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Element Observation

Documentation:

A statement that asserts the value of a property (observable) of the subject. The subject is often the patient, but may be a condition, a physical structure, or another clinical statement. For example, an interpretation is a finding about an observation.

Ancestors:

• Statement
• • Finding
• • • Observation

Direct Descendants:

• CodedObservation,
• PhotographicImage,
• QuantitativeObservation,
• TimeOfAbatement,
• TimeOfOnset

Field Summary

Properties Defined	Constraints	Value
Subject The person, place, event, condition, other statement that this statement addresses or belongs to. For an existential finding, the Subject is the 'owner' of the object said to exist or not exist. For example, the subject for a condition is a patient; the subject for wound size is a wound. Subjects are themselves statements.	DataType Cardinality	Subject 1..1
ObservableCode A code describing the aspect or property of the subject being observed or measured. The ObservableCode is the 'question code' that pairs to the 'answer' contained in the ResultValue.	DataType Cardinality	ObservableCode 1..1
ResultValue The finding itself, such as the blood pressure value recorded.	DataType Cardinality	ResultValue 0..1
Qualifier A condition or circumstance associated with an observation that affects the interpretation of the result value.	DataType Cardinality	Qualifier 0..*

Properties inherited from Finding

FindingStatus, RelevantTime, FindingMethod

Properties inherited from Statement