| Error | StructureDefinition.url | Values for url differ: 'http://fhir.org/guides/argonaut/StructureDefinition/argo-vitalsigns' vs 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-vital-signs' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.name | Values for name differ: 'Argonaut Vital Signs Observation Profile' vs 'USCoreVitalSignsProfile' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.status | Values for status differ: 'draft' vs 'active' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.date | Values for date differ: '2016-10-18T00:00:00+11:00' vs '2023-10-17' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.publisher | Values for publisher differ: 'Argonaut Project' vs 'HL7 International / Cross-Group Projects' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.jurisdiction | Added the item 'urn:iso:std:iso:3166#US' |
| Warning | StructureDefinition.fhirVersion | Values for fhirVersion differ: '1.0.2' vs '4.0.1' |
| Error | StructureDefinition.baseDefinition | Values for baseDefinition differ: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation' vs 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Argonaut Vital Signs Observation Profile' vs 'US Core Vital Signs Profile' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'Measurements and simple assertions made about a patient, device or other subject.' vs '\-' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'Used for simple observations such as device measurements, laboratory atomic results, vital signs, height, weight, smoking status, comments, etc. Other resources are used to provide context for observations such as lab reports, etc.' vs '\-' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation. Bundles always have an id, though it is usually a generated UUID.' vs 'The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content may not always be associated with version changes to the resource.' vs '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.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content.' vs '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.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: '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 as much as possible.' vs '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.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: '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).' vs '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).' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource, and may 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.' vs '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.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative.' vs '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.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: '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.' vs '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.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Additional Content defined by implementations' vs 'Additional content defined by implementations' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. In order 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.' vs 'May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. 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.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: '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. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order 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.' vs '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).' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Unique Id for this particular observation' vs 'Business Identifier for observation' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'A unique identifier for the simple observation instance.' vs 'A unique identifier assigned to this observation.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'A code that classifies the general type of observation being made. This is used for searching, sorting and display purposes.' vs 'A code that classifies the general type of observation being made.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'The level of granularity is defined by the category concepts in the value set. More fine-grained filtering can be performed using the metadata and/or terminology hierarchy in Observation.code.' vs 'In addition to the required category valueset, this element allows various categorization schemes based on the owner’s definition of the category and effectively multiple categories can be used at once. The level of granularity is defined by the category concepts in the value set.' |
| Information | Observation.category | Element maximum cardinalities differ: '1' vs '2147483647' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'Describes what was observed. Sometimes this is called the observation 'name'.' vs 'Coded Responses from C-CDA Vital Sign Results.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Who and/or what this is about' vs 'Who and/or what the observation is about' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'The patient, or group of patients, location, or device whose characteristics (direct or indirect) are described by the observation and into whose record the observation is placed. Comments: Indirect characteristics may be those of a specimen, fetus, donor, other observer (for example a relative or EMT), or any observation made about the subject.' vs 'The patient, or group of patients, location, or device this observation is about and into whose record the observation is placed. If the actual focus of the observation is different from the subject (or a sample of, part, or region of the subject), the `focus` element or the `code` itself specifies the actual focus of the observation.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'One would expect this element to be a cardinality of 1..1. The only circumstance in which the subject can be missing is when the observation is made by a device that does not know the patient. In this case, the observation SHALL be matched to a patient through some context/channel matching technique, and at this point, the observation should be updated. If the target of the observation is different than the subject, the general extension [observation-focal-subject](extension-observation-focal-subject.html). may be used. However, the distinction between the patient's own value for an observation versus that of the fetus, or the donor or blood product unit, etc., are often specified in the observation code.' vs 'One would expect this element to be a cardinality of 1..1. The only circumstance in which the subject can be missing is when the observation is made by a device that does not know the patient. In this case, the observation SHALL be matched to a patient through some context/channel matching technique, and at this point, the observation should be updated.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'The time or time-period the observed value is asserted as being true. For biological subjects - e.g. human patients - this is usually called the 'physiologically relevant time'. This is usually either the time of the procedure or of specimen collection, but very often the source of the date/time is not known, only the date/time itself.' vs 'Often just a dateTime for Vital Signs.