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A system of concepts for the continuity of care
  • Health and health state
  • Actors, roles and participants
  • Care activities
  • Care processes
  • Time, events and periods
  • Planning care
  • Responsibilities and mandates
  • Health records
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  2. Actors, roles and participants

    The people and organisations involved in the managing and delivery of care, the roles they hold, their participation in care and the resources they use.

  3. care performer

    role adopted by care personnel when performing care

  • Actors, roles and participants

    The people and organisations involved in the managing and delivery of care, the roles they hold, their participation in care and the resources they use.

    • care actor

      organization or person participating in care

    • subject of care

      person seeking to receive, receiving, or having received care

    • care provider

      care actor that is able to be assigned one or more care period mandates

    • care organization

      organization being a care provider

    • care employment

      contractual framework between a care personnel and a care organization describing the roles and responsibilities assigned to that care personnel

    • care personnel

      person holding a care employment from a care organization

    • care professional entitlement

      professional mandate held by a person concerning specific roles in care

    • care professional

      person holding a care professional entitlement

    • other carer

      person being a care third party

    • care supporting organization

      organization that is a care third party

    • subject of care proxy

      care actor exercising a proxy mandate

    • care performer

      role adopted by care personnel when performing care

    • self-care performer

      role played by a subject of care when performing self-care

    • third party care performer

      role performed by a care third party

    • prescriber

      role performed by a care professional when recommending or authorising a care activity

    • care resource

      resource needed to perform care activities

    • point of care

      location where direct care activities are performed

    • medical device

      instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, reagent for in vitro use, software, material or other similar or related article, intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings, for one or more of the specific medical purpose(s) of — diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, — diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury, — investigation, replacement, modification, or support of the anatomy or of a physiological process, — supporting or sustaining life, — control of conception, — disinfection of medical devices, — providing information by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body, and which does not achieve its primary intended action by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, in or on the human body, but which can be assisted in its intended function by such means

    • automatic medical device

      medical device capable of performing care activities by itself or under human supervision

    • medicinal product

      pharmaceutical product or combination of pharmaceutical products that may be administered to human beings for treating or preventing disease, with the aim/purpose of making a medical diagnosis or to restore, correct or modify physiological functions

    • care funds

      resource provided for funding care delivery

care performer

role adopted by care personnel when performing care

Table 1. Specializations / Generalizations of care performer
Specialization of Generalization of
role self-care performer
third party care performer
prescriber
Table 2. Associations of care performer
Association from Association name Association to
1..* care performer delivers 1..* care activity
0..* care personnel plays 1..* care performer
Figure 1. care performer (UML Representation)
care performerUML Representation