Keep Observation.Category bounded. - 2016-09 core #267

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Not Persuasive with Modification
    • Priority: Medium
    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • DSTU2
    • Orders & Observations
    • Observation
    • Observation.Category
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      Motion to clarify that the intent of Category is to enable variant indexing done by different systems, thus not ready to change cardinality, rather ensure the purpose is more clearly associated with searches and indexing. Riki Merrick, Ken McCaslin.

      to clarify - the text to add...

      "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"

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      Motion to clarify that the intent of Category is to enable variant indexing done by different systems, thus not ready to change cardinality, rather ensure the purpose is more clearly associated with searches and indexing. Riki Merrick, Ken McCaslin. to clarify - the text to add... "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"
    • Riki Merrick/Ken McCaslin: 17-0-0
    • Enhancement
    • Non-substantive
    • DSTU2

      Comment:

      We shouldn't unbound Observatoin category - while this may be an attempt to allow for more specificity, I think it will actually create scenarios with less specificity since multiple categories can further confuse processing logic. Instead, what if we had a new element that is something that further classifies an observation by design, like observation type/subtype like we have in HL7v2 OBX segments.

      Summary:

      Keep Observation.Category bounded.

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            Reporter:
            Danielle Friend
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