## Encounter Retrieve
To retrieve a specific visit from CDR, HTTP GET is used to retrieve it by invoking a Read operation by its logical id. The response will be a FHIR encounter resource. Please see the workflow diagram below.

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### Request

Encounter retrieve request is a simple RESTful read operation to the Encounter resource by its logical id. 

`GET [base]/Encounter/[id]`

### Response
The response is a FHIR encounter resource defined in the profile below. The encounter resource in the response may contain references to other related information, such as patient, practitioners involved, visit locations, etc. 

* [patient-encounter profile](https://simplifier.net/ontarioaccdrfhirimplementationguide/myencounter)