The model provides a structured way to capture information about a patient’s interaction with a healthcare service. It enables recording details related to individual encounters and supports linking closely related encounters when needed. Tracking broader or longer episodes of care that extend beyond individual encounters is outside the scope of this model.

Basic metadata for this information

Patient/subject information

Business identifier for the object, unique within its system. Supporting disambiguation between different contexts (systems/countries).

Author (typically a health professional) who is responsible for this encounter

Date and optionally time of authoring/issuing

Status of the encounter (e.g. discharged, discontinued, completed)

Source of information (e.g. patient, patient's proxy). Used in case the patient has authored the information or the author has submitted patient-stated information.

Language in which the resource is written. Language is expressed by the IETF language tag.

BCP 47

Indicates the urgency of the encounter (e.g. urgent, routine).

Type of the encounter (inpatient, ambulatory, teleconsultation).

The actual start and end time of the encounter.

The organisation (facility) responsible for this encounter

Referring healthcare professional

Reference to the request that initiated this encounter

Reason(s) for admission, e.g. problem, procedure or finding.

Details about the admission to a healthcare service

Admitting healthcare professional

From where the patient was admitted (e.g. physician referral, transfer).

HL7 Admit Source

The diagnoses at the time of discharge.

Location or organisation to which the patient is going after discharge.

Type of location (e.g. home, hospital, nursing home, etc.)

The location or organisation (including contact details)

List of locations where the patient was present during this encounter.

Time period during which the patient was present at the location

Organisation or part of an organisation (e.g. department) where the patient was present during the encounter.

Reference to encounters that are considered parts of this encounter.

Free text notes by the health professional

The model provides a structured way to capture information about a patient’s interaction with a healthcare service. It enables recording details related to individual encounters and supports linking closely related encounters when needed. Tracking broader or longer episodes of care that extend beyond individual encounters is outside the scope of this model.

Author (typically a health professional) who is responsible for this encounter

Status of the encounter (e.g. discharged, discontinued, completed)

Indicates the urgency of the encounter (e.g. urgent, routine).

Type of the encounter (inpatient, ambulatory, teleconsultation).

The actual start and end time of the encounter.

The organisation (facility) responsible for this encounter

Referring healthcare professional

Reference to the request that initiated this encounter

Reason(s) for admission, e.g. problem, procedure or finding.

Details about the admission to a healthcare service

Admitting healthcare professional

From where the patient was admitted (e.g. physician referral, transfer).

HL7 Admit Source

The diagnoses at the time of discharge.

Location or organisation to which the patient is going after discharge.

Type of location (e.g. home, hospital, nursing home, etc.)

The location or organisation (including contact details)

List of locations where the patient was present during this encounter.

Time period during which the patient was present at the location

Organisation or part of an organisation (e.g. department) where the patient was present during the encounter.

Reference to encounters that are considered parts of this encounter.

Free text notes by the health professional

The model provides a structured way to capture information about a patient’s interaction with a healthcare service. It enables recording details related to individual encounters and supports linking closely related encounters when needed. Tracking broader or longer episodes of care that extend beyond individual encounters is outside the scope of this model.

Basic metadata for this information

Patient/subject information

Business identifier for the object, unique within its system. Supporting disambiguation between different contexts (systems/countries).

Author (typically a health professional) who is responsible for this encounter

Date and optionally time of authoring/issuing

Status of the encounter (e.g. discharged, discontinued, completed)

Source of information (e.g. patient, patient's proxy). Used in case the patient has authored the information or the author has submitted patient-stated information.

Language in which the resource is written. Language is expressed by the IETF language tag.

BCP 47

Indicates the urgency of the encounter (e.g. urgent, routine).

Type of the encounter (inpatient, ambulatory, teleconsultation).

The actual start and end time of the encounter.

The organisation (facility) responsible for this encounter

Referring healthcare professional

Reference to the request that initiated this encounter

Reason(s) for admission, e.g. problem, procedure or finding.

Details about the admission to a healthcare service

Admitting healthcare professional

From where the patient was admitted (e.g. physician referral, transfer).

HL7 Admit Source

The diagnoses at the time of discharge.

Location or organisation to which the patient is going after discharge.

Type of location (e.g. home, hospital, nursing home, etc.)

The location or organisation (including contact details)

List of locations where the patient was present during this encounter.

Time period during which the patient was present at the location

Organisation or part of an organisation (e.g. department) where the patient was present during the encounter.

Reference to encounters that are considered parts of this encounter.

Free text notes by the health professional