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Health informatics resources including concepts concerning the structure of health records
health record component
part of a health record that is identifiable for the purposes of referencing and revision

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

health record component

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

Note 1 to entry: This document defines one health record component specialization, the electronic record component. However, as the content of a health record is not limited to information in electronic format, the content of health record components may be in formats other than electronic.

Note 2 to entry: A health record component may itself result from an aggregation of multiple health record components.

Table 1. Specializations / Generalizations of **health record component**
Specialization of			Generalization of
information			composition
			entry
			folder

Table 2. Associations of **health record component**
Association from		Association name		Association to
0..*	health record component	contains		0..*	health record component
0..*	health record component	contains		0..*	health record component
1..*	health record extract	contains		0..*	health record component
1..*	health record	health record component		1..*	health record component
1..*	health matter	labels		1..1	health record component
0..*	health record component	link		0..*	health record component
0..*	health record component	link		0..*	health record component

health record componentUML Representation — Figure 1. health record component (UML Representation)