Episodes of Care are collections of encounters or admissions with a common purpose. Often it involves a patient condition that spans several encounters, such as pregnancy, back pain, or worker's compensation. Encounters can be linked to an Episode of Care for easier review and reporting.

Resources

The following resources provide information on Episodes of Care functionality.

• Episodes of Care - (Handout) An Episode is a function used in Epic to link together multiple encounters because they share a patient condition or treatment regimen such as pregnancy, transplant, dialysis, back pain or chemotherapy. This linking of encounters makes reviewing, reporting, and billing for them easier. An Episode Report can be found within the Chart Review activity for encounters that are linked in this way (such as Therapy or Treatment Plans).

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