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Upload and Use Questionnaires

This tutorial will walk through how to create a Questionnaire and generate a QuestionnaireResponse using the Medplum console app. The Questionnaire and QuestionnaireResponse resources are very common in implementations and are used to drive patient-facing and provider-facing experiences.

Upload Questionnaire​

First, download your questionnaire from questionnaire-bundle.json, this is a very simple Questionnaire that asks for the Patient's weight in pounds.

You'll notice that in this example Questionnaire.subjectType is Patient.

Upload questionnaire-bundle.json on the Batch Upload tool on the Medplum app and wait until you see confirmation of success.

View Questionnaire​

Second, navigate to the Questionnaires on your Medplum App and click on the Questionnaire you just uploaded.

Familiarize yourself with the Questionnaire tool - you can see a Preview, add items to the questionnaire through the Builder and more.

Try Questionnaire​

To fill out the Questionnaire, navigate to the Patient on your Medplum app and click on any Patient. You'll see an Apps tab on the Patient which is were all Questionnaires where subjectType is Patient.

Click on the link and fill out the Questionnaire.

Other resource types

Questionnaires are general purpose and can have a subjectType that is any resource. Common workflows include adding Encounter or DiagnosticReport as a subjectType for a Questionnaire.

View QuestionnaireResponse​

Once you have filled out your Questionnaire, a QuestionnaireResponse will be generated, which we recommend looking at on the QuestionnaireResponse of your Medplum app.

The QuestionnaireResponse resource is often the basis for automation, and contains a structured representation of the answers to the questionnaire, as well as the author and which questionnaire generated it.

Next Steps​

Questionnaires are very powerful when embedded in custom applications and paired with Bots. The Medplum App is a good example of use of a Questionnaire in an application and related commits can be useful for context.

There are bots in the medplum-demo-bot repository that show examples of how to create common FHIR resources like Observation or Condition from QuestionnaireResponse resources.

  • Download Questionnaires that have LOINC codes from NIH - includes many common assessments like PHQ-9, Activities of Daily living and more