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Actors, performers and resources
The concepts describing who takes part in care — subjects of care, professionals, organisations, and third parties — the roles they play, and what it means to provide care.
care professional
person holding a care professional entitlement

Actors, performers and resources
The concepts describing who takes part in care — subjects of care, professionals, organisations, and third parties — the roles they play, and what it means to provide care.
- 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 third party
  care actor other than a care provider or the subject of care
- care organization
  organization being a care provider
- care employment
  mandate given by a care organization to a care personnel describing the roles and responsibilities assigned to that care personnel
- care personnel
  person mandated through a care employment
- care professional entitlement
  professional care 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 a person 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 purposes 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 or purpose of making a medical diagnosis or to restore, correct or modify physiological functions
- care funds
  resource provided for funding care delivery
- facility
  place, building or equipment used for a particular purpose

care professional

person holding a care professional entitlement

care professional extends the class care actