Table 4.
Value seta | Comment |
DEMOGRAPHIC.RACE | No Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) value for multiple races |
ENCOUNTER.ENC_TYPE | No FHIR equivalent for visits of type EI (emergency department admit to inpatient hospital stay), IC (institutional professional consult) |
ENCOUNTER.DISCHARGE_STATUS | Imperfect FHIR equivalents for several discharge statuses; 17 possible values in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network (PCORnet) versus 11 in FHIR; values were mapped where possible. |
ENCOUNTER.ADMITTING_SOURCE | Imperfect FHIR equivalents for several admitting sources; 16 possible values in PCORnet versus 10 in FHIR; values were mapped where possible. |
aPCORnet 4.1 values of No information, Unknown, and Other were rarely mappable to FHIR and are not noted each time.