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During the OpenMRS Implementers meeting in 2009, we designed a way to expand on single-form encounters into the notions of visits and episodes of care. Encounters become a representation of a clinical transaction (a combination of orders, observations, notes, and/or metadata collected at a point in time) and are grouped within visits (e.g., clinic visit, hospitalization, emergency room visit, etc.). Episodes of Care are a grouping of encounters and/or visits related to a single topic (e.g., all encounters relating to a pregnancy).
Definitions
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Encounter | A clinical transaction. One or more providers generating a set of data (orders, labs, notes, and/or observations) for a patient at a point in time. |
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Visit | A group of one or more encounters that typically occur within a contiguous span of time. |
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Episode of Care |
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Designing Episodes of Care
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