Stream: implementers
Topic: Estimated Discharge Date
Michael Hosking (Aug 24 2018 at 03:16):
Just confirming there is no direct map for "Estimated Discharge Date" in the FHIR Encounter Resource.
So far it seems there is nothing explicit in FHIR since it is a future projection that often changes multiple times during the encounter.
This is the closest response I found that echoes the above is:
http://community.fhir.org/t/estimated-discharge-date-in-encounter-resource/198
Is this still correct?
Lloyd McKenzie (Aug 24 2018 at 15:06):
@Brian Postlethwaite ?
Jean Duteau (Aug 24 2018 at 15:26):
In my mappings, I've been putting estimated discharge date at Encounter.period.end. If the date is in the future, then guidance is that it might change.
Lloyd McKenzie (Aug 24 2018 at 15:30):
More specifically, if that date is more recent than the lastUpdated. Though that's still an issue if you receive a copy of the encounter from somewhere else.
Brian Postlethwaite (Aug 25 2018 at 22:49):
Jean, that's what I would have done also.
We don't have any specific guidance on that at present.
Richard Kavanagh (Oct 31 2019 at 12:57):
For encounters that are "in-progress", is it appropriate to put the estimated discharge date (if available) in Encounter.period.end or does this need to be empty until the actual encounter is over?
Richard Kavanagh (Oct 31 2019 at 12:59):
Ha - looks like my post has joined an existing thread :-)
Martin Grundberg (Oct 31 2019 at 19:52):
Might be worth having a look at this:
https://chat.fhir.org/#narrow/stream/179166-implementers/topic/Encounter.20expected.2Fplanned.20discharge
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