EHDS Logical Information Models
0.2.1 - qa-preview

EHDS Logical Information Models, published by Xt-EHR. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.2.1 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/Xt-EHR/xt-ehr-common/tree/main and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Logical Model: Alert model

Official URL: http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSAlert Version: 0.2.1
Draft as of 2026-01-07 Computable Name: EHDSAlert

A statement higlighting a fact about the patient that requires clinical attention to ensure safety and prevent adverse outcomes. Example 1: intolerance to aspirin due to gastrointestinal bleeding. Example 2: intolerance to captopril because of cough (the patient is not allergic but can't tolerate it because of persistent cough) Example 3: the patient has a rare disease that requires special treatment Example 4: Airway Alert / Difficult Intubation Example 5: Diagnoses such as malignant hyperthermia, porphyria, and bleeding disorders; special treatments like anticoagulants or immunosuppressants; implanted devices. Example 6: transplanted organs illustrate other information that has to be taken into account in a healthcare contact. Example 7: participation in a clinical trial that has to be taken into account in a healthcare contact.

Usages:

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Formal Views of Profile Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. EHDSAlert 0..* EHDSDataSet Alert model

Elements defined in Ancestors:header
Instances of this logical model can be the target of a Reference
... header 1..1 Base Common header for all patient-related data
.... subject 1..1 EHDSPatient Patient/subject information
.... identifier 0..* Identifier Business identifier for the object
.... authorship 1..* Base Resource authoring details
..... author[x] 1..1 The author of the alert statement, i.e. the setter of the alert.
...... authorEHDSHealthProfessional EHDSHealthProfessional
...... authorEHDSOrganisation EHDSOrganisation
...... authorEHDSDevice EHDSDevice
..... datetime 1..1 dateTime Date and time of authoring/issuing
.... lastUpdate 0..1 dateTime Date and time of the last update to the resource (may be used for technical corrections).
.... status 1..1 CodeableConcept Current status of the alert, indicates whether this alert is active and needs to be displayed to a user, or whether it is no longer needed or was entered in error.
Binding Description: (preferred): hl7:Flag-status
.... statusReason[x] 0..1 Reason for the current status of the resource.
..... statusReasonCodeableConcept CodeableConcept
..... statusReasonString string
.... language 0..1 CodeableConcept Language in which the resource is written. Language is expressed by the IETF language tag.
Binding Description: (preferred): BCP 47
... code 0..1 CodeableConcept A coded representation of the alert.
Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT
... description 0..1 string Narrative representation of the alert.
... period 0..1 Period Time period when alert is active. The period of time from the activation of the alert to inactivation of the alert. If the alert is active, the end of the period should be unspecified.
... sourceReference 0..* Reference(Resource) A reference to the resource the alert is about.

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
EHDSAlert.header.status Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.header.language Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.code Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.priority Base preferred Not State Unknown

This structure is derived from EHDSDataSet

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. EHDSAlert 0..* EHDSDataSet Alert model

Elements defined in Ancestors:header
Instances of this logical model can be the target of a Reference
... header
.... authorship
..... author[x] 1..1 EHDSHealthProfessional, EHDSOrganisation, EHDSDevice The author of the alert statement, i.e. the setter of the alert.
.... status 1..1 CodeableConcept Current status of the alert, indicates whether this alert is active and needs to be displayed to a user, or whether it is no longer needed or was entered in error.
Binding Description: (preferred): hl7:Flag-status
... code 0..1 CodeableConcept A coded representation of the alert.
Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT
... description 0..1 string Narrative representation of the alert.
... period 0..1 Period Time period when alert is active. The period of time from the activation of the alert to inactivation of the alert. If the alert is active, the end of the period should be unspecified.
... sourceReference 0..* Reference(Resource) A reference to the resource the alert is about.

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
EHDSAlert.header.status Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.code Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.priority Base preferred Not State Unknown
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. EHDSAlert 0..* EHDSDataSet Alert model

Elements defined in Ancestors:header
Instances of this logical model can be the target of a Reference
... header 1..1 Base Common header for all patient-related data
.... subject 1..1 EHDSPatient Patient/subject information
.... identifier 0..* Identifier Business identifier for the object
.... authorship 1..* Base Resource authoring details
..... author[x] 1..1 The author of the alert statement, i.e. the setter of the alert.
...... authorEHDSHealthProfessional EHDSHealthProfessional
...... authorEHDSOrganisation EHDSOrganisation
...... authorEHDSDevice EHDSDevice
..... datetime 1..1 dateTime Date and time of authoring/issuing
.... lastUpdate 0..1 dateTime Date and time of the last update to the resource (may be used for technical corrections).
.... status 1..1 CodeableConcept Current status of the alert, indicates whether this alert is active and needs to be displayed to a user, or whether it is no longer needed or was entered in error.
Binding Description: (preferred): hl7:Flag-status
.... statusReason[x] 0..1 Reason for the current status of the resource.
..... statusReasonCodeableConcept CodeableConcept
..... statusReasonString string
.... language 0..1 CodeableConcept Language in which the resource is written. Language is expressed by the IETF language tag.
Binding Description: (preferred): BCP 47
... code 0..1 CodeableConcept A coded representation of the alert.
Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT
... description 0..1 string Narrative representation of the alert.
... period 0..1 Period Time period when alert is active. The period of time from the activation of the alert to inactivation of the alert. If the alert is active, the end of the period should be unspecified.
... sourceReference 0..* Reference(Resource) A reference to the resource the alert is about.

