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# ClinicalEncounter for Intelligent Appointment Management

Represents a healthcare related encounter of a patient with a care provider. This is a broad object that covers multiple phases of a patient’s healthcare service experience, all the way from pre-admission to stay to discharge, and everything in between.

Multiple features use this object. See [ClinicalEncounter](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.health_cloud_object_reference.meta/health_cloud_object_reference/hc_r4_api_objects_ClinicalEncounter.htm "Represents a healthcare related encounter of a patient with a care provider. This is a broad object that covers multiple phases of a patient’s healthcare service experience, all the way from pre-admission to stay to discharge, and everything in between. This object is available in API version 51.0 and later.").