EHDS Logical Information Models
0.4.0 - draft
EHDS Logical Information Models
0.4.0 - draft
EHDS Logical Information Models, published by Xt-EHR. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.4.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/Xt-EHR/xt-ehr-common/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSSpecimenLaboratoryObligations | Version: 0.4.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2026-03-16 | Computable Name: EHDSSpecimenLaboratoryObligations | |||
Obligations for the logical model of specimen
Usages:
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Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:   | ||||||
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  EHDSSpecimen |
0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen model | |||||||
  identifier |
O | 1..* | Identifier | An identifier of the specimen which is unique within in a defined scope. Example: identifier assigned by ordering system, identifier assigned by laboratory etc. Multiple identifiers can be used.
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| status |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Availability of the specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimen-status
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| type |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | The kind of material that forms the Specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT
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  specimenSource[x] |
O | 0..1 | Where the specimen came from. This may be from patient(s), from a location (e.g., the source of an environmental sample), or a device. Additional types of specimen may be allowed in implementations.
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 specimenSourceEHDSPatient |
EHDSPatient | |||||||||
| specimenSourceEHDSLocation |
EHDSLocation | |||||||||
 specimenSourceEHDSDevice |
EHDSDevice | |||||||||
 parentSpecimen |
O | 0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen from which this specimen originated
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| request |
O | 0..* | EHDSServiceRequest | Why the specimen ws collected
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| combined |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | This element signifies if the specimen is part of a group or pooled. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimen-combined
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| collection |
O | 0..* | Base | Collection details
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| performer[x] |
0..1 | Person or organisation who collected the specimen | ||||||||
| performerEHDSHealthProfessional |
EHDSHealthProfessional | |||||||||
| performerEHDSOrganisation |
EHDSOrganisation | |||||||||
| performerEHDSPatient |
EHDSPatient | |||||||||
| performerEHDSRelatedPerson |
EHDSRelatedPerson | |||||||||
| collected[x] |
O | 1..1 | The period or date and time of specimen collection.
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| collectedPeriod |
Period | |||||||||
 collectedDateTime |
dateTime | |||||||||
| quantity |
0..1 | Quantity | The quantity of specimen collected | |||||||
| method |
0..1 | CodeableConcept | If relevant for the results, the method of obtaining the specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT | |||||||
| device |
0..1 | EHDSDevice | Device used to perform specimen collection | |||||||
| bodySite |
O | 0..1 | EHDSBodyStructure | Anatomic location (e.g. body location, laterality and other details) where the material is collected, e.g. Elbow, left
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| receivedDate |
0..1 | dateTime | Date and time when specimen is received by the testing laboratory. | |||||||
| container |
0..* | Base | The container holding the specimen. | |||||||
| specimenQuantity |
0..1 | Quantity | Quantity of specimen within container | |||||||
| containerDevice |
O | 1..1 | EHDSDevice | The device resource for the the container holding the specimen.
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| condition |
O | 0..* | CodeableConcept | State of the specimen. State of the speeimen should be alligned with dataAbsentReason element of the Observatiom model. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimenCondition
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| note |
O | 0..1 | string | To communicate any details or issues about the specimen or during the specimen collection. (for example: broken vial, sent with patient, frozen).
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| Documentation for this format | ||||||||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| EHDSSpecimen.status | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.type | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.combined | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.collection.method | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.condition | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown |
This structure is derived from EHDSSpecimen
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHDSSpecimen |
0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen model | |||||||
| identifier |
O | 1..* | Identifier | An identifier of the specimen which is unique within in a defined scope. Example: identifier assigned by ordering system, identifier assigned by laboratory etc. Multiple identifiers can be used.
| ||||||
| status |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Availability of the specimen.
| ||||||
| type |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | The kind of material that forms the Specimen.
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| specimenSource[x] |
O | 0..1 | EHDSPatient, EHDSLocation, EHDSDevice | Where the specimen came from. This may be from patient(s), from a location (e.g., the source of an environmental sample), or a device. Additional types of specimen may be allowed in implementations.
