Hi All,
We are starting to plan our second project.
The project will be FHIR integration with Measurement update.
we have some of questions and we will thank you for your help.
1 - We think that the right thing to do would be to combine Observation and Patient resource, Do you think this is enough, or we should add another RESOURCE to make it easier for future changes?
If the measurements are directly originated from the photo (e.g. by image processing algorithm or OCR) , then "derivedFrom" can be used.
Hi,
Interested in sending a photo in this "derivedFrom" (Observation resource )
Is it possible ?
Hello,
1. Regarding the resources:
-The observations - you can use the Observation resource
- The images - you can use Media resource, however, note that Media resource will be deprecated in version 5.0. Therefore you might want to use DocumentRefference to save future problems.
2. Regarding combining them :
There are a couple of ways to combine image and observation. Each depends on the business case- whether you need to refer the image as a separate resource or not :
1. one option is to use a bundle of Observation+ Media/DocumentReference resources. Note that within this option the image will be an independent resource, and can be referenced as a separate resource in the bundle
2. the second option is to use the "contained" element in the Observation resource. This means that the media/documentRefference is kind of "internal" to the resource, and thus can be referenced only inside the Observation resource. i.e., you cannot reference it outside the resource.
Hope that this is more clear
Hi,
can I ask you for advice:
How to combine a result of observation with an image of the device?
Thanks
Hi,
Yes you can use OBSERVATION for the various test results as part of the VITAL SIGNS profile. Note that you already have RESPIRATORY RATE there. You also have an example on the FHIR website
Also, I encourage you to look here how one of our working group implemented the Observation profile. it's pretty similar.
Hi,
Is there a problem adding spirometry values to observation resource?
Thanks.
Hello Yosi,
In FHIR, it is not possible to combine resources together. We would like to learn more about your business case in order to give you a better answer. Meanwhile, please look here at the design documents of each working group. Many of the working groups implemented different variations of Observation resource, so you can see how they implemented it, and learn from their experience.