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Task Profile

Canonical../StructureDefinition/nexus-emr-core-clinical-task
Statusdraft · 1.26.0
BaseTask (constraint)
SourceFSH · JSON

A unit of work in the chart: who asked for it, who owns it now, what has been said about it, and which chart element it concerns. Inbox items, to-dos, follow-ups, a result that needs review -- deliberately one kind of work item.

Examples

Conforming instances (each opens inside this tab):

  • Chart-Created — EMR-born task created from a patient chart -- no identifier, no code, the patient on "for" and no focus (the task is about no one chart element), an opening note carrying its auth…
  • Clinical — Example clinical task (lab-result follow-up) demonstrating the promoted ClinicalTask profile
  • Document Review Task, Completed — A review task filed against a document for a named reviewer, completed once that reviewer acted -- reviewing was the task's whole purpose, so nothing is left to track after it. Th…
  • Clinical task ai triage 001 — Review a patient portal message about blood-pressure concerns, triaged with AI assistance. The ask is this description; the patient's message is the first turn in the thread (note…
  • Clinical task completed 001 — Provide diabetes education follow-up for Jennifer Martinez. Review blood glucose logs, insulin adjustment, and dietary counseling. Patient newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
  • Clinical task lab review 001 — Review CBC results for John Doe - flagged values need clinical assessment. Hemoglobin 8.2 g/dL (low), requires evaluation for anemia workup.
  • Clinical task nursing pool 001 — Complete medication reconciliation for David Chen following hospital discharge. Patient returned from Calgary General Hospital after pneumonia treatment. Reconcile discharge medic…
  • Clinical task referral 001 — Process cardiology referral for Alice Johnson - chest pain evaluation. Patient reports intermittent chest discomfort with exertion. ECG shows possible T-wave abnormalities in lead…
  • Suggested-Resource Task - Add a Chart Entry — A suggested chart entry awaiting a decision. The suggested resources ride in a contained transaction Bundle whose single entry is the suggested Condition, carrying the POST that i…
  • Suggested-Resource Task - Card Alternative A (empagliflozin) — One of two mutually exclusive proposals raised by a single decision-support evaluation. Both carry intent = option and the same groupIdentifier under NamingSystem/nexus-cds-card, …
  • Suggested-Resource Task - Card Alternative B (dulaglutide) — The sibling of card alternative A -- same groupIdentifier, same intent = option, a different suggested MedicationRequest. Shows that grouping records what was raised together whil…
  • Suggested-Resource Task - Retire a Chart Entry — A suggestion that CHANGES something already in the chart rather than adding to it. The Bundle entry carries a conditional PUT over the recorded penicillin allergy, and the prototy…
  • Team-Owned Standalone — Standalone work item with no patient context, held by a CareTeam -- exercising the optional "for" and the CareTeam owner target, with the ask as its opening note
  • Unassigned — A task nobody has been given yet -- "owner" is absent, which means responsibility has not been narrowed and the task is every user's until somebody takes it. Absent is the only sp…