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dft-preBallot - This is the first draft of the P-Care IG. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Profiles

Patient and Demographics

These profiles cover patients and family history.

Profile Name Description
Consent The P-Care profile for recording a person's healthcare consent choices.
Patient Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services.
FamilyMemberHistory Significant health conditions for a person related to the patient relevant in the context of care for the patient.

Organizations and Locations

These profiles cover healthcare facility details such as organizations and locations.

Profile Name Description
HealthcareService The details of a healthcare service available at a location.
Location Details and position information for a physical place where services are provided and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained, or accommodated.
Organization A formally or informally recognized grouping of people or organizations formed for the purpose of achieving some form of collective action.

Providers and Roles

Profiles related to healthcare professionals and their roles within organizations.

Profile Name Description
Practitioner A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare.
PractitionerRole A specific set of Roles/Locations/specialties/services that a practitioner may perform at an organization for a period of time.

Clinical Conditions and Allergies

Profiles related to patient conditions, allergies, and clinical diagnoses.

Profile Name Description
Allergy Intolerance This profile supports the documentation of a risk of harmful or undesirable physiological response associated with exposure to a substance.
Condition A clinical condition, problem, diagnosis, or other event, situation, issue, or clinical concept that has risen to a level of concern.
Procedure An action that is or was performed on or for a patient.

Medications

Profiles related to medications, orders, and medication usage.

Profile Name Description
Immunization Describes the event of a patient being administered a vaccine or a record of an immunization as reported by a patient, a clinician or another party.
Medication The P-Care profile for identifying and describing a medication.
MedicationRequest An order or request for both supply of the medication and the instructions for administration of the medication to a patient.
MedicationStatement The P-Care profile for recording a person's reported medication use.

Observations and Results

Profiles for various types of clinical observations, including lifestyle assessments and diagnostic results.

Profile Name Description
Observation Alcohol Use The P-Care profile for recording the number of alcoholic drinks consumed per day.
Observation Lab Pathology The P-Care profile for recording laboratory and pathology result observations.
Observation Radiology The P-Care profile for recording radiology result observations, including textual, coded, and numeric component results.
Observation Social History The P-Care profile for an observation about a person's social history and circumstances relevant to care.
Observation TobaccoUse The P-Care profile for recording tobacco smoking status.
Observation Measurements and simple assertions made about a patient, device or other subject.

Observations - Vital Signs

Profile Name Description
Observation BMI This profile defines constraints on the Observation resource to support representation of body mass index.
Observation BodyTemp This profile defines constraints on the Observation resource to support representation of body temperature.
Observation BodyWeight This profile defines constraints on the Observation resource to support representation of body weight
Observation BodyHeight This profile defines constraints on the Observation resource to support representation of body height.
Observation Blood Pressure This profile defines constraints on the Observation resource to support representation of blood pressure.
Observation HeadCircum This profile defines constraints on the Observation resource to support representation of head circumference.
Observation Heart Rate This profile defines constraints on the Observation resource to support representation of heart rate.
Observation OxygenSat This profile defines constraints on the Observation resource to support representation of oxygen saturation.
Observation RespRate This profile defines constraints on the Observation resource to support representation of respiratory rate.
Observation VitalSigns This profile defines constraints on the Observation resource to support representation of vital signs.

Reports and Documentation

Profiles related to diagnostic reports, imaging studies, and document references.

Profile Name Description
Binary A resource that represents the data of a single raw artifact as digital content accessible in its native format.
Bundle Document The P-Care profile for exchanging a clinical document Bundle.
Bundle Patient Summary The P-Care bundle profile for exchanging a Patient Summary.
Task The P-Care profile for the Task that is part of a bundle.
Composition The P-Care profile for the structure and clinical attestation of a healthcare document.
Composition Patient Summary A patient summary reconciling PS-CA and PS-AB requirements. Shared structural constraints are mandatory; Alberta-only structural differences are reported as compatibility warnings
DiagnosticReport The findings and interpretation of diagnostic tests performed on patients, groups of patients, devices, and locations, and/or specimens derived from these.
DocumentReference The P-Care profile for identifying and accessing a clinical document.
ImagingStudy Representation of the content produced in a DICOM imaging study.
QuestionnaireResponse The P-Care profile for answers to a structured questionnaire.

Subscriptions

Profiles related to notifications.

Profile Name Description
Subscription The P-Care profile for requesting event notifications from a FHIR server.
SubscriptionTopic The P-Care profile for defining what types of subscription notifications a FHIR server can provide.

Care Coordination and Workflow

Profiles supporting care planning, scheduling, communication, and clinical services.

Profile Name Description
Appointment This profile supports the booking of a healthcare event among patient(s), practitioner(s), related person(s) and/or device(s) for a specific date/time
Communication The P-Care profile for recording information that has been communicated.
Encounter 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.
ServiceRequest A record of a request for service such as diagnostic investigations, treatments, or operations to be performed.

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