Hi Thomas,

Thomas Beale wrote:
>
> Someone could come along later in the same
> institution, and define a new kind of episode, and
> retrospectively create all the Folders for that kind
> of episode in certain EHRs. This also won't
> change any of the underlying data. Episode
> Folders could also be removed, renamed, their
> references added to or removed - none of this
> changes any of the data either.

Do you envision this being done manually?  Or is there a programmatic
solution?  The question this thread has raised in my mind is well
illustrated by your comment below.

>
> I think any institution has to have a firm model
> for what it thinks an episode is

Assuming that different institutions will adopt models that differ, what are
the implications for the exchange of data and the creation of a lifelong
EHR?

Thanks,
Bill

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