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'At least a date should be present unless this observation is a historical report.' vs 'At least a date should be present unless this observation is a historical report. For recording imprecise or 'fuzzy' times (For example, a blood glucose measurement taken 'after breakfast') use the [Timing](http://hl7.org/fhir/datatypes.html#timing) datatype which allow the measurement to be tied to regular life events.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Date/Time this was made available' vs 'Date/Time this version was made available' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'The date and time this observation was made available to providers, typically after the results have been reviewed and verified.' vs 'The date and time this version of the observation was made available to providers, typically after the results have been reviewed and verified.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'Updated when the result is updated.' vs 'For Observations that don’t require review and verification, it may be the same as the [`lastUpdated` ](http://hl7.org/fhir/resource-definitions.html#Meta.lastUpdated) time of the resource itself. For Observations that do require review and verification for certain updates, it might not be the same as the `lastUpdated` time of the resource itself due to a non-clinically significant update that doesn’t require the new version to be reviewed and verified again.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'Null or exceptional values can be represented two ways in FHIR Observations. One way is to simply include them in the value set and represent the exceptions in the value. For example, measurement values for a serology test could be 'detected', 'not detected', 'inconclusive', or 'specimen unsatisfactory'. The alternate way is to use the value element for actual observations and use the explicit dataAbsentReason element to record exceptional values. For example, the dataAbsentReason code 'error' could be used when the measurement was not completed. Because of these options, use-case agreements are required to interpret general observations for exceptional values.' vs 'Null or exceptional values can be represented two ways in FHIR Observations. One way is to simply include them in the value set and represent the exceptions in the value. For example, measurement values for a serology test could be 'detected', 'not detected', 'inconclusive', or 'specimen unsatisfactory'.
The alternate way is to use the value element for actual observations and use the explicit dataAbsentReason element to record exceptional values. For example, the dataAbsentReason code 'error' could be used when the measurement was not completed. Note that an observation may only be reported if there are values to report. For example differential cell counts values may be reported only when > 0. Because of these options, use-case agreements are required to interpret general observations for null or exceptional values.' |
| Error | Observation.dataAbsentReason | Unable to resolve left value set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-valueabsentreason at Observation.dataAbsentReason |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'The assessment made based on the result of the observation. Intended as a simple compact code often placed adjacent to the result value in reports and flow sheets to signal the meaning/normalcy status of the result. Otherwise known as abnormal flag.' vs 'A categorical assessment of an observation value. For example, high, low, normal.' |
| Information | Observation.interpretation | Element maximum cardinalities differ: '1' vs '2147483647' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'Only used if not implicit in code found in Observation.code. If the use case requires BodySite to be handled as a separate resource instead of an inline coded element (e.g. to identify and track separately) then use the standard extension[ body-site-instance](extension-body-site-instance.html).' vs 'Only used if not implicit in code found in Observation.code. In many systems, this may be represented as a related observation instead of an inline component.
If the use case requires BodySite to be handled as a separate resource (e.g. to identify and track separately) then use the standard extension[ bodySite](http://hl7.org/fhir/extension-bodysite.html).' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'Observations are not made on specimens themselves; they are made on a subject, but usually by the means of a specimen. Note that although specimens are often involved, they are not always tracked and reported explicitly. Also note that observation resources may be used in contexts that track the specimen explicitly (e.g. Diagnostic Report).' vs 'Should only be used if not implicit in code found in `Observation.code`. Observations are not made on specimens themselves; they are made on a subject, but in many cases by the means of a specimen. Note that although specimens are often involved, they are not always tracked and reported explicitly. Also note that observation resources may be used in contexts that track the specimen explicitly (e.g. Diagnostic Report).' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'An extension should be used if further typing of the device is needed. Devices used to support obtaining an observation can be represented using either extension or through the Observation.related element.' vs 'Note that this is not meant to represent a device involved in the transmission of the result, e.g., a gateway. Such devices may be documented using the Provenance resource where relevant.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'Guidance on how to interpret the value by comparison to a normal or recommended range.' vs 'Guidance on how to interpret the value by comparison to a normal or recommended range. Multiple reference ranges are interpreted as an 'OR'. In other words, to represent two distinct target populations, two `referenceRange` elements would be used.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'Most observations only have one generic reference range. Systems MAY choose to restrict to only supplying the relevant reference range based on knowledge about the patient (e.g. specific to the patient's age, gender, weight and other factors), but this may not be possible or appropriate. Whenever more than one reference range is supplied, the differences between them SHOULD be provided in the reference range and/or age properties.' vs 'Most observations only have one generic reference range. Systems MAY choose to restrict to only supplying the relevant reference range based on knowledge about the patient (e.g., specific to the patient's age, gender, weight and other factors), but this might not be possible or appropriate. Whenever more than one reference range is supplied, the differences between them SHOULD be provided in the reference range and/or age properties.