Goal

Clinical

Describes the intended objective(s) for a patient, group or organization care, for example, weight loss, restoring an activity of daily living, obtaining herd immunity via immunization, meeting a process improvement objective, etc.

Goal is a FHIR R4 Clinical resource — describes the intended objective(s) for a patient, group or organization. It defines 31 elements and supports 17 search parameters, and is referenced from 2 elements across other resources.

Official spec

Path	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Goal	0..*	—	Describes the intended objective(s) for a patient, group or organization
.idΣ	0..1	String	Logical id of this artifact
.metaΣ	0..1	Meta	Metadata about the resource
.implicitRules?!Σ	0..1	uri	A set of rules under which this content was created
.language	0..1	code	Language of the resource content Bindinglanguages(preferred)
.text	0..1	Narrative	Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation
.contained	0..*	Resource	Contained, inline Resources
.extension	0..*	Extension	Additional content defined by implementations
.modifierExtension?!	0..*	Extension	Extensions that cannot be ignored
.identifier	0..*	Identifier	External Ids for this goal
.lifecycleStatus?!Σ	1..1	code	proposed \| planned \| accepted \| active \| on-hold \| completed \| cancelled \| entered-in-error \| rejected Bindinggoal-status(required)
.achievementStatusΣ	0..1	CodeableConcept	in-progress \| improving \| worsening \| no-change \| achieved \| sustaining \| not-achieved \| no-progress \| not-attainable Bindinggoal-achievement(preferred)
.categoryΣ	0..*	CodeableConcept	E.g. Treatment, dietary, behavioral, etc. Bindinggoal-category(example)
.priorityΣ	0..1	CodeableConcept	high-priority \| medium-priority \| low-priority Bindinggoal-priority(preferred)
.descriptionΣ	1..1	CodeableConcept	Code or text describing goal Bindingclinical-findings(example)
.subjectΣ	1..1	Reference(Patient \| Group \| Organization)	Who this goal is intended for
.start[x]Σ	0..1	date \| CodeableConcept	When goal pursuit begins Bindinggoal-start-event(example)
.target	0..*	BackboneElement	Target outcome for the goal
.id	0..1	String	Unique id for inter-element referencing
.extension	0..*	Extension	Additional content defined by implementations
.modifierExtension?!Σ	0..*	Extension	Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized
.measureΣ	0..1	CodeableConcept	The parameter whose value is being tracked Bindingobservation-codes(example)
.detail[x]Σ	0..1	Quantity \| Range \| CodeableConcept \| string \| boolean \| integer \| Ratio	The target value to be achieved BindingCodes to identify the target value of the focus to be achieved to signify the fulfillment of the goal.(example)
.due[x]Σ	0..1	date \| Duration	Reach goal on or before
.statusDateΣ	0..1	date	When goal status took effect
.statusReason	0..1	string	Reason for current status
.expressedByΣ	0..1	Reference(Patient \| Practitioner \| PractitionerRole \| RelatedPerson)	Who's responsible for creating Goal?
.addresses	0..*	Reference(Condition \| Observation \| MedicationStatement \| NutritionOrder \| ServiceRequest \| RiskAssessment)	Issues addressed by this goal
.note	0..*	Annotation	Comments about the goal
.outcomeCode	0..*	CodeableConcept	What result was achieved regarding the goal? Bindingclinical-findings(example)
.outcomeReference	0..*	Reference(Observation)	Observation that resulted from goal

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