healthcare matter

Definition

representation of a matter related to the health of a subject of care and/or the provision of healthcare to that subject of care, as identified by one or more healthcare actors

This is a concrete item and can be implemented directly

Term: healthcare matter;
Synonym: care matter;
Plural: healthcare matters;

Notes

NOTE 1 healthcare matter is a very broad and flexible concept that includes anything related to the health or the healthcare of a subject of care. This means that health conditions, healthcare activities, health problems, the result of healthcare activities, etc. all are possible to be identified as healthcare matters. Thereby healthcare matter might have several specializations and further associations.

NOTE 2 According to this definition, a healthcare matter can represent a disease, an illness or another kind of health condition. In addition a healthcare matter may represent, for example, a request for a procedure (therapeutic or preventive) by the subject of care or another healthcare actor.

NOTE 3 concepts described and/or identified in a clinical terminology may represent types of healthcare matter.

NOTE 4 Other specializations of this concept than those included in this International Standard, may be created when needed.

Examples

EXAMPLES A loss of weight, an immunization, a heart attack, a drug addiction, a case of meningitis in the school, a water fluoridation, a health certificate, an injury, dermatitis, an X-ray investigation, an arthroscopy, an administration of an oral antibiotic, a post-operative infection.

Diagrammatic representation

Required associations

exactly one healthcare actor identifies or states a number of healthcare matters
one or more healthcare matters concerns exactly one subject of care

Optional associations

a number of health threads links a number of healthcare matters
up to one healthcare matter is used as label for a number of health record components
up to one healthcare matter is used as label for a number of health record extracts
a number of care period mandates has topic one or more healthcare matters
a number of demand for cares concerns one or more healthcare matters
a number of demand mandates has topic one or more healthcare matters
a number of mandate to export personal informations has topic one or more healthcare matters
a number of certificate related to a healthcare matters attests one or more healthcare matters

Specialisations