oracle.hsgbu.hdr.hl7.rim

Interface PatientEncounter

All Superinterfaces:

Act, InfrastructureRoot, Serializable, Versioned

public interface PatientEncounter
extends Act

An interaction between a patient and care provider(s) for the purpose of providing healthcare-related service(s). Healthcare services include health assessment.

Examples: outpatient visit to multiple departments, home health support (including physical therapy), inpatient hospital stay, emergency room visit, field visit (example, traffic accident), office visit, occupational therapy, telephone call.

See Also:

Patient

Summary

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addSpecialAccommodationCode(CE accommodation) Deprecated. Use addSpecialArrangementCode(CE arrangement)
void	addSpecialArrangementCode(CE arrangement) Adds a special arrangement code to the set of codes.
void	addSpecialCourtesiesCode(CE specialCourtesiesCode) Adds a special courtesies code to the set of codes.
CE	getAcuityLevelCode() A code depicting the acuity (complexity of patient care, resource intensiveness of the patient care) of a patient's medical condition upon arrival.
CE	getAdmissionReferralSourceCode() The source of the referral for a patient encounter.
CE	getDischargeDispositionCode()
PQ	getLengthOfStayQuantity() Identifies the total quantity of time when the subject is expected to be or was resident at a facility as part of an encounter.
BL	getPreAdmitTestInd() An indication that pre-admission tests are required for this patient encounter.
SET<CE>	getSpecialAccommodationCode() Deprecated. Use getSpecialArrangementCode()
SET<CE>	getSpecialArrangementCode() A code indicating the type of special arrangements provided for a patient encounter (e.g., wheelchair, stretcher, interpreter, attendant, seeing eye dog).
SET<CE>	getSpecialCourtesiesCode() A code identifying special courtesies extended to the patient.
void	setAcuityLevelCode(CE acuityLevelCode)
void	setAdmissionReferralSourceCode(CE admissionReferralSourceCode)
void	setDischargeDispositionCode(CE dischargeDispositionCode)
void	setLengthOfStayQuantity(PQ stayQuantity)
void	setPreAdmitTestInd(BL preAdmitTestInd)
void	setSpecialAccommodationCode(SET<CE> accommodation) Deprecated. Use setSpecialArrangementCode(SET arrangement)
void	setSpecialArrangementCode(SET<CE> arrangement)
void	setSpecialCourtesiesCode(SET<CE> specialCourtesiesCode)

Methods inherited from interface oracle.hsgbu.hdr.hl7.rim.Act

addConfidentialityCode, addIBActRelationship, addId, addOBActRelationship, addParticipation, addPriorityCode, addReasonCode, getActivityTime, getAvailabilityTime, getClassCode, getCode, getConfidentialityCode, getDerivationExpr, getEffectiveTime, getIBActRelationships, getIBActRelationships, getId, getIndependentInd, getInterruptibleInd, getLanguageCode, getLevelCode, getMoodCode, getNegationInd, getOBActRelationships, getOBActRelationships, getParticipations, getParticipations, getPriorityCode, getReasonCode, getRepeatNumber, getStatusCode, getText, getTitle, getUncertaintyCode, setActivityTime, setAvailabilityTime, setConfidentialityCode, setDerivationExpr, setEffectiveTime, setIndependentInd, setInterruptibleInd, setLanguageCode, setLevelCode, setNegationInd, setPriorityCode, setReasonCode, setRepeatNumber, setStatusCode, setText, setTitle, setUncertaintyCode

Methods inherited from interface oracle.hsgbu.hdr.hl7.rim.InfrastructureRoot

getControlAct, getToken, setToken

Methods inherited from interface oracle.hsgbu.hdr.hl7.fwk.Versioned

createNewVersion, getVersionNum, isCurrentVersion

Method Detail

getAdmissionReferralSourceCode

CE getAdmissionReferralSourceCode()

The source of the referral for a patient encounter.

Membership code to be used:

CL_ENC_ADMISSION_REFERRAL_SOURCE_CODE

setAdmissionReferralSourceCode

void setAdmissionReferralSourceCode(CE admissionReferralSourceCode)
                             throws HDRRimException

Throws:

HDRRimException

getLengthOfStayQuantity

PQ getLengthOfStayQuantity()

Identifies the total quantity of time when the subject is expected to be or was resident at a facility as part of an encounter.