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
EHDSAlert.header.status Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.header.language Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.code Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.priority Base preferred Not State Unknown

This structure is derived from EHDSDataSet

Summary

Key Elements View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. EHDSAlert 0..* EHDSDataSet Alert model

Elements defined in Ancestors:header
Instances of this logical model can be the target of a Reference
... header 1..1 Base Common header for all patient-related data
.... subject 1..1 EHDSPatient Patient/subject information
.... identifier 0..* Identifier Business identifier for the object
.... authorship 1..* Base Resource authoring details
..... author[x] 1..1 The author of the alert statement, i.e. the setter of the alert.
...... authorEHDSHealthProfessional EHDSHealthProfessional
...... authorEHDSOrganisation EHDSOrganisation
...... authorEHDSDevice EHDSDevice
..... datetime 1..1 dateTime Date and time of authoring/issuing
.... lastUpdate 0..1 dateTime Date and time of the last update to the resource (may be used for technical corrections).
.... status 1..1 CodeableConcept Current status of the alert, indicates whether this alert is active and needs to be displayed to a user, or whether it is no longer needed or was entered in error.
Binding Description: (preferred): hl7:Flag-status
.... statusReason[x] 0..1 Reason for the current status of the resource.
..... statusReasonCodeableConcept CodeableConcept
..... statusReasonString string
.... language 0..1 CodeableConcept Language in which the resource is written. Language is expressed by the IETF language tag.
Binding Description: (preferred): BCP 47
... code 0..1 CodeableConcept A coded representation of the alert.
Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT
... description 0..1 string Narrative representation of the alert.
... period 0..1 Period Time period when alert is active. The period of time from the activation of the alert to inactivation of the alert. If the alert is active, the end of the period should be unspecified.
... sourceReference 0..* Reference(Resource) A reference to the resource the alert is about.

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
EHDSAlert.header.status Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.header.language Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.code Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.priority Base preferred Not State Unknown

Differential View

This structure is derived from EHDSDataSet

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. EHDSAlert 0..* EHDSDataSet Alert model

Elements defined in Ancestors:header
Instances of this logical model can be the target of a Reference
... header
.... authorship
..... author[x] 1..1 EHDSHealthProfessional, EHDSOrganisation, EHDSDevice The author of the alert statement, i.e. the setter of the alert.
.... status 1..1 CodeableConcept Current status of the alert, indicates whether this alert is active and needs to be displayed to a user, or whether it is no longer needed or was entered in error.
Binding Description: (preferred): hl7:Flag-status
... code 0..1 CodeableConcept A coded representation of the alert.
Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT
... description 0..1 string Narrative representation of the alert.
... period 0..1 Period Time period when alert is active. The period of time from the activation of the alert to inactivation of the alert. If the alert is active, the end of the period should be unspecified.
... sourceReference 0..* Reference(Resource) A reference to the resource the alert is about.

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
EHDSAlert.header.status Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.code Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.priority Base preferred Not State Unknown

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. EHDSAlert 0..* EHDSDataSet Alert model

Elements defined in Ancestors:header
Instances of this logical model can be the target of a Reference
... header 1..1 Base Common header for all patient-related data
.... subject 1..1 EHDSPatient Patient/subject information
.... identifier 0..* Identifier Business identifier for the object
.... authorship 1..* Base Resource authoring details
..... author[x] 1..1 The author of the alert statement, i.e. the setter of the alert.
...... authorEHDSHealthProfessional EHDSHealthProfessional
...... authorEHDSOrganisation EHDSOrganisation
...... authorEHDSDevice EHDSDevice
..... datetime 1..1 dateTime Date and time of authoring/issuing
.... lastUpdate 0..1 dateTime Date and time of the last update to the resource (may be used for technical corrections).
.... status 1..1 CodeableConcept Current status of the alert, indicates whether this alert is active and needs to be displayed to a user, or whether it is no longer needed or was entered in error.
Binding Description: (preferred): hl7:Flag-status
.... statusReason[x] 0..1 Reason for the current status of the resource.
..... statusReasonCodeableConcept CodeableConcept
..... statusReasonString string
.... language 0..1 CodeableConcept Language in which the resource is written. Language is expressed by the IETF language tag.
Binding Description: (preferred): BCP 47
... code 0..1 CodeableConcept A coded representation of the alert.
Binding Description: (preferred): SNOMED CT
... description 0..1 string Narrative representation of the alert.
... period 0..1 Period Time period when alert is active. The period of time from the activation of the alert to inactivation of the alert. If the alert is active, the end of the period should be unspecified.
... sourceReference 0..* Reference(Resource) A reference to the resource the alert is about.

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
EHDSAlert.header.status Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.header.language Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.code Base preferred Not State Unknown
EHDSAlert.priority Base preferred Not State Unknown

This structure is derived from EHDSDataSet

Summary

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel