A Granular Ontology Model for Maternal and Child Health Information System

Table 4

Data entities and mappings with HL7 FHIR resources.

Data entities	FHIR resources
(1) Patient registration
Personal information, emergency contact	Patient
Marriage details, previous children	RelatedPerson
(2) Patient history
Illness, infections, pregnancy history	Condition
Assertions related to illness	Observation
Surgical history	Procedure
Medication history	MedicationPrescription
Allergy history	AllergyIntolerance
Family history	FamilyHistory
Social history (such as tobacco use)	Observation
(3) Current pregnancy record/encounters
Encounter details	Encounter
Health status/characteristics	Observation
Weight and height for BMI calculation	Observation
Baby’s characteristics	Observation
Lab reports, diagnostic tests	DiagnosticReport
(4) Record of treatment
Suggesting tests/scans	DiagnosticOrder
Suggesting medications/food supplements/advice	MedicationPrescription
Conduct ultrasounds	Procedure
(5) Labor and delivery record
Plan for method of delivery	CarePlan
Baby’s health status	Observation
Birth outcome (e.g., live or still)	Observation