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  "version": "1.1.0",
  "name": "ObservationSexualOrientationCACore",
  "title": "Sexual Orientation (CA-Core)",
  "status": "active",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2025-08-27",
  "publisher": "Canada Health Infoway",
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          "value": "http://www.infoway-inforoute.ca"
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        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "standards@infoway-inforoute.ca"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "This profile applies constraints to the Observation resource for CA Core+ to support capture of a patient’s self-reported sexual orientation in the pan-Canadian context.",
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          "system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "copyright": "Copyright © 2025+ Canada Health Infoway. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use and License Agreements](https://ic.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/about/tou). [Privacy Policy](https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/legal/privacy-policy).",
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  "type": "Observation",
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  "derivation": "constraint",
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          }
        ]
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          }
        ],
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        "path": "Observation.code.coding.display",
        "comment": "This LOINC Code has a display value of Sexual Orientation. Display values are not fixed to prevent errors when using this profile to validate a resource instance in a multilingual context or where the display may be different from its source."
      },
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