goal

A Goal in health care services delivery is generally an expressed desired health state to be achieved by a subject of care (or family/group) over a period or at a specific point of time. See the HL7 FHIR R4 spec for full details.

Tables in this resource:

• goal – Main goal record (this page)
• goal_description_coding
• goal_priority_coding
• goal_target – Targets per goal
• goal_target_measure_coding
• goal_extension
• goal_extension_vcc_coding
• goal_references – Normalized references; see Reference Tables

Primary Keys:

• goal_id

Foreign Keys:

• patient_id - links to the patient table (subject)

_{† Metriport Platform added}

Column	Data Type	Description
goal_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the goal
patient_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the patient (subject)
lifecyclestatus	varchar	Lifecycle status of the goal
startdate	datetime	Start date of the goal
description_text	varchar	Free-text description of the goal
priority_text	varchar	Free-text priority of the goal
priority_hl7_code†	varchar	Code from the preferred goal-priority system when matched
priority_hl7_display†	varchar	Display from the preferred goal-priority system when matched
meta_source	varchar	Source document filename from FHIR meta.source
data_source_ext†	varchar	Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension

Related Tables:

Parent:

• patient

Child:

• goal_description_coding
• goal_extension
• goal_priority_coding
• goal_target