One of the main areas of concern this implementation guide will deal with is the de-identification of clinical trial participant data. Typically, "patient" data is captured in the Patient resource, which includes demographic and other types of information that determine who the individual is.
We should include guidance on the requirements for exposing minimal patient data, as well as using ResearchSubject to establish a linkage between Patient and a particular ResearchStudy.
One of the main areas of concern this implementation guide will deal with is the de-identification of clinical trial participant data. Typically, "patient" data is captured in the
Patient
resource, which includes demographic and other types of information that determine who the individual is.https://www.hl7.org/fhir/patient.html
We should include guidance on the requirements for exposing minimal patient data, as well as using
ResearchSubject
to establish a linkage betweenPatient
and a particularResearchStudy
.https://www.hl7.org/fhir/researchsubject.html https://www.hl7.org/fhir/researchstudy.html