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Type:
Change Request
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Resolution: Persuasive
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Priority:
Medium
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FHIR Core (FHIR)
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DSTU1 [deprecated]
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Patient Care
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Questionnaire
QuestionnaireResponse -
4.26.1
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Enhancement
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Non-substantive
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DSTU1 [deprecated]
Existing Wording
Examples of questionnaires include
Proposed Wording
Add to the list of examples:
- patient intake questionnaire ("clipboard")
Comments
The list is interesting as much for what it does not include as for what it does include. Typical medical history questionnaires (e.g., the physician office "new patient clipboard") asks patients for lists of medications, allergies, problems or symptoms, past surgeries, etc. Those items are not included the example, but they are almost universal (either free form or sometimes check-the-box). Something should be said about why those are omitted from the example and whether the recommendation is to NOT include them. But I have concerns if a questionnaire is not fully represented (e.g., by excluding Medications question), because omission of sections could lose context and harm the Q's integrity. 4.26.5.1 partially discusses this issue, but poses the choice as either/or. Could it be both/and? E.g., the Questionnaire resource could capture an entire questionnaire form, as it was presented, but then the appropriate items can also be placed in other Resources (Medications, Problems, Allergies, etc.) through either human intervention or automated mechanisms if possible.
Thus, I recommend adding "patient intake questionnaire (clipboard)" to the list of examples.
Grahame's Comments
no opinion
- is voted on by
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BALLOT-136 Affirmative - David Tao : 2015-Jan-FHIR R1
- Closed