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| parentSpecimen |
O | 0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen from which this specimen originated
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| request |
O | 0..* | EHDSServiceRequest | Why the specimen ws collected
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| combined |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | This element signifies if the specimen is part of a group or pooled.
| ||||||
| collection |
O | 0..* | Base | Collection details
| ||||||
| collected[x] |
O | 1..1 | Period, dateTime | The period or date and time of specimen collection.
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| bodySite |
O | 0..1 | EHDSBodyStructure | Anatomic location (e.g. body location, laterality and other details) where the material is collected, e.g. Elbow, left
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| container |
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| containerDevice |
O | 1..1 | EHDSDevice | The device resource for the the container holding the specimen.
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| condition |
O | 0..* | CodeableConcept | State of the specimen. State of the speeimen should be alligned with dataAbsentReason element of the Observatiom model.
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| note |
O | 0..1 | string | To communicate any details or issues about the specimen or during the specimen collection. (for example: broken vial, sent with patient, frozen).
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| Documentation for this format | ||||||||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHDSSpecimen |
0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen model | |||||||
| identifier |
O | 1..* | Identifier | An identifier of the specimen which is unique within in a defined scope. Example: identifier assigned by ordering system, identifier assigned by laboratory etc. Multiple identifiers can be used.
| ||||||
| status |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Availability of the specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimen-status
| ||||||
| type |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | The kind of material that forms the Specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT
| ||||||
| specimenSource[x] |
O | 0..1 | Where the specimen came from. This may be from patient(s), from a location (e.g., the source of an environmental sample), or a device. Additional types of specimen may be allowed in implementations.
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| specimenSourceEHDSPatient |
EHDSPatient | |||||||||
| specimenSourceEHDSLocation |
EHDSLocation | |||||||||
| specimenSourceEHDSDevice |
EHDSDevice | |||||||||
| parentSpecimen |
O | 0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen from which this specimen originated
| ||||||
| request |
O | 0..* | EHDSServiceRequest | Why the specimen ws collected
| ||||||
| combined |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | This element signifies if the specimen is part of a group or pooled. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimen-combined
| ||||||
| collection |
O | 0..* | Base | Collection details
| ||||||
| performer[x] |
0..1 | Person or organisation who collected the specimen | ||||||||
| performerEHDSHealthProfessional |
EHDSHealthProfessional | |||||||||
| performerEHDSOrganisation |
EHDSOrganisation | |||||||||
| performerEHDSPatient |
EHDSPatient | |||||||||
| performerEHDSRelatedPerson |
EHDSRelatedPerson | |||||||||
| collected[x] |
O | 1..1 | The period or date and time of specimen collection.
| |||||||
| collectedPeriod |
Period | |||||||||
| collectedDateTime |
dateTime | |||||||||
| quantity |
0..1 | Quantity | The quantity of specimen collected | |||||||
| method |
0..1 | CodeableConcept | If relevant for the results, the method of obtaining the specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT | |||||||
| device |
0..1 | EHDSDevice | Device used to perform specimen collection | |||||||
| bodySite |
O | 0..1 | EHDSBodyStructure | Anatomic location (e.g. body location, laterality and other details) where the material is collected, e.g. Elbow, left
| ||||||
| receivedDate |
0..1 | dateTime | Date and time when specimen is received by the testing laboratory. | |||||||
| container |
0..* | Base | The container holding the specimen. | |||||||
| specimenQuantity |
0..1 | Quantity | Quantity of specimen within container | |||||||
| containerDevice |
O | 1..1 | EHDSDevice | The device resource for the the container holding the specimen.
| ||||||
| condition |
O | 0..* | CodeableConcept | State of the specimen. State of the speeimen should be alligned with dataAbsentReason element of the Observatiom model. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimenCondition
| ||||||
| note |
O | 0..1 | string | To communicate any details or issues about the specimen or during the specimen collection. (for example: broken vial, sent with patient, frozen).
