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Definition

healthcare provider having an organization role

 

This is a concrete item and can be implemented directly

Term: healthcare organization; 
Synonym: healthcare delivery organization; care organization; 
Plural: healthcare organizations; 

Notes

NOTE 1 Groupings or subdivisions of an organization, such as departments or sub-departments, may also be considered as organizations where there is need to identify them. The internal structure of an organization is described by its organizational pattern.

NOTE 2 Effectively, a healthcare organization relies on the activity performed by healthcare personnel, whether employed, contracting, or with temporary informal though functional relationships between them. A healthcare team working together, for example, a specific type of clinical process with participants from different departments is also a kind of healthcare organization.

NOTE 3 A free-standing self-employed solo practising healthcare professional shall be considered as the only member of his/her own healthcare organization.

NOTE 4 organizations may have a number of different roles. When an organization acts in a role where its healthcare personnel participate in the direct provision of healthcare, it is called a healthcare organization.

Examples

EXAMPLES A care team, a group practice, a hospital, a hospital department, a hospital care unit, self-employed GP

Diagrammatic representation

Simple graph - healthcare organization
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Required associations

exactly one healthcare organization performs one or more healthcare quality managements
exactly one healthcare organization one or more healthcare personnels

Optional associations

one or more healthcare organizations adopts a number of core care plans

Generalisations

        healthcare actor
    healthcare provider
        role
    organizational role
healthcare organization

Specialisations

healthcare organization