Prehospital Encounter

Introduction

The prehospital encounter is defined as an interaction between a patient and healthcare provider(s) during a prehospital care visit. E.g. a patient arriving by ambulance to the emergency unit, and an ambulance contact being created for the patient in COSMIC. For this purpose, the FHIR resource Encounter is used.

Included Profiles

  • EncounterPrehospital - Used to create an ambulance contact for a specific patient in COSMIC from an external system, i.e. an ambulance system.

Use Cases