Stream: implementers
Topic: use of Encounter.participant.type = 'attender'
Kenny Blanchette (Jan 18 2019 at 15:50):
I'm looking for clarification on how to use Encounter.participant.type for two clinical scenarios. Clinicians often distinguish between an "attending physician" and a "supervising physician" as follows:
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Attending physician - A provider who may oversee care provided by medical residents (physicians in training). Can sometimes be referred to as a faculty physician.
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Supervising physician - A provider who is responsible for overseeing care provided by non-physician ordering providers (e.g. NPs and PAs).
Which code in the encounter-participant-type value set is most appropriate for each of these scenarios? I was leaning towards using ATND ("attender") for both, but I wasn't sure if there was a more appropriate code to distinguish between these clinical scenarios. Thanks,
encounter-participant-type value set - http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/valueset-encounter-participant-type.html
Lloyd McKenzie (Jan 18 2019 at 15:52):
@Brian Postlethwaite ?
Kenny Blanchette (Jan 25 2019 at 16:14):
Hi @Brian Postlethwaite,
Is this something that you are able to help with, or do you know of someone else that might have a perspective? Thanks,
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