episodes of care bundle

episodes of care bundle, cumulative episode of care

group of episodes of care delineated by a health thread

EXAMPLE 1 A group of episodes addressing diabetes mellitus with ocular and renal complications

Note 1 to entry: An episodes of care bundle starts with the very first contact with a care provider for a health issue considered in a health thread and ends after the completion of all care activities related to the last contact with any care provider for a health issue encompassed in the same health thread

Note 2 to entry: As different health threads may be considered that reconcile the perspectives of different care actors (e.g. a care team manager, or a health authority) or sets of care actors, there may exist different health threads according to the specific perspectives of those sets of care actors that justify building up such health threads. As a consequence there may exist as many episodes of care bundles as there are such health threads.

Note 3 to entry: From the electronic health record point of view, an episodes of care bundle shows the overall care activity period elements related to those health circumstances that are linked by the same health thread