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A system of concepts for the continuity of care
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    Health informatics resources including concepts concerning the structure of health records

  3. care information

    information about a person relevant to their care

  • Health records

    Health informatics resources including concepts concerning the structure of health records

    • record template

      template for recording a care record

    • care data

      data produced during care activities

    • care information

      information about a person relevant to their care

    • care documenting

      care activity where health records are created or maintained

    • professional health record

      health record held under the responsibility of one care provider and maintained by care professionals

    • personal health record

      health record held and maintained by the subject of care or a subject of care proxy

    • sharable data repository

      data repository containing health record extracts, accessible for duly authorized care actors independent of their organizational affiliation and placed under the custody of a care actor

    • health record extract

      part or all of a health record extracted for the purpose of communication

    • social record extract

      part or all of a social record extracted for the purpose of communication

    • health report

      health record extract conveying specifically focused care information in order to fulfil current information needs of the recipient

    • social care report

      social record extract conveying specifically focused social care information in order to fulfil current information needs of the recipient

    • discharge report

      health report concerning a completed, mandated period of care

    • health summary

      electronic health record extract containing essential care information intended for specific uses

    • discharge summary

      discharge report summarizing a mandated period of care

    • health concern

      health record extract that includes all health record components associated with a health thread for a specific concern

    • summarized care information repository

      data repository containing summarized information for care coordination and the continuity of care

    • care communication

      care activity where at least two care actors communicate

    • non-ratified care information

      care information the relevance of which has not been assessed and explicitly stated as valid by a care professional

    • care information for import

      care information that is a candidate for import into a professional health record after a care professional has confirmed its clinical relevance to that professional health record

    • care information request

      request sent out by a care actor to another care actor for specific care information needed for the provision of care to a subject of care

    • health certificate

      official document issued by a care actor attesting the relevant health matters of a subject of care

    • health record component

      part of a health record that is identifiable for the purposes of referencing and revision

    • folder

      structure component used for creating hierarchical structures within an EHR extract and with compositions as leaf nodes

    • composition

      structure component containing information composed during one clinical encounter or documentation session, and committed within one health record

    • entry

      health record component that represents the data documenting one observation or a series of related observations, or a statement, an explanation of reasoning, a care intention, plan or action

    • mental object

      thoughts, ideas, memories and concepts that exist within an individual’s mind

    • stative

      a state or condition

    • tangible and visible entity

      tangible and visible entity

care information

information about a person relevant to their care

Table 1. Specializations / Generalizations of care information
Specialization of Generalization of
information care information for import
non-ratified care information
Figure 1. care information (UML Representation)
care informationUML Representation