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Care processes
The concepts describing how care activities form processes, and the requests and referrals that drive them.
care process
set of interrelated or interacting care activities which transforms inputs into outputs

Care processes
The concepts describing how care activities form processes, and the requests and referrals that drive them.
- care process
  set of interrelated or interacting care activities which transforms inputs into outputs
- continuity of care process
  care process, encompassing all care provider activities and other prescribed care activities, that addresses identified or specified health issues
- input health state
  health state at the start of a care process
- output health state
  health state at the end of a care process
- request for care
  request for care provider activities
- initial request for care
  first request for care concerning one or more specific health matters to be assessed by a care provider
- referral
  request for care where a care professional asks a care provider to make a care commitment for a care period mandate
- request for service
  request for care where a care professional asks a care provider to deliver one or more care service offerings
- reason for request for care
  motive for a request for care
- care process evaluation
  care evaluation where a care process is evaluated against requirements

care process

set of interrelated or interacting care activities which transforms inputs into outputs

Table 1. Associations of care process
Source multiplicity	Source class	Association	Target class	Target multiplicity
0..1	care process	aggregation of	care process	0..*
0..*	care process	consumes	care resource	0..*
1	care process	delivers	care service	1
1..*	care process	documented in	health record	1..*
1	care process	outputs	output health state	1..*
1..*	care process	performed for	subject of care	1
1..*	care process	planned in	care plan	1..*
0..*	care process	use	care resource	0..*
1..*	adverse event	negatively influences	care process	1..*
1..*	care activity	component of	care process	1..*
0..*	care mandate	regulates	care process	1..*
1..*	care process evaluation	evaluates	care process	0..*
0..1	input health state	input to	care process	1

Figure 1. Class Diagram

Admitted terms care process

Plural care processes

Note 1 A care process is not by definition restricted to one care provider or any other organizational unit borders.