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Health and health state
A person's health and wellness, conditions and issues.
observed condition
health condition observed by a care actor

Health and health state
A person's health and wellness, conditions and issues.
- health state
  overall level of health of a subject of care
- health matter
  circumstance contributing to the health state of a person
- clinical care
  care activity converned with physical or mental care needs
- clinical matter
  health matter concerned with the body or mind
- social matter
  care matter concerning how a subject of care lives in their social environment
- health condition
  aspect of a health state
- health issue
  health condition motivating care
- social issue
  health issue that is a social matter
- clinical issue
  health issue that is a clinical matter
- health problem
  health condition considered by a care actor to be a problem
- health thread
  defined association between care circumstances as determined by one or more care actors
- health problem list
  health thread linking a set of health problems
- observed condition
  health condition observed by a care actor
- considered condition
  potential health condition considered by a care actor on the basis of one or more observed conditions
- professionally assessed condition
  observed condition assessed by a care professional
- vulnerability
  health condition that is an exposure to the risk of harm
- excluded condition
  considered condition that one or more care professionals have determined not to be consistent with the known observed conditions
- working diagnosis
  considered condition that one or more care professionals have determined to be the most consistent with observed conditions
- prognostic condition
  potential health condition representing the expected course of a health state as assessed by care professionals
- resultant condition
  observed condition representing an output health state
- target condition
  potential health condition representing either health objectives or care goals
- risk condition
  health condition representing a potential undesired future health state
- social environment
  immediate physical and social setting in which a subject of care lives and interacts
- health need
  health matter causing a deficit in the current health state compared to aspects of a desired future health state
- social need
  health need related to social determinants of health
- clinical need

observed condition

health condition observed by a care actor

EXAMPLE 1 A blood pressure, a swelling in the abdomen, tachycardia, body weight, lung infiltration on x-ray, a haemoglobin value, pale skin.

Note 1 to entry: Care professionals and subjects of care are examples of care actors that can perceive the observed aspect of a health state

Note 2 to entry: An observed condition is a health issue and as such is a representation of aspect(s) of the health state

Table 1. Specializations / Generalizations of **observed condition**
Specialization of			Generalization of
health condition			professionally assessed condition

Table 2. Associations of **observed condition**
Association from		Association name		Association to
1..*	considered condition	based on		1..*	observed condition
1..*	working diagnosis	consistent with		0..*	observed condition
1..*	care actor	has observed		0..*	observed condition
1..*	excluded condition	not consistent with		0..*	observed condition
1..*	care actor	observed by		1..*	observed condition
1..1	observed condition	observed during		1..*	health condition period
0..*	care actor	observes		1..*	observed condition
0..*	care investigation	reveals		1..*	observed condition

observed conditionUML Representation — Figure 1. observed condition (UML Representation)