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  1. FHIR Specification Feedback
  2. FHIR-14307

Consider property name clarification for Encounter.class and Encounter.type

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    • Resolution: Persuasive
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    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • STU3
    • Patient Administration
    • Encounter
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      Change the short description of class to "Classification of patient encounter context - e.g. Inpatient, outpatient"

      Enhance the short descriptionof the type to "Specific type of encounter (e.g. e-mail consultation, surgical day-care, ...)"

      A new valueset should be proposed for the type property, as those example values apply to the serviceType property - replacing the existing misleading one.

      Walk-In
      Hospital Encounter\\Intake
      Research Encounter
      Social Care Enrollment
      Social Care Application
      Clerical Orders (clergy last rights etc)
      Lactation Encounter
      Surgery
      Ancillary Procedure
      E-Visit
      Travel
      Patient Self-Triage
      Community Care Management
      Patient Outreach
      Telephone
      Nurse Triage
      E-Consult
      Telemedicine
      Plan of Care Documentation
      Hospice Admission
      Home Health Resumption
      Home Health Admission
      Home Care
      Office Visit
      External Hospital Admission
      Refill
      Orders Only
      Pharmacy Visit

      (If appropriate descriptions can't be clearly defined, this sample set may be further trimmed)

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      Change the short description of class to "Classification of patient encounter context - e.g. Inpatient, outpatient" Enhance the short descriptionof the type to "Specific type of encounter (e.g. e-mail consultation, surgical day-care, ...)" A new valueset should be proposed for the type property, as those example values apply to the serviceType property - replacing the existing misleading one. Walk-In Hospital Encounter\\Intake Research Encounter Social Care Enrollment Social Care Application Clerical Orders (clergy last rights etc) Lactation Encounter Surgery Ancillary Procedure E-Visit Travel Patient Self-Triage Community Care Management Patient Outreach Telephone Nurse Triage E-Consult Telemedicine Plan of Care Documentation Hospice Admission Home Health Resumption Home Health Admission Home Care Office Visit External Hospital Admission Refill Orders Only Pharmacy Visit (If appropriate descriptions can't be clearly defined, this sample set may be further trimmed)
    • Cooper Thompson/Iryna Roy: 5-0-0
    • Enhancement
    • Compatible, substantive
    • R5

    Description

      During the review of the US Encounter profile, a few folks (Brett and Cooper) indicated that there has been confusion between type and class properties.

      Out of that discussion, we opted to open a tracker so that we could gather input and potentially clarify or rename the properties to make them more clear.

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            michael_donnelly Michael Donnelly
            cooper.thompson Cooper Thompson
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