides patient and insurance coverage information to an insurer for them to respond, in the form of an CoverageEligibilityResponse, with information regarding whether the stated coverage is valid and in-force and optionally to provide the insurance details of the policy.

Question 50

CoverageEligibilityResponse

Answer 50

This resource provides eligibility and plan details from the processing of an CoverageEligibilityRequest resource.

Question 51

EnrollmentRequest

Answer 51

This resource provides the insurance enrollment details to the insurer regarding a specified coverage.

Question 52

EnrollmentResponse

Answer 52

This resource provides enrollment and plan details from the processing of an EnrollmentRequest resource.

Question 53

VisionPrescription

Answer 53

An authorization for the provision of glasses and/or contact lenses to a patient.

Question 54

Claim

Answer 54

AKA Adjudication Request, Preauthorization Request: A provider issued list of professional services and products which have been provided, or are to be provided, to a patient which is sent to an insurer for reimbursement.

Question 55

ClaimResponse

Answer 55

AKA Remittance Advice: This resource provides the adjudication details from the processing of a Claim resource.

Question 56

PaymentReconciliation

Answer 56

This resource provides the details including amount of a payment and allocates the payment items being paid.

Question 57

ExplanationOfBenefits

Answer 57

This resource provides: the claim details; adjudication details from the processing of a Claim; and optionally account balance information, for informing the subscriber of the benefits provided.

Question 58

ActivityDefinition

Answer 58

A resource to represent definitional resources.

Question 59

DataRequirement

Answer 59

A data type that represents a general data requirement for a knowledge asset such as a decision support rule or quality measure.

Question 60

GuidanceResponse

Answer 60

Represents the result from invoking a decision support service.

Question 61

Library

Answer 61

Provides a container for knowledge artifacts that includes logic libraries, model definitions, and asset collections.

Question 62

Measure

Answer 62

Represents a clinical quality measure and provides evaluation through the $evaluate-measure operation.

Question 63

MeasureReport

Answer 63

Represents the response to a specific measure evaluation request returned by the $evaluate-measure operation.

Question 64

RequestGroup

Answer 64

Represents a group of options for a particular subject that can be used to accomplish a particular goal. This resource is often, but not always, the result of applying a PlanDefinition to a particular patient.

Question 65

PaymentNotice

Answer 65

This resource provides the status of the payment for goods and services rendered, and the request and response resource references.