State Machine

SanteDB Act support attribution of the current status of an act using the state machine illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 2 - Act States

The states of an act are:

• New : Indicates that the act has yet to be reviewed and//or that business processing rules have yet to be executed.

• Active : Indicates that an act is currently occurring or being actioned. This state is used, for example, if an encounter is still occurring however has not completed.

• Complete : Indicates that the act has occurred. If the act is of a mood code such as intent, request, etc, the complete status indicates that the request or intent is complete and has been fulfilled.

• Nullified : Indicates that the act was created in error, and never occurred.

• Obsolete : Indicates that the act did occur, however the information is no longer accurate, or has been amended.