QI-Core Implementation Guide
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## Resource Profile: QICoreGoal - Detailed Descriptions

Definitions for the qicore-goal resource profile.

1. Goal
Definition | The US Core Goal Profile is based upon the core FHIR Goal Resource and created to meet the 2015 Edition Common Clinical Data Set 'Goals' requirements.
Control | 0..*
Comments | Goal can be achieving a particular change or merely maintaining a current state or even slowing a decline.
Invariants | Defined on this element dom-2: If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources (: contained.contained.empty()) dom-3: If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource (: contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().as(canonical) | %resource.descendants().as(uri) | %resource.descendants().as(url))) or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmatched', id).empty()) dom-4: If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated (: contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty()) dom-5: If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label (: contained.meta.security.empty()) dom-6: A resource should have narrative for robust management (: text.`div`.exists())
2. Goal.id
Definition | The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.
Control | 0..1
Type | string
Comments | The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.
3. Goal.meta
Definition | The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.
Control | 0..1
Type | Meta
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
4. Goal.implicitRules
Definition | A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc.
Control | 0..1
Type | uri
Is Modifier | true
Comments | Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element. Often, when used, the URL is a reference to an implementation guide that defines these special rules as part of it's narrative along with other profiles, value sets, etc.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
5. Goal.language
Definition | The base language in which the resource is written.
Control | 0..1
Binding | The codes SHOULD be taken from CommonLanguages Max Binding: AllLanguages A human language.
Type | code
Comments | Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource. Not all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute).
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
6. Goal.text
Definition | A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it "clinically safe" for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety.
Control | 0..1
Type | Narrative
Alternate Names | narrative, html, xhtml, display
Comments | Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no additional discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied). This may be necessary for data from legacy systems where information is captured as a "text blob" or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated and encoded information is added later.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
7. Goal.contained
Definition | These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope.
Control | 0..*
Type | Resource
Alternate Names | inline resources, anonymous resources, contained resources
Comments | This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again. Contained resources may have profiles and tags In their meta elements, but SHALL NOT have security labels.
8. Goal.extension
Definition | An Extension
Control | 0..*
Type | Extension
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (: extension.exists() != value.exists())
Slicing | This element introduces a set of slices on Goal.extension. The slices are unordered and Open, and can be differentiated using the following discriminators: value @ url
9. Goal.extension:reasonRejected
SliceName | reasonRejected
Definition | The reason the goal was not accepted. Applies only if the status of the goal is rejected.
Control | 0..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1
Type | Extension(reasonRejected) (Extension Type: CodeableConcept)
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (: extension.exists() != value.exists())
10. Goal.modifierExtension
Definition | May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).
Control | 0..*
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | true
Requirements | Modifier extensions allow for extensions that cannot be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored. This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the definition of modifier extensions.
Alternate Names | extensions, user content
Comments | There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (: extension.exists() != value.exists())
11. Goal.identifier
Definition | Business identifiers assigned to this goal by the performer or other systems which remain constant as the resource is updated and propagates from server to server.
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Control | 0..*
Type | Identifier
Requirements | Allows identification of the goal as it is known by various participating systems and in a way that remains consistent across servers.
Comments | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion). It is best practice for the identifier to only appear on a single resource instance, however business practices may occasionally dictate that multiple resource instances with the same identifier can exist - possibly even with different resource types. For example, multiple Patient and a Person resource instance might share the same social insurance number.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
12. Goal.lifecycleStatus
Definition | The state of the goal throughout its lifecycle.
Control | 1..1
Binding | The codes SHALL be taken from GoalLifecycleStatus
Type | code
Is Modifier | true
Must Support | true
Requirements | Allows knowing whether goal needs to be further tracked.
Comments | This element is labeled as a modifier because the lifecycleStatus contains codes that mark the resource as not currently valid.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
13. Goal.achievementStatus
Definition | Describes the progression, or lack thereof, towards the goal against the target.
Control | 0..1
Binding | The codes SHOULD be taken from GoalAchievementStatus Indicates the progression, or lack thereof, towards the goal against the target.
Type | CodeableConcept
Must Support | true
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
14. Goal.category
Definition | Indicates a category the goal falls within.
Control | 0..*
Binding | For example codes, see GoalCategory Codes for grouping and sorting goals.
Type | CodeableConcept
Must Support | true
Requirements | Allows goals to be filtered and sorted.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
15. Goal.priority
Definition | Identifies the mutually agreed level of importance associated with reaching/sustaining the goal.
Control | 0..1
Binding | The codes SHOULD be taken from GoalPriority The level of importance associated with a goal.
Type | CodeableConcept
Requirements | Used for sorting and presenting goals.
Comments | Extensions are available to track priorities as established by each participant (i.e. Priority from the patient's perspective, different practitioners' perspectives, family member's perspectives) The ordinal extension on Coding can be used to convey a numerically comparable ranking to priority. (Keep in mind that different coding systems may use a "low value=important".
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
16. Goal.description
Definition | Human-readable and/or coded description of a specific desired objective of care, such as "control blood pressure" or "negotiate an obstacle course" or "dance with child at wedding".
Control | 1..1
Binding | The codes SHOULD be taken from SNOMEDCTClinicalFindings This value set includes all the "Clinical finding" SNOMED CT codes - concepts where concept is-a 404684003 (Clinical finding (finding)).
Type | CodeableConcept
Must Support | true
Requirements | Without a description of what's trying to be achieved, element has no purpose.
Comments | If no code is available, use CodeableConcept.text.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
17. Goal.subject
Definition | Identifies the patient, group or organization for whom the goal is being established.
