An association between a patient and an organization / healthcare provider(s) during which time encounters may occur. The managing organization assumes a level of responsibility for the patient during this time.

Identifier(s) by which this EpisodeOfCare is known.

planned | waitlist | active | onhold | finished | cancelled.

The history of statuses that the EpisodeOfCare has been through (without requiring processing the history of the resource).

planned | waitlist | active | onhold | finished | cancelled.

The period during this EpisodeOfCare that the specific status applied.

The type can be very important in processing as this could be used in determining if the EpisodeOfCare is relevant to specific government reporting, or other types of classifications.

A list of conditions/problems/diagnoses that this episode of care is intended to be providing care for.

The patient that this EpisodeOfCare applies to.

The organization that has assumed the specific responsibilities for the specified duration.

The interval during which the managing organization assumes the defined responsibility.

Referral Request(s) that are fulfilled by this EpisodeOfCare, incoming referrals.

The practitioner that is the care manager/care co-ordinator for this patient.

The list of practitioners that may be facilitating this episode of care for specific purposes.

The role that this team member is taking within this episode of care.

The period of time that this practitioner is performing some role within the episode of care.

The practitioner (or Organization) within the team.

Where an Organization is included in the CareTeam, it is really providing some form of services to the EpisodeOfCare (e.g. Jim's Mowing Services) the details of the services would be included on a CarePlan.