The Encounters & Notes component allows providers to understand a patient's journey through their interactions with the healthcare system. Users can see the volume of various types of encounters and associated clinical notes, where available. The Encounters & Notes component is powered by the Encounter Lens. Read more about the Encounter Lens here.

Users can:

• See deduplicated encounters from your organization and other providers in chronological order
• Filter encounters based on the types of clinical notes associated with them
• View details for each encounter, including the type of encounter, location, providers, clinical notes, and diagnoses, when available
• View source documents that reference encounters

Details

Click on an encounter to view additional details, including status, discharge disposition, and clinical notes, when available. Currently, clinical notes are available only for notes retrieved after 5/18/2023.

Notes open in the side panel with a preview of the Chief Complaint, History of Present Illness, and Assessment and Plan, so you can review the visit without opening the full note.

Clicking on the "Source Document" link shows the clinical document referencing the encounter.

How encounters are deduplicated

• Zus combines encounters that share the same date and encounter class, such as ambulatory, inpatient or emergency. Two outpatient visits on the same day may show as one encounter.
• Encounters Zus can't classify are labeled Unknown. These are usually not patient visits, for example medication orders, so they aren't summarized and may not appear in this list.