PAT_ENC_LNK_HOV

Description:

This table extracts the list of encounters linked together when using the Linked Hospital Outpatient Visit (HOV) functionality.

Primary Key

Column Name	Ordinal Position
PAT_ENC_CSN_ID	1
LINE	2

Column Information

	Name	Type	Discontinued?
1	PAT_ENC_CSN_ID	NUMERIC	No
	The unique contact serial number for this contact. This number is unique across all patient encounters in your system. If you use IntraConnect, this is the Unique Contact Identifier (UCI).
2	LINE	INTEGER	No
	The line number for the information associated with this contact. Multiple pieces of information can be associated with this contact.
3	PAT_ID	VARCHAR	No
	The unique ID of the patient record for this row. This column is frequently used to link to the PATIENT table.
4	PAT_ENC_DATE_REAL	FLOAT	No
	A unique, internal contact date in decimal format. The integer portion of the number indicates the date of the contact. The digits after the decimal distinguish different contacts on the same date and are unique for each contact on that date. For example, .00 is the first/only contact, .01 is the second contact, etc.
5	LINKED_CSN	NUMERIC	No
	The list of unique contact serial numbers of encounters that are linked to this HOV.