# Get the current care session

Operation ID: `patient.getCurrentCareSessionCareSessionsCurrent`

Return the caller's active in-clinic visit context — patient id, display name, and recent encounters. Requires a Bearer JWT (any authenticated pool type).

## Public method

`getCurrentCareSession`

Signature: `patient.getCurrentCareSession()`

Return type: `Promise<JsonValue>`

## Authentication

Classification: **AUTHENTICATED**

Schemes: `bearerAuth`

## Prerequisites

None documented.

## HTTP

`GET /care-sessions/current`

## Path parameters

None.

## Query parameters

None.

## Body parameters

None.

Request model: None.

## Request example

None declared in canonical OpenAPI.

## Success responses

| Status | Shape | Content type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `200` | [`GetCurrentCareSessionCareSessionsCurrentResponse`](../models/GetCurrentCareSessionCareSessionsCurrentResponse.md) | application/json | Current care session |

## Success response examples

### 200

```json
{
  "asOf": "string",
  "careSession": {
    "encounters": [
      {
        "appointment_id": "string",
        "athena_appointment_id": "string",
        "athena_encounter_id": "string",
        "created_by": "self",
        "created_date": "2026-01-01T09:00:00Z",
        "diagnoses": [
          {
            "condition_display": "string",
            "condition_id": "string",
            "rank": 1,
            "use_code": "CC"
          }
        ],
        "encounter_class": "AMB",
        "encounter_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
        "fhir_id": "string",
        "hospitalization": {
          "admit_source_code": "string",
          "destination_id": "string",
          "discharge_disposition": "home",
          "origin_id": "string",
          "pre_admission_id": "string",
          "re_admission_code": "string"
        },
        "length_minutes": 0,
        "locations": [
          {
            "location_display": "string",
            "location_id": "string",
            "period_end": "2026-01-01T09:00:00Z",
            "period_start": "2026-01-01T09:00:00Z",
            "status": "active"
          }
        ],
        "notes": "string",
        "openloop_appointment_id": "string",
        "openloop_encounter_id": "string",
        "participants": [
          {
            "participant_type": "PPRF",
            "period_end": "2026-01-01T09:00:00Z",
            "period_start": "2026-01-01T09:00:00Z",
            "practitioner_display": "string",
            "practitioner_id": "string"
          }
        ],
        "patient_id": "string",
        "period_end": "2026-01-01T09:00:00Z",
        "period_start": "2026-01-01T09:00:00Z",
        "priority_code": "string",
        "priority_display": "string",
        "reason_code": "string",
        "reason_display": "string",
        "service_provider_display": "string",
        "service_provider_id": "string",
        "service_type_code": "string",
        "service_type_display": "string",
        "status": "planned",
        "steadymd_consult_guid": "string",
        "steadymd_episode_guid": "string",
        "type_code": "string",
        "type_display": "string"
      }
    ],
    "patientId": "string",
    "visitorName": "string"
  },
  "ok": true
}
```

## Common errors

| Status | Shape | Content type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `401` | [`patient.ErrorResponse`](../models/patient.ErrorResponse.md) | application/json | Authorization required — missing or invalid Bearer JWT |
| `404` | [`patient.ErrorResponse`](../models/patient.ErrorResponse.md) | application/json | No FHIR patient record could be resolved for the caller |
| `500` | [`patient.ErrorResponse`](../models/patient.ErrorResponse.md) | application/json | Internal server error |

## Error examples

### 401 — Missing or invalid access token

```json
{
  "error": "Authorization required"
}
```

### 404 — Patient not found

```json
{
  "error": "Patient not found"
}
```

### 500 — Unexpected service failure (sanitized example)

```json
{
  "error": "Internal server error"
}
```

## NodeJS / TypeScript implementation

```ts
import { HCSDK } from "@healthcloudai/hc-sdk";
```

```ts
const result = await patient.getCurrentCareSession();
```

## cURL

```bash
curl -X GET \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>' \
  'https://dev-api-patient.health.cloud/care-sessions/current'
```

## Notes

None.

## Prepared Test Console scenario

No canonical scenario is currently associated.

## Real response

No approved real integration response is currently published. Unapproved candidates are never rendered as examples.