- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Serializable, Auditable, Changeable, Creatable, OpenmrsMetadata, OpenmrsObject, Retireable
public class CareSetting
extends BaseChangeableOpenmrsMetadata
Care Setting defines the scope of care for any piece of data within the medical record. Clinical
data (treatments, notes, etc.) apply within their associated care setting. Implementations
working within a single context (e.g., within a single clinic, a set of coordinated clinics, or a
single hospital) may use a single Care Setting for all of their data. Implementations providing
care across different care settings (e.g., within clinics and within hospital) may need to define
multiple care settings in order to, for example, keep orders within one care setting from
affecting orders in the other care setting. Active order lists are scoped to a single care
setting. In the simplest example, an implementation would define a care setting for each basic
type of setting (INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT, EMERGENCY) they use. If an implementation provides care
in two separate hospitals that function independently, then they would use two separate care
settings like "Hospital A" and "Hospital B".
- Since:
- 1.10
- See Also:
- Serialized Form