Vancouver Healthcare and Life Sciences

Vancouver Healthcare
and Life Sciences
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2225 Lawson Lane
Santa Clara, CA 95054
United States
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Observation table
The Observation [sn_hcls_observation] table stores the information about
measurements and simple assertions made about a patient.

Key features

• Stores any observations about a patient.

• Includes the status, category, observed date, anatomical location, and

practitioner who recorded the observation.

Role required to configure the table: sn_hcls.admin.

For more information, see Healthcare and Life Sciences data model.

Observation table fields

Field Data type Description

Body sites of the

Anatomical location Reference
observation.

High-level observation
category.

The following
categories are
available by default:
Category Choice list
• Activity

• Exam

• Imaging

• Laboratory

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Field Data type Description

• Procedure

• Social history

• Survey

• Therapy

• Vital signs

For more information

about the
available categories,
see observation
categories defined in
the FHIR specifications.

Date and time when

the observation was
Date observed Date/Time
first recorded into the
application.

Healthcare event
Encounter Reference related to the
observation.

Identifier of the record

in an electronic
External id String
medical record (EMR)
system.

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Field Data type Description

Alpha-numeric profile
identifier of the
observation.

The value is auto-

generated and is
incremented every
time you add a new
observation to your
ServiceNow instance.
The initial value for
the Number field is
OBSV00001001.
Number String
Note: To
customize the
number, define
the auto-
numbering format
for the
Observation
[sn_hcls_observati
on] table. For
more information,
see Add auto-
numbering
records in a table.

Code for an
observation type.
Observation Reference
For more information
about the available
codes, see
observation codes

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Field Data type Description

defined in the FHIR

specifications.

Organization that is
Organization Reference responsible for the
observation.

Patient who is being

Patient Reference
observed.

Practitioner who is
Practitioner Reference responsible for the
observation.

Source system details

of an external
Source Reference
healthcare system in a
ServiceNow instance.

Status of an
observation.

The following statuses

are available by
Status Choice list default:

• Amended

• Final

• Preliminary

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Field Data type Description

• Registered

For more information

about the available
statuses, see
observation statuses
defined in the FHIR
specifications.

Verification status to
support or decline the
clinical status of the
condition or diagnosis.

The following statuses

are available by
default:

• Confirmed

• Differential

Verification status Choice list • Entered in error

• Provisional

• Refuted

• Unconfirmed

For more information

about the available
statuses, see condition
verification statuses
defined in the FHIR
specifications.

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