EpisodeOfCare

Trial Use 2 Clinical — Care Provision

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.

Endpoints

devhttps://api.sandbox.ovok.com/fhir/R5/EpisodeOfCare

Interaction	Method	Path
Read	GET	/fhir/R5/EpisodeOfCare/[id]
Vread	GET	/fhir/R5/EpisodeOfCare/[id]/_history/[vid]
Update	PUT	/fhir/R5/EpisodeOfCare/[id]
Patch	PATCH	/fhir/R5/EpisodeOfCare/[id]
Delete	DELETE	/fhir/R5/EpisodeOfCare/[id]
Create	POST	/fhir/R5/EpisodeOfCare
Search	GET	/fhir/R5/EpisodeOfCare?...
History	GET	/fhir/R5/EpisodeOfCare/[id]/_history
Type-history	GET	/fhir/R5/EpisodeOfCare/_history

Top-level elements

Element	Type(s)	Cardinality	Description
identifier	Identifier	0..*	Business Identifier(s) relevant for this EpisodeOfCare
status	code	1..1	planned
statusHistory	BackboneElement	0..*	Past list of status codes (the current status may be included to cover the start date of the status)
type	CodeableConcept	0..*	Type/class - e.g. specialist referral, disease management
reason	BackboneElement	0..*	The list of medical reasons that are expected to be addressed during the episode of care
diagnosis	BackboneElement	0..*	The list of medical conditions that were addressed during the episode of care
patient	Reference	1..1	The patient who is the focus of this episode of care
managingOrganization	Reference	0..1	Organization that assumes responsibility for care coordination
period	Period	0..1	Interval during responsibility is assumed
referralRequest	Reference	0..*	Originating Referral Request(s)
careManager	Reference	0..1	Care manager/care coordinator for the patient
careTeam	Reference	0..*	Other practitioners facilitating this episode of care
account	Reference	0..*	The set of accounts that may be used for billing for this EpisodeOfCare

Resource-specific search parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
care-manager	reference	Care manager/care coordinator for the patient
date	date	When the event occurred
diagnosis-code	token	Conditions/problems/diagnoses this episode of care is for (coded)
diagnosis-reference	reference	Conditions/problems/diagnoses this episode of care is for (resource reference)
identifier	token	Account number
incoming-referral	reference	Incoming Referral Request
organization	reference	The organization that has assumed the specific responsibilities of this EpisodeOfCare
patient	reference	The entity that caused the expenses
reason-code	token	Reference to a concept (coded)
reason-reference	reference	Reference to a resource (resource reference)
status	token	The current status of the Episode of Care as provided (does not check the status history collection)
type	token	E.g. patient, expense, depreciation

Reference

• Official FHIR R5 spec: EpisodeOfCare
• Maturity: Trial Use 2 (FMM 2).