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| Documentation for this format | ||||||||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| EHDSSpecimen.status | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.type | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.combined | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.collection.method | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.condition | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown |
This structure is derived from EHDSSpecimen
Key Elements View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHDSSpecimen |
0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen model | |||||||
| identifier |
O | 1..* | Identifier | An identifier of the specimen which is unique within in a defined scope. Example: identifier assigned by ordering system, identifier assigned by laboratory etc. Multiple identifiers can be used.
| ||||||
| status |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Availability of the specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimen-status
| ||||||
| type |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | The kind of material that forms the Specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT
| ||||||
| specimenSource[x] |
O | 0..1 | Where the specimen came from. This may be from patient(s), from a location (e.g., the source of an environmental sample), or a device. Additional types of specimen may be allowed in implementations.
| |||||||
| specimenSourceEHDSPatient |
EHDSPatient | |||||||||
| specimenSourceEHDSLocation |
EHDSLocation | |||||||||
| specimenSourceEHDSDevice |
EHDSDevice | |||||||||
| parentSpecimen |
O | 0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen from which this specimen originated
| ||||||
| request |
O | 0..* | EHDSServiceRequest | Why the specimen ws collected
| ||||||
| combined |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | This element signifies if the specimen is part of a group or pooled. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimen-combined
| ||||||
| collection |
O | 0..* | Base | Collection details
| ||||||
| performer[x] |
0..1 | Person or organisation who collected the specimen | ||||||||
| performerEHDSHealthProfessional |
EHDSHealthProfessional | |||||||||
| performerEHDSOrganisation |
EHDSOrganisation | |||||||||
| performerEHDSPatient |
EHDSPatient | |||||||||
| performerEHDSRelatedPerson |
EHDSRelatedPerson | |||||||||
| collected[x] |
O | 1..1 | The period or date and time of specimen collection.
| |||||||
| collectedPeriod |
Period | |||||||||
| collectedDateTime |
dateTime | |||||||||
| quantity |
0..1 | Quantity | The quantity of specimen collected | |||||||
| method |
0..1 | CodeableConcept | If relevant for the results, the method of obtaining the specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT | |||||||
| device |
0..1 | EHDSDevice | Device used to perform specimen collection | |||||||
| bodySite |
O | 0..1 | EHDSBodyStructure | Anatomic location (e.g. body location, laterality and other details) where the material is collected, e.g. Elbow, left
| ||||||
| receivedDate |
0..1 | dateTime | Date and time when specimen is received by the testing laboratory. | |||||||
| container |
0..* | Base | The container holding the specimen. | |||||||
| specimenQuantity |
0..1 | Quantity | Quantity of specimen within container | |||||||
| containerDevice |
O | 1..1 | EHDSDevice | The device resource for the the container holding the specimen.
| ||||||
| condition |
O | 0..* | CodeableConcept | State of the specimen. State of the speeimen should be alligned with dataAbsentReason element of the Observatiom model. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimenCondition
| ||||||
| note |
O | 0..1 | string | To communicate any details or issues about the specimen or during the specimen collection. (for example: broken vial, sent with patient, frozen).
| ||||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| EHDSSpecimen.status | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.type | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.combined | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.collection.method | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.condition | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown |
Differential View
This structure is derived from EHDSSpecimen
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHDSSpecimen |
0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen model | |||||||
| identifier |
O | 1..* | Identifier | An identifier of the specimen which is unique within in a defined scope. Example: identifier assigned by ordering system, identifier assigned by laboratory etc. Multiple identifiers can be used.
| ||||||
| status |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Availability of the specimen.
| ||||||
| type |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | The kind of material that forms the Specimen.
| ||||||
| specimenSource[x] |
O | 0..1 | EHDSPatient, EHDSLocation, EHDSDevice | Where the specimen came from. This may be from patient(s), from a location (e.g., the source of an environmental sample), or a device. Additional types of specimen may be allowed in implementations.
| ||||||
| parentSpecimen |
O | 0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen from which this specimen originated
| ||||||
| request |
O | 0..* | EHDSServiceRequest | Why the specimen ws collected
| ||||||
| combined |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | This element signifies if the specimen is part of a group or pooled.
