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.

A classification of the type of episode of care; e.g. specialist referral, disease management, type of funded care.

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 set of accounts that may be used for billing for this EpisodeOfCare.

The billing system may choose to allocate billable items associated with the EpisodeOfCare to different referenced Accounts based on internal business rules.