...
| Resource Definition | Description |
|---|---|
| Alert | The primary alert resource element representing a particular alert (note) about a patient. |
| identifier [1..*] identifier | One or more identifiers which can be used to reference the alert. Note: This has a different cardinality than FHIR |
category [1..1] | Identifies the category of the alert (example: administrative, clinical, etc.). Note: This has a different cardinality and value set binding than FHIR. See XXXX for value set members. |
| status [1..1] code {http://hl7.org/fhir/alert-status} | Identifies the status of the alert. This element is bound to the http://hl7.org/fhir/alert-status value set defined at http://hl7.org/implement/standards/fhir/alert-status.html and shall carry a value of active, inactive or "entered in error". |
subject [1..1] | Identifies the subject (patient) for which the alert applies. |
author [1..1] | Identifies the clinician, patient, or device which was responsible for the authoring of the alert. |
| note [1..1] string | The textual content of the note. |
The Alert Publisher shall include all resources If the Alert Publisher is incapable of producing a fully qualified URL to a particular resource referenced in the subject and or author attributes (example: HIE doesn't expose or have a FHIR based Client Registry), then it shall represent them as contained resources (see http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/fhir/references.html#contained) which shall contain, at minimum, the "identifier" attribute such that the Alert Manager can use an appropriate mechanism to identify the data for the resource.
2.4.2.2.1 Example
An example alert published instructing any provider to double check the patient's weight during their next care visit in FHIR JSON:
...