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Types of data you can store in Patient Data Manager

Patient Data Manager (PDM) is designed to store data that supports direct care and adheres to FHIR standards. It supports a broad range of structured and unstructured health data.

What you can store

Data type Example FHIR resource

Appointments and care interactions 

Track a patient's interactions across care settings. 

EncounterAppointmentCarePlan

Clinical observations and results 

Record test results and other clinical measurements.

Observation, DiagnosticReport, Specimen 

Immunisations and vaccination history 

Centralise vaccination data to support patient access and preventative care.

Immunization

Genomics and speciality diagnostics 

Support structured storage of genetic or high-governance data.  Observation 

Unstructured documents 

Store clinical letters or discharge summaries. DocumentReference 

Patient-contributed data 

Enable patients to share symptoms, health updates or home readings.

QuestionnaireResponse, Observation

Risk assessments and screening

Support lifestyle-based screening and calculated scores. RiskAssessmentQuestionnaireResponse, 

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Risk of harmful or undesirable physiological response which is specific to an individual and associated with exposure to a substance.

AllergyIntolerance

A record of an event relevant for purposes such as operations, privacy, security, maintenance, and performance analysis.

AuditEvent
Record details about an anatomical structure. BodyStructure
A set of healthcare-related information that is assembled together into a single logical package that provides a single coherent statement of meaning, establishes its own context and that has clinical attestation with regard to who is making the statement. Composition

A clinical condition, problem, diagnosis, or other event, situation, issue, or clinical concept that has risen to a level of concern.

Condition
A record of a healthcare consumer’s choices or choices made on their behalf by a third party, which permits or denies identified recipient(s) or recipient role(s) to perform one or more actions within a given policy context, for specific purposes and periods of time. Consent

A manufactured item that is used in the provision of healthcare without being substantially changed through that activity. The device may be a medical or non-medical device.

Device

Significant health conditions for a person related to the patient relevant in the context of care for the patient.

FamilyMemberHistory

The details of a healthcare service available at a location.

HealthcareService

Invoice containing collected ChargeItems from an Account with calculated individual and total price for Billing purpose.

Invoice

A formally or informally recognized grouping of people or organizations formed for the purpose of achieving some form of collective action.

Organization

A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare or related services.

Practitioner

A specific set of Roles/Locations/specialties/services that a practitioner may perform at an organization for a period of time.

PractitionerRole
An action that is or was performed on or for a patient, practitioner, device, organization, or location. Procedure
Provenance of a resource is a record that describes entities and processes involved in producing and delivering or otherwise influencing that resource. Provenance

A structured set of questions intended to guide the collection of answers from end-users. Questionnaires provide detailed control over order, presentation, phraseology and grouping to allow coherent, consistent data collection.

Questionnaire

Information about a person that is involved in a patient's health or the care for a patient, but who is not the primary target of healthcare.

RelatedPerson

A ResearchSubject is a participant or object which is the recipient of investigative activities in a research study.

ResearchSubject

A container for slots of time that may be available for booking appointments.

Schedule
A record of a request for service such as diagnostic investigations, treatments, or operations to be performed. ServiceRequest

A slot of time on a schedule that may be available for booking appointments.

Slot
A task to be performed as a part of a workflow and the related informations like inputs, outputs and execution progress. Task

Last edited: 14 October 2025 4:19 pm