FreeMED's episode of care concept allows physicians and providers to analyze patient illness and treatments patterns. In contrast to incident-based EMR tracking, episodes of care can span from a single visit to a patient's lifetime.
Incident-based tracking assigns an "incident" to every time a patient is seen by a physician or provider. This works in some cases, but does not allow the system to connect separate visits with a treatment plan or overally problem.
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