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ClinicalAlert

Represents a warning or notification of significance related to different healthcare entities. The subject of the alert may be a patient, a location, a provider, a procedure, or even a medication. This object is available in API version 51.0 and later.

Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert()

Fields

Field Details
Categories
Type
multipicklist
Properties
Create, Filter, Nillable, Update
Description
Specifies the category that the alert belongs to.
Possible values are:
  • Clinical
  • Diet
  • Drug
  • Lab
  • Subject Contact
CodeDescription
Type
string
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The description of the alert.
CodeId
Type
reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
The system-defined code that represents the alert.
Referenced Objects
  • CodeSetBundle
EndDate
Type
dateTime
Properties
Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The date and time when the alert was deactivated.
LastReferencedDate
Type
dateTime
Properties
Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description
The last date that the record was referenced.
LastViewedDate
Type
dateTime
Properties
Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description
The last date that the record was viewed.
Name
Type
string
Properties
Autonumber, Defaulted on create, Filter, idLookup, Sort
Description
The system-generated name of the clinical alert record.
OwnerId
Type
reference
Properties
Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
The user that this record belongs to.
RaisedById
Type
Polymorphic reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The person or facility that raised the alert.
Referenced Objects
  • HealthcareProvider
  • HealthcarePractitionerFacility
  • CareRegisteredDevice
RelatedEncounterId
Type
reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The encounter that this alert is related to.
Referenced Objects
  • ClincialEncounter
SourceSystem
Type
string
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The source system from where the record was brought into Salesforce.
SourceSystemIdentifier
Type
string
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The identifier of the record in its source system.
SourceSystemModified
Type
dateTime
Properties
Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The date and time when the record was last modified in its source system.
StartDate
Type
dateTime
Properties
Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The date and time when the alert was activated.
Status
Type
picklist
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
The status of the clinical alert.
Possible values are:
  • Active
  • Entered-In-Error
  • Inactive
SubjectId
Type
polymorphic reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
The person or entity the alert is about.
Examples
  • A patient experiencing kidney failure.
  • A location with an avian flu outbreak.
  • A practitioner flagged from referrals.
  • A medication that’s flagged for special circumstances.
Referenced Objects
  • Location
  • HealthcareProvider
  • Medication
  • PatientMedicalProcedure
  • Account

Additional Information for Clinical Alert in Other Objects

In addition to creating a record using these fields, you can add more details to your clinical alert record by creating records in certain other objects, and referencing your ClinicalAlert record as the parent record. Here’s the list of objects you can associate to ClinicalAlert in this way, the type of information they add, and the field they use to reference ClinicalAlert.

Object Type of Information Reference Field
Identifier Associates an identifier value to the clinical alert. ParentRecordId

Associated Objects

This object has the following associated objects. Unless noted, they are available in the same API version as this object.

ClinicalAlertFeed
Feed tracking is available for the object.
ClinicalAlertHistory
History is available for tracked fields of the object.
ClinicalAlertShare
Sharing is available for the object.
ClinicalAlertChangeEvent (API version 61.0)
Change events are available for the object.