Stream: implementers
Topic: Linking encounters in Episode of care
Ravindra Kondiparthi (Mar 24 2020 at 22:22):
Hi ,
We are planning to use episodes of care to link multiple related encounters. I would like to find out the best way to map encounter references in episode of care FHIR resource.
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
Ravi
Lloyd McKenzie (Mar 24 2020 at 23:20):
The Encounter should point to the Episode, not the other way around. The standard way to link is using the http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-episodeOfCare extension
Ravindra Kondiparthi (Mar 25 2020 at 18:17):
Thanks @Lloyd McKenzie . Do you recommend extensions on episode of care to capture information related to (claim,encounter..etc) that triggered an episode?
Lloyd McKenzie (Mar 25 2020 at 19:05):
Can you expand on what you mean by "triggered an episode"?
Ravindra Kondiparthi (Mar 25 2020 at 20:28):
When an episode of care resource is generated from patient encounters we would like to capture a encounter thats the central event .
for example: Given 3 related encounters
Encounter_1 : Imaging Encounter before procedure
Encounter_2 : Actual procedure
Encounter_3: Imaging Encounter after procedure
Central event here is encounter_2 we would like to capture this encounter_2 in our generated episode of care resource.
does that explain my use case?
Lloyd McKenzie (Mar 25 2020 at 21:42):
Yes. @Brian Postlethwaite
Last updated: Apr 12 2022 at 19:14 UTC
