Existing Wording
The primary difference between the EpisodeOfCare and the Encounter is that the Encounter records the details of an activity directly relating to the patient, while the EpisodeOfCare is the container that can link a series of Encounters together for a specific problem/issue.

Proposed Wording
The primary difference between the EpisodeOfCare and the Encounter is that the Encounter records the details of an activity directly relating to the patient, while the EpisodeOfCare is the container that can link a series of Encounters together for problems/issues.

Comments

From a coding standpoint, a single episode may be dealing with multiple problems. The specificiation already allows for 0..* Condition so the wording should probably be updated.

Get rid of "a specific problem/issue" and replace with "problems/issues".

Grahame's Comments
agree