Discussion: The actual days quantity cannot be simply calculated from the admission and discharge dates because of possible leaves of absence.

setLengthOfStayQuantity

void setLengthOfStayQuantity(PQ stayQuantity)
                      throws HDRRimException

Throws:

HDRRimException

getDischargeDispositionCode

CE getDischargeDispositionCode()

A code depicting the disposition of the patient at the time of discharge (e.g., discharged to home, expired, against medical advice, etc.). While the encounter is still "active" (the encounter doesn't have an end date yet) this attribute should be interpreted as the expected discharge disposition. When the encounter is "completed" this field contains the actual discharge disposition.

Membership code to be used:

CL_ENC_DISCHARGE_DISPOSITION_CODE

setDischargeDispositionCode

void setDischargeDispositionCode(CE dischargeDispositionCode)
                          throws HDRRimException

Throws:

HDRRimException

getAcuityLevelCode

CE getAcuityLevelCode()

A code depicting the acuity (complexity of patient care, resource intensiveness of the patient care) of a patient's medical condition upon arrival.

Membership code to be used:

CL_ENC_ACUITY_LEVEL_CODE

setAcuityLevelCode

void setAcuityLevelCode(CE acuityLevelCode)
                 throws HDRRimException

Throws:

HDRRimException

getPreAdmitTestInd

BL getPreAdmitTestInd()

An indication that pre-admission tests are required for this patient encounter.

setPreAdmitTestInd

void setPreAdmitTestInd(BL preAdmitTestInd)
                 throws HDRRimException

Throws:

HDRRimException

getSpecialCourtesiesCode

SET<CE> getSpecialCourtesiesCode()

A code identifying special courtesies extended to the patient. For example, no courtesies, extended courtesies, professional courtesy, VIP courtesies.

Membership code to be used:

CL_ENC_SPECIAL_COURTESIES_CODE

setSpecialCourtesiesCode

void setSpecialCourtesiesCode(SET<CE> specialCourtesiesCode)
                       throws HDRRimException

Throws:

HDRRimException

addSpecialCourtesiesCode

void addSpecialCourtesiesCode(CE specialCourtesiesCode)
                       throws HDRRimException

Adds a special courtesies code to the set of codes.

Parameters:

specialCourtesiesCode - The special courtesies code to add

Throws:

HDRRimException

getSpecialArrangementCode

SET<CE> getSpecialArrangementCode()

A code indicating the type of special arrangements provided for a patient encounter (e.g., wheelchair, stretcher, interpreter, attendant, seeing eye dog). For encounters intention moods, this information can be used to identify special arrangements that will need to in intention moods, this information can be used to identify special arrangements that will need to be made for the incoming patient. This is not related to the AccommodationEvent

Membership code to be used:

CL_ENC_SPECIAL_ARRANGEMENT_CODE

setSpecialArrangementCode

void setSpecialArrangementCode(SET<CE> arrangement)
                        throws HDRRimException

Throws:

HDRRimException

addSpecialArrangementCode

void addSpecialArrangementCode(CE arrangement)
                        throws HDRRimException

Adds a special arrangement code to the set of codes.

Parameters:

arrangement - The special arrangements code to add

Throws:

HDRRimException

getSpecialAccommodationCode

SET<CE> getSpecialAccommodationCode()

Deprecated. Use getSpecialArrangementCode()

A code indicating the type of special accommodations provided for a patient encounter (example, wheelchair, stretcher, interpreter, attendant, seeing eye dog). For encounters in intention moods, this information can be used to identify special arrangements that will need to be made for the incoming patient.

Membership code to be used:

CL_ENC_SPECIAL_ACCOMMODATION_CODE

setSpecialAccommodationCode

void setSpecialAccommodationCode(SET<CE> accommodation)
                          throws HDRRimException

Deprecated. Use setSpecialArrangementCode(SET arrangement)

Throws:

HDRRimException

addSpecialAccommodationCode

void addSpecialAccommodationCode(CE accommodation)
                          throws HDRRimException

Deprecated. Use addSpecialArrangementCode(CE arrangement)

Adds a special accommodation code to the set of codes.

Parameters:

accommodation - The special accommodations code to add

Throws:

HDRRimException