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

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 provider

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

Note 1 to entry: The personnel of a care organization that is a care provider may be care professionals and other care personnel who participate in the provision of care

Note 2 to entry: This International Standard includes only two specializations of care provider This is not meant to exclude the possibility of other specializations. In jurisdictions where other kinds of care actors are included in the concept of care provider the necessary specializations may be added.

Note 3 to entry: According to this definition, organizations solely responsible for the funding, payment, or reimbursement of care provision are not care providers; for the purpose of this International Standard they are considered as care third parties.

Table 1. Specializations / Generalizations of **care provider**
Specialization of			Generalization of
care actor			care organization
			care personnel

Table 2. Associations of **care provider**
Association from		Association name		Association to
0..*	care provider	able to be assigned		1..*	care period mandate
0..*	care provider	accepts or declines		1..*	request for care
0..*	care provider	arranges		1..*	initial contact
0..*	care provider	causes		1..*	resource delay
0..*	care provider	delivers		1..*	care provider activity
1..*	care provider	has		1..*	care service directory
1..*	care provider	has care period mandate for		0..*	mandated period of care
0..*	care provider	manages		1..*	episode of care
1..*	care provider	offers		1..*	care service
0..*	care provider	receives		1..*	request for care
0..*	care provider	responsible for		1..*	mandated period of care
0..*	care provider	states		1..*	care commitment

care providerUML Representation — Figure 1. care provider (UML Representation)