Task Profile

Canonical	../StructureDefinition/nexus-emr-core-clinical-task
Status	draft · 1.26.0
Base	Task (constraint)
Source	FSH · 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

Chart-Created · Clinical · Document Review Task, Completed · Clinical task ai triage 001 · Clinical task completed 001 · Clinical task lab review 001 · Clinical task nursing pool 001 · Clinical task referral 001 · Suggested-Resource Task - Add a Chart Entry · Suggested-Resource Task - Card Alternative A (empagliflozin) · Suggested-Resource Task - Card Alternative B (dulaglutide) · Suggested-Resource Task - Retire a Chart Entry · Team-Owned Standalone · Unassigned

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 spelling of unassigned - no sentinel owner, no placeholder team - and a consumer must show this task in every user's default inbox view rather than behind a filter, which is what makes the un-narrowed state safe

Task/nexus-emr-clinical-task-unassigned — claims conformance to Task Profile

{
  "resourceType": "Task",
  "id": "nexus-emr-clinical-task-unassigned",
  "meta": {
    "profile": [
      "../StructureDefinition/nexus-emr-core-clinical-task"
    ]
  },
  "status": "ready",
  "intent": "order",
  "priority": "routine",
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "../CodeSystem/nexus-task-code",
        "code": "call",
        "display": "Call"
      }
    ],
    "text": "Call"
  },
  "description": "Return the pharmacy's call about Avery Linwood's iron supplement; they left a callback number and no detail.",
  "for": {
    "reference": "Patient/nexus-emr-patient-attachment-example",
    "display": "Avery Linwood"
  },
  "authoredOn": "2026-01-15T11:05:00-05:00",
  "lastModified": "2026-01-15T11:05:00-05:00",
  "requester": {
    "reference": "Practitioner/dr-emil-navarro",
    "display": "Dr. Emil Navarro"
  },
  "note": [
    {
      "authorReference": {
        "reference": "Practitioner/dr-emil-navarro",
        "display": "Dr. Emil Navarro"
      },
      "time": "2026-01-15T11:05:00-05:00",
      "text": "Whoever gets to it first. If it is a dosage question the answer is in this morning's note."
    }
  ]
}