any professional interchange between a patient and one or more members of a health care team One or more problems or diagnoses may be identified at each encounter Analyses of encounter data should distinguish encounters from problems
To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth
An encounter is a term that applies to any 2-body interaction Although collision and encounter are often used interchangeably, a collision usually refers explicitly to a close or strong encounter
come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
A face-to-face meeting between a covered person and a health care provider where services are provided or rendered
A contact between an individual and the health care system for a health care service or set of services related to one or more medical conditions
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
An adventure is split into a number of individual encounters Each encounter starts when "Time-In!" is called, and ends when "Time-Out!" is called, and usually takes place in a different part of both Shotover OoC and the gameworld IC
1. to meet by chance, chance upon (someone). 2. to come across, meet with, encounter, find. 3. (for something unexpected) to come (one's) way, come to (someone). 4. (for something) to hit (a target). 5. (for something) to turn out as one had hoped it would. 6. to coincide with, occur at the same time as. 7. (for something) to be at the same level as (something else), be on a line with (something else): Badem ağacının üst dalları pencereme rast geliyordu. The topmost branches of the almond tree were on a level with my window