Goal

The following topic describes information for the Goal resource.

To interact with the REST endpoints in the Goal resource, see Goal.

Overview

The Goal resource describes intended objectives for a patient. A goal is typically expressed as a desired outcome or health state to be achieved by a patient over a period or at a specific point in time. A goal may address preventative health or mitigation of a diagnosis or problem. Goals can be non-healthcare related (for example, dance at a wedding).

Fields

• Goal ID

• Subject (patient)

• Start date

• Target date

• Category

• Description of goal

• Status

• Status date

• Author

• Note

Terminology Bindings

• Goal.category

  Description: Codes for grouping and sorting goals.

  Details: Goal Category Codes

  System: http://hl7.org/fhir/goal-category