We have completed the design phase of some modifications to the Encounter type designed so that it can hold information about a hospitalization.

The changes are as follows:

• The type of the "Type" member was changed from string to CodableValue. We think that there is likely a good vocabulary that can be established to better identify the type of the encounter.
• We removed the Id member, as it wasn't clear how it could be generally useful.
• We replaced the Location member with a new FacilityName member. This member is of a new base type t:organization, which stores the name and contact information (address/phone/email) for the organization.

If you have any feedback, please let us know.