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Care activities
Activities contributing to delivering continuity of care.
care investigation
care activity with the intention to clarify one or more health conditions of a subject of care

Care activities
Activities contributing to delivering continuity of care.
- care activity
  activity intended to improve or maintain a health state
- care provider activity
  care activity performed by a care provider
- social care provider activity
  care activity supporting a subject of care to live in their social environment
- automated care
  care initiated by a care actor and thereafter delivered by an automatic medical device
- self-care
  care activity performed by the subject of care
- prescribed self-care
  self-care prescribed by a care professional
- care third party activity
  care activity performed by a care third party
- prescribed third party activity
  care third party activity prescribed by a care professional
- care activities bundle
  set of care activities
- care service
  set of care activities offered by care provider
- care service directory
  directory of the types of care services offered by one or more care providers
- care investigation
  care activity with the intention to clarify one or more health conditions of a subject of care
- care treatment
  care activity intended to directly improve or maintain a health state
- health condition assessment
  care activity where an assessment related to health conditions of the subject of care is made
- care assessment
  care activity where an opinion is formed about health conditions of a subject of care
- care needs assessment
  care assessment during which a care professional considers a subject of care’s health need and determines needed care activities
- needed care activity
  care activity bundle which includes those care activities assessed as needed to address specified health need
- care activity management
  care activity during which the status of care activities in a care plan are changed

care investigation

care activity with the intention to clarify one or more health conditions of a subject of care

Note 1 to entry: Care investigations add and improve information about aspects of a health state

Note 2 to entry: Some primary care investigations can sometimes have an intended or secondary therapeutic effect, while some activities can be both investigating and therapeutic by essence (e.g. a fibroscopy, interventional cardiology, etc.)

Table 1. Specializations / Generalizations of **care investigation**
Specialization of			Generalization of
care activity

Table 2. Associations of **care investigation**
Association from		Association name	Association to
1..1	care investigation	clarifies	1..1	health state
0..*	care investigation	reveals	1..*	observed condition
1..*	care investigation	reveals	1..*	health condition

care investigationUML Representation — Figure 1. care investigation (UML Representation)