This template represents the outcome of care resulting from the interventions used to treat the patient. In the Care Planning workflow, the judgment about how well the person is progressing towards the goal is based on the observations made about the status of the patient with respect to interventions performed in the pursuit of achieving that goal.

Often thought of as an "actual outcome", the Outcome Observation may be related to goals, progression toward goals, and the associated interventions. For example, an observation outcome of a blood oxygen saturation level of 95% is related to the goal of "Maintain Pulse Ox greater than 92", which in turn is related to the health concern of respiratory insufficiency and the problem of pneumonia. The template makes use of the Entry Reference (templateId:2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.122) to reference the interventions and goals defined elsewhere in the Care Plan CDA instance.

Templates Used

Although open templates may contain any valid CDA content, the following templates are specifically called out by this template:

Optional EntryRelationships: EntryReference, ProgressTowardGoalObservation