International Business Machines Corporation
ENCOUNTER-BASED ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD

Abstract:

A method of managing an electronic medical record comprises receiving patient data associated with the medical record. First encounter information in the patient data is identified and compared with second encounter information in a first encounter bundle in the medical record. Based on the comparing, the first encounter information and second encounter information are determined to be associated with the same encounter. The patient data is added to the first encounter bundle based on the determining. The first encounter bundle is analyzed, resulting in a computer-readable artifact for the first encounter bundle. A summary of the first encounter bundle is updated based in part on the computer-readable artifact.