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)' vs 'Unique id for inter-element referencing' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).' vs 'Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Additional Content defined by implementations' vs 'Additional content defined by implementations' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order 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.' vs '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.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Extensions that cannot be ignored' vs 'Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: '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 that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order 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.' vs '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).' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'The value of the low bound of the reference range. The low bound of the reference range endpoint is inclusive of the value (e.g. reference range is >=5 - <=9). If the low bound is omitted, it is assumed to be meaningless (e.g. reference range is <=2.3).' vs 'The value of the low bound of the reference range. The low bound of the reference range endpoint is inclusive of the value (e.g. reference range is >=5 - <=9). If the low bound is omitted, it is assumed to be meaningless (e.g. reference range is <=2.3).' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'The value of the high bound of the reference range. The high bound of the reference range endpoint is inclusive of the value (e.g. reference range is >=5 - <=9). If the high bound is omitted, it is assumed to be meaningless (e.g. reference range is >= 2.3).' vs 'The value of the high bound of the reference range. The high bound of the reference range endpoint is inclusive of the value (e.g. reference range is >=5 - <=9). If the high bound is omitted, it is assumed to be meaningless (e.g. reference range is >= 2.3).' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'Text based reference range in an observation which may be used when a quantitative range is not appropriate for an observation. An example would be a reference value of 'Negative' or a list or table of 'normals'.' vs 'Text based reference range in an observation which may be used when a quantitative range is not appropriate for an observation. An example would be a reference value of 'Negative' or a list or table of 'normals'.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Used when reporting systolic and diastolic blood pressure.' vs 'Component observations' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'Some observations have multiple component observations. These component observations are expressed as separate code value pairs that share the same attributes. Examples include systolic and diastolic component observations for blood pressure measurement and multiple component observations for genetics observations.' vs 'Used when reporting component observation such as systolic and diastolic blood pressure.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'For a discussion on the ways Observations can assembled in groups together see [Notes below](observation.html#4.20.4).' vs 'For a discussion on the ways Observations can be assembled in groups together see [Notes](http://hl7.org/fhir/observation.html#notes) below.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)' vs 'Unique id for inter-element referencing' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).' vs 'Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Additional Content defined by implementations' vs 'Additional content defined by implementations' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order 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.' vs '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.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Extensions that cannot be ignored' vs 'Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: '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 that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order 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.' vs '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).' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.definition | Values for definition differ: 'Provides a reason why the expected value in the element Observation.value[x] is missing.' vs 'Provides a reason why the expected value in the element Observation.component.value[x] is missing.' |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: ''Null' or exceptional values can be represented two ways in FHIR Observations. One way is to simply include them in the value set and represent the exceptions in the value. For example, measurement values for a serology test could be 'detected', 'not detected', 'inconclusive', or 'test not done'. The alternate way is to use the value element for actual observations and use the explicit dataAbsentReason element to record exceptional values. For example, the dataAbsentReason code 'error' could be used when the measurement was not completed. Because of these options, use-case agreements are required to interpret general observations for exceptional values.' vs ''Null' or exceptional values can be represented two ways in FHIR Observations. One way is to simply include them in the value set and represent the exceptions in the value. For example, measurement values for a serology test could be 'detected', 'not detected', 'inconclusive', or 'test not done'.
The alternate way is to use the value element for actual observations and use the explicit dataAbsentReason element to record exceptional values. For example, the dataAbsentReason code 'error' could be used when the measurement was not completed. Because of these options, use-case agreements are required to interpret general observations for exceptional values.' |
| Error | Observation.component.dataAbsentReason | Unable to resolve left value set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-valueabsentreason at Observation.component.dataAbsentReason |
| Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'Most observations only have one generic reference range. Systems MAY choose to restrict to only supplying the relevant reference range based on knowledge about the patient (e.g. specific to the patient's age, gender, weight and other factors), but this may not be possible or appropriate. Whenever more than one reference range is supplied, the differences between them SHOULD be provided in the reference range and/or age properties.' vs 'Most observations only have one generic reference range. Systems MAY choose to restrict to only supplying the relevant reference range based on knowledge about the patient (e.g., specific to the patient's age, gender, weight and other factors), but this might not be possible or appropriate. Whenever more than one reference range is supplied, the differences between them SHOULD be provided in the reference range and/or age properties.' |
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