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| From: | Karsten Hilbert |
| Subject: | Re: [Gnumed-devel] Encounter, Encountlet, Episode, Health issue, Problem |
| Date: | Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:37:12 +0200 |
| User-agent: | Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
> On 12-Aug-08, at 2:11 PM, Rogerio Luz wrote: > >> Ok ... seems it´s just a matter of getting used to the terminology ... >> but for tranlations it will need some polishing :) >> >> Encounter then is a self contained relationship with patient (i.e. it >> starts and ends) right? Correct. >> My problem is in uderstanding why would we need the Episode. >> >> If we have general health issues as a base and Encounter as the way to >> do the SOAP, we could just get rid of Episode? How do you aggregate two visits for common cold ? It's not suggestive of a foundational health issue in the majority of cases. An episode is a duration while a health issues is a state. A patient either suffers from an issue or she does not. Regardless of what the issue IS a sick patient always undergoes an episode of illness from time to time. It does some getting used to at first but all it really is is just a formalization of what we all know and do anyway. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346
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