Encounter table
The Encounter [sn_hcls_encounter] table stores the information about an interaction between a patient and healthcare providers for providing healthcare services or assessing the health status of a patient.
Key features
- Stores any encounters that a patient has undergone with any practitioner.
- Includes the encounter type, service type, practitioner, location of the encounter, and start and end times of the encounter.
Role required to configure the table: sn_hcls.admin.
For more information, see Healthcare and Life Sciences data model.
| Field | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Appointment | Reference | Appointment marked as fulfilled and linked to the encounter. |
| Duration | Duration | Time during the encounter that the participant participated. This field is automatically set to the duration between Start time and End time of an encounter. |
| Encounter type | Reference | Type of encounter. |
| End time | Date/Time | Date and time when the participation of a patient in the encounter ended. |
| External id | String | Identifier of the record in an electronic medical record \(EMR\) system. |
| Location | Reference | Healthcare location where the encounter takes place. |
| Number | String | Alpha-numeric profile identifier of the encounter. The value is auto-generated and is incremented every time you add a new encounter to your ServiceNow instance. The initial value for the Number field is ENC00001001. Note: To customize the number, define the auto-numbering format for the Encounter [sn_hcls_encounter] table. For more information, see Add auto-numbering records in a table. |
| Parent encounter | Reference | Parent healthcare event associated with the encounter. |
| Patient | Reference | Patient involved in the encounter. |
| Practitioner | Reference | Practitioner involved in the encounter. |
| Priority type | Reference | Urgency of the encounter that is used to make informed decisions if needing to reprioritize. |
| Service provider | Reference | Healthcare organization responsible for the services included in the encounter. |
| Service type | Reference | Broad category of the service that is to be provided. For more information about the available types, see service types defined in the FHIR specifications. |
| Source | Reference | Source system details of an external healthcare system in a ServiceNow instance. |
| Start time | Date/Time | Date and time when the participation of a patient in the encounter began. |
| Status | Choice list | Status of the encounter. The following statuses are available by default: - Arrived - Cancelled - Entered in error - Finished - In progress - On leave - Planned - Triaged - Unknown For more information about the available statuses, see encounter statuses defined in the FHIR specifications. |
Parent Topic:Healthcare and Life Sciences data model tables