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Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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Real-world encounter example (id = "f001")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f001"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative</b> </p> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: v1451 (OFFICIAL)</p> <p> <b> status</b> : finished</p> <p> <b> class</b> : <span> ambulatory</span> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : <span> Patient-initiated encounter</span> </p> <p> <b> priority</b> : <span> Non-urgent cardiological admission</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a> P. van de Heuvel. Generated Summary: id: 738472983 (USUAL), id: ?ngen-9? (USUAL); active; Pieter van de Heuvel ; Phone: 0648352638, p.heuvel@gmail.com; gender: male; birthDate: 1944-11-17; <span> Getrouwd</span> ; multipleBirth</a> </p> <h3> Participants</h3> <table> <tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Individual</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> <a> P. Voigt. Generated Summary: id: 730291637 (OFFICIAL), id: 174BIP3JH438 (USUAL); Pieter Voigt (OFFICIAL); Phone: 0205569336, p.voigt@bmc.nl, Fax: 0205669382; gender: male; birthDate: 1979-04-29</a> </td> </tr> </table> <h3> Lengths</h3> <table> <tr> <td> -</td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> </tr> </table> <p> <b> reasonCode</b> : <span> Heart valve replacement</span> </p> <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> <span> Referral by physician</span> </td> <td> <span> Discharge to home</span> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <b> serviceProvider</b> : <a> Burgers University Medical Center. Generated Summary: id: 91654 (OFFICIAL), id: 17-0112278 (USUAL); <span> University Medical Hospital</span> ; name: Burgers University Medical Center; Phone: 022-655 2300</a> </p> </div> </text> <identifier> <use value="official"/> <system value="http://www.amc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/visits"/> <value value="v1451"/> </identifier> <status value="finished"/> <class> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/> <code value="AMB"/> <!-- outpatient --> <display value="ambulatory"/> </class> <type> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="270427003"/> <display value="Patient-initiated encounter"/> </coding> </type> <priority> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="310361003"/> <display value="Non-urgent cardiological admission"/> </coding> </priority> <subject> <reference value="Patient/f001"/> <display value="P. van de Heuvel"/> </subject> <participant> <individual> <reference value="Practitioner/f002"/> <display value="P. Voigt"/> </individual> </participant> <length> <value value="140"/> <unit value="min"/> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="min"/> </length> <reasonCode> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="34068001"/> <display value="Heart valve replacement"/> </coding> </reasonCode> <hospitalization> <preAdmissionIdentifier> <use value="official"/> <system value="http://www.amc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions"/> <value value="93042"/> </preAdmissionIdentifier> <!-- <preAdmissionTest> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="164847006"/> <display value="Standard ECG"/> </coding> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="396550006"/> <display value="Blood test"/> </coding> </preAdmissionTest> --> <admitSource> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="305956004"/> <display value="Referral by physician"/> </coding> </admitSource> <dischargeDisposition> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="306689006"/> <display value="Discharge to home"/> </coding> </dischargeDisposition> </hospitalization> <serviceProvider> <reference value="Organization/f001"/> <display value="Burgers University Medical Center"/> </serviceProvider> </Encounter>
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.