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| Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)
Real-world encounter example
{
"resourceType": "Encounter",
"id": "f001",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "f001" </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: v1451 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><p><b>class</b>: ambulatory (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode code AMB = 'ambulatory', stated as 'ambulatory')</p><p><b>type</b>: Patient-initiated encounter <span> (<a>SNOMED CT</a>#270427003)</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: Non-urgent cardiological admission <span> (<a>SNOMED CT</a>#310361003)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a> "Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL"</p><h3>Participants</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Actor</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Practitioner/f002: P. Voigt</a> "Pieter VOIGT"</td></tr></table><h3>Hospitalizations</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>PreAdmissionIdentifier</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>DischargeDisposition</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>id: 93042 (OFFICIAL)</td><td>Referral by physician <span> (<a>SNOMED CT</a>#305956004)</span></td><td>Discharge to home <span> (<a>SNOMED CT</a>#306689006)</span></td></tr></table><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a>Organization/f001: Burgers University Medical Center</a> "Burgers University Medical Center"</p></div>"
},
"identifier": [
{
"use": "official",
"system": "http://www.amc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/visits",
"value": "v1451"
}
],
"status": "completed",
"class": {
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
"code": "AMB",
"display": "ambulatory"
},
"type": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "270427003",
"display": "Patient-initiated encounter"
}
]
}
],
"priority": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "310361003",
"display": "Non-urgent cardiological admission"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/f001",
"display": "P. van de Heuvel"
},
"participant": [
{
"actor": {
"reference": "Practitioner/f002",
"display": "P. Voigt"
}
}
],
"length": {
"value": 140,
"unit": "min",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "min"
},
"reason": [
{
"concept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "34068001",
"display": "Heart valve replacement"
}
]
}
}
],
"hospitalization": {
"preAdmissionIdentifier": {
"use": "official",
"system": "http://www.amc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions",
"value": "93042"
},
"admitSource": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "305956004",
"display": "Referral by physician"
}
]
},
"dischargeDisposition": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "306689006",
"display": "Discharge to home"
}
]
}
},
"serviceProvider": {
"reference": "Organization/f001",
"display": "Burgers University Medical Center"
}
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.