Control | 1..1
Type | Reference(QICorePatient)
Must Support | true
Requirements | Subject is optional to support annonymized reporting.
Comments | Should include QICore-Organization, but the base profile only allows USCore-Patient derivatives.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
18. Goal.start[x]
Definition | The date or event after which the goal should begin being pursued.
Control | 0..1
Type | date
[x] Note | See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]
Requirements | Goals can be established prior to there being an intention to start pursuing them; e.g. Goals for post-surgical recovery established prior to surgery.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
19. Goal.target
Definition | Indicates what should be done by when.
Control | 0..* This element is affected by the following invariants: gol-1
Type | BackboneElement
Must Support | true
Requirements | Allows the progress of the goal to be monitored against an observation or due date. Target is 0..* to support Observations with multiple components, such as blood pressure goals with both a systolic and diastolic target.
Comments | When multiple targets are present for a single goal instance, all targets must be met for the overall goal to be met.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) gol-1: Goal.target.measure is required if Goal.target.detail is populated (: (detail.exists() and measure.exists()) or detail.exists().not())
20. Goal.target.id
Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Control | 0..1
Type | string
21. Goal.target.extension
Definition | May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
Control | 0..*
Type | Extension
Alternate Names | extensions, user content
Comments | There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (: extension.exists() != value.exists())
22. Goal.target.modifierExtension
Definition | May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).
Control | 0..*
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | true
Requirements | Modifier extensions allow for extensions that cannot be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored. This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the definition of modifier extensions.
Alternate Names | extensions, user content, modifiers
Comments | There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (: extension.exists() != value.exists())
23. Goal.target.measure
Definition | The parameter whose value is being tracked, e.g. body weight, blood pressure, or hemoglobin A1c level.
Control | 1..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: gol-1
Binding | The codes SHOULD be taken from LOINCCodes LOINC codes
Type | CodeableConcept
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
24. Goal.target.detail[x]
Definition | The target value of the focus to be achieved to signify the fulfillment of the goal, e.g. 150 pounds, 7.0%. Either the high or low or both values of the range can be specified. When a low value is missing, it indicates that the goal is achieved at any focus value at or below the high value. Similarly, if the high value is missing, it indicates that the goal is achieved at any focus value at or above the low value.
Control | 1..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: gol-1
Binding | Codes to identify the target value of the focus to be achieved to signify the fulfillment of the goal.
Type | Choice of: Quantity, Range, CodeableConcept, string, boolean, integer, Ratio
[x] Note | See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]
Comments | A CodeableConcept with just a text would be used instead of a string if the field was usually coded, or if the type associated with the Goal.target.measure defines a coded value.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
25. Goal.target.due[x]
Definition | Indicates either the date or the duration after start by which the goal should be met.
Control | 0..1
Type | date
[x] Note | See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]
Requirements | Identifies when the goal should be evaluated.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
Slicing | This element introduces a set of slices on Goal.target.due[x]. The slices are unordered and Closed, and can be differentiated using the following discriminators: type @ $this
26. Goal.target.due[x]:dueDate
SliceName | dueDate
Definition | Indicates either the date or the duration after start by which the goal should be met.
Control | 0..1
Type | date
[x] Note | See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]
Must Support | true
Requirements | Identifies when the goal should be evaluated.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
27. Goal.statusDate
Definition | Identifies when the current status. I.e. When initially created, when achieved, when cancelled, etc.
Control | 0..1
Type | date
Must Support | true
Comments | To see the date for past statuses, query history.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
28. Goal.statusReason
Definition | Captures the reason for the current status.
Control | 0..1
Type | string
Comments | This will typically be captured for statuses such as rejected, on-hold or cancelled, but could be present for others.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
29. Goal.expressedBy
Definition | Indicates whose goal this is - patient goal, practitioner goal, etc.
Control | 0..1
Type | Reference(QICorePatient | QICorePractitioner | QICoreRelatedPerson)
Comments | This is the individual responsible for establishing the goal, not necessarily who recorded it. (For that, use the Provenance resource.).
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
30. Goal.addresses
Definition | The identified conditions and other health record elements that are intended to be addressed by the goal.
Control | 0..*
Type | Reference(QICoreCondition | QICoreObservation | QICoreMedicationStatement | NutritionOrder | QICoreServiceRequest | RiskAssessment)
Must Support | true
Must Support Types | No must-support rules about the choice of types/profiles
Requirements | Allows specific goals to explicitly linked to the concerns they're dealing with - makes the goal more understandable.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
31. Goal.note
Definition | Any comments related to the goal.
Control | 0..*
Type | Annotation
Requirements | There's a need to capture information about the goal that doesn't actually describe the goal.
Comments | May be used for progress notes, concerns or other related information that doesn't actually describe the goal itself.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
32. Goal.outcomeCode
Definition | Identifies the change (or lack of change) at the point when the status of the goal is assessed.
Control | 0..*
Binding | For example codes, see SNOMEDCTClinicalFindings The result of the goal; e.g. "25% increase in shoulder mobility", "Anxiety reduced to moderate levels". "15 kg weight loss sustained over 6 months".
Type | CodeableConcept
Requirements | Outcome tracking is a key aspect of care planning.
Comments | Note that this should not duplicate the goal status.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
33. Goal.outcomeReference
Definition | Details of what's changed (or not changed).
Control | 0..*
Type | Reference(Observation)
Requirements | Outcome tracking is a key aspect of care planning.
Comments | The goal outcome is independent of the outcome of the related activities. For example, if the Goal is to achieve a target body weight of 150 lb and a care plan activity is defined to diet, then the care plan’s activity outcome could be calories consumed whereas goal outcome is an observation for the actual body weight measured.
Invariants | Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))