| ||||||
| collection |
O | 0..* | Base | Collection details
| ||||||
| collected[x] |
O | 1..1 | Period, dateTime | The period or date and time of specimen collection.
| ||||||
| bodySite |
O | 0..1 | EHDSBodyStructure | Anatomic location (e.g. body location, laterality and other details) where the material is collected, e.g. Elbow, left
| ||||||
| container |
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| containerDevice |
O | 1..1 | EHDSDevice | The device resource for the the container holding the specimen.
| ||||||
| condition |
O | 0..* | CodeableConcept | State of the specimen. State of the speeimen should be alligned with dataAbsentReason element of the Observatiom model.
| ||||||
| note |
O | 0..1 | string | To communicate any details or issues about the specimen or during the specimen collection. (for example: broken vial, sent with patient, frozen).
| ||||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHDSSpecimen |
0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen model | |||||||
| identifier |
O | 1..* | Identifier | An identifier of the specimen which is unique within in a defined scope. Example: identifier assigned by ordering system, identifier assigned by laboratory etc. Multiple identifiers can be used.
| ||||||
| status |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Availability of the specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimen-status
| ||||||
| type |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | The kind of material that forms the Specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT
| ||||||
| specimenSource[x] |
O | 0..1 | Where the specimen came from. This may be from patient(s), from a location (e.g., the source of an environmental sample), or a device. Additional types of specimen may be allowed in implementations.
| |||||||
| specimenSourceEHDSPatient |
EHDSPatient | |||||||||
| specimenSourceEHDSLocation |
EHDSLocation | |||||||||
| specimenSourceEHDSDevice |
EHDSDevice | |||||||||
| parentSpecimen |
O | 0..* | EHDSSpecimen | Specimen from which this specimen originated
| ||||||
| request |
O | 0..* | EHDSServiceRequest | Why the specimen ws collected
| ||||||
| combined |
O | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | This element signifies if the specimen is part of a group or pooled. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimen-combined
| ||||||
| collection |
O | 0..* | Base | Collection details
| ||||||
| performer[x] |
0..1 | Person or organisation who collected the specimen | ||||||||
| performerEHDSHealthProfessional |
EHDSHealthProfessional | |||||||||
| performerEHDSOrganisation |
EHDSOrganisation | |||||||||
| performerEHDSPatient |
EHDSPatient | |||||||||
| performerEHDSRelatedPerson |
EHDSRelatedPerson | |||||||||
| collected[x] |
O | 1..1 | The period or date and time of specimen collection.
| |||||||
| collectedPeriod |
Period | |||||||||
| collectedDateTime |
dateTime | |||||||||
| quantity |
0..1 | Quantity | The quantity of specimen collected | |||||||
| method |
0..1 | CodeableConcept | If relevant for the results, the method of obtaining the specimen. Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT | |||||||
| device |
0..1 | EHDSDevice | Device used to perform specimen collection | |||||||
| bodySite |
O | 0..1 | EHDSBodyStructure | Anatomic location (e.g. body location, laterality and other details) where the material is collected, e.g. Elbow, left
| ||||||
| receivedDate |
0..1 | dateTime | Date and time when specimen is received by the testing laboratory. | |||||||
| container |
0..* | Base | The container holding the specimen. | |||||||
| specimenQuantity |
0..1 | Quantity | Quantity of specimen within container | |||||||
| containerDevice |
O | 1..1 | EHDSDevice | The device resource for the the container holding the specimen.
| ||||||
| condition |
O | 0..* | CodeableConcept | State of the specimen. State of the speeimen should be alligned with dataAbsentReason element of the Observatiom model. Binding Description: (preferred): HL7 specimenCondition
| ||||||
| note |
O | 0..1 | string | To communicate any details or issues about the specimen or during the specimen collection. (for example: broken vial, sent with patient, frozen).
| ||||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| EHDSSpecimen.status | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.type | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.combined | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.collection.method | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown | |
| EHDSSpecimen.condition | Base | preferred | Not State | Unknown |
This structure is derived from EHDSSpecimen
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