Encounter

The VkpEncounter profile is used for documenting a digital or physical encounter with a patient. This can either be a planned encounter or the monitoring/follow-up of an alarm.

The participant field will specify the health care workers/operators involved and the devices used for monitoring/communication with the patient.

The encounter will be accompanied by a Composition, describing the follow-up actions.

Usage of profile attributes

The following table summarizes the fields that are important for use in the VKP APIs when sending information to VKP.

Field	Description
status	Finished
class	'VR' for digital/virtual encounters
classHistory	not used
type	not used
subject	The patient or group that is the subject of the encounter
participant	List of participants, including health care workers and devices used in this encounter. A device can be used in different modes (e.g. picture, anonymized picture). For each combination of device and mode, the following information shall be given: Device, type (mode) and period, see below:
participant.type	Mode, see encounter-mode-codes
participant.period	The period when the device is used in this mode
participant.individual	Reference to the device and/or practitioner
period	The total period when the encounter took place
reason	Specifies the reason for this encounter - either planned or event based, according to reason-codes.
location	The general location of the patient (such as the residence or institution).