The observations table manages clinical observations about a patient such as BP, heart rate, weight, etc. In addition, the observations table can serve as a generalized structure to manage any concept related to a patient that requires storing a value (in the value column), date information related to the value (in the observationdate column), and the concept to which the value pertains (in the typeterm_id column).
| Name |
Type
|
Description |
| id |
VARCHAR |
Surrogate key. Primary key for the observations table.
|
| observationdate |
VARCHAR |
The date on which the observation was observed.
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| value |
VARCHAR |
The value of the observation.
|
| comment |
VARCHAR |
A human-readable text field to provide additional information related to the observation.
|
| longvalue |
VARCHAR |
If the value of the observation exceeds the size of the value column, the full value is stored in the longvalue column.
|
| typetermtext |
VARCHAR |
An uncoded, human-readable text field that describes the concept to which this observation pertains.
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| observationorder |
INTEGER |
If applicable, an ordinal value associated with this observation. This value orders this observation within an observationcontext or under a parent observation in a hiearchy of observations.
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| valuetypeterm_id |
INTEGER |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to terms.id
|
| typeterm_id |
INTEGER |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to terms.id. A term that describes the concept to which this observation pertains.
|
| valueterm_id |
INTEGER |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to terms.id
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| unitsterm_id |
INTEGER |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to terms.id
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| observationcontext_id |
VARCHAR |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to observationcontexts.id
|
| patient_id |
VARCHAR |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to patients.id
|
| parentobservation_id |
VARCHAR |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to observations.id
|
| inserteddate |
TIMESTAMP |
Timestamp (UTC) indicating the date the row was first inserted into HIEBus.
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| insertedbyapplication_id |
SMALLINT |
The application that first inserted the row into HIEBus. Foreign key reference to applications.id.
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| insertedbyuser_id |
VARCHAR |
The user associated with the process that first inserted the row into HIEBus. Foreign key reference to users.id.
|
| modifieddate |
TIMESTAMP |
Timestamp (UTC) indicating the date the row was last modified.
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| modifiedbyapplication_id |
SMALLINT |
The application that last modified the row. Foreign key reference to applications.id.
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| modifiedbyuser_id |
VARCHAR |
The user associated with the process that last modified the row. Foreign key reference to users.id.
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| valuetermalternateterms |
VARCHAR |
An xml representation of additional terms that were sent by the source system to describe the observation value.
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| typetermalternateterms |
VARCHAR |
An xml representation of additional terms that were sent by the source system to describe the concept expressed by the observation.
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| normalrange |
VARCHAR |
A text representation of the normal range expected for the value for this concept.
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| acuitytext |
VARCHAR |
An uncoded, human-readable text field that describes the acuity of this observation.
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| acuityalternateterms |
VARCHAR |
An xml representation of additional terms that were sent by the source system to describe the acuity of the observation.
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| acuityterm_id |
INTEGER |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to terms.id
|
| valuecaregiver_id |
VARCHAR |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to caregivers.id
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| tenant_id |
SMALLINT |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to tenants.id
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| observationresultstatusterm_id |
INTEGER |
Surrogate key. Foreign key reference to terms.id
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