Encounter

Encounters refer to:

• Outpatient (a.k.a., 'ambulatory') clinic visits
• Inpatient admissions
• Emergency admissions

Trigger

If phrases such as admitted, seen, or visited are used, annotate those as the trigger span, else use the Encounter-Type.

Examples

_{Example of 'Encounter' as an inpatient visit to a hospital with duration}

Arguments

• Duration - An Equality-Comparison representing the duration of an encounter (e.g., "... an inpatient stay of at least 7 days...").
• Location - The physical Location the encounter took place at. Allowed values are:
  • clinic
  • hospital
  • unit
• Minimum-Count - An Equality Comparison representing the minimum number of times an Encounter must occur, e.g., "... admitted for stroke at least twice in the past year".
• Provider - A Provider who saw the patient during the Encounter.
• Temporality - An Equality Comparison representing the time period the Encounter occurred in.
• Type - The type of Encounter. These can be:
  • outpatient
  • inpatient
  • emergency
  • icu - while an ICU admission is also an inpatient admission, use this if explicitly stated as an ICU admission.
  • discharge - if explicitly stated as referring to a hospital discharge event.
  • transfer - if explicitly stated as referring to a hospital transfer event.
  • readmission - if explicitly stated as referring to a hospital readmission event.
  • observation - if explicitly stated as referring to a hospital observation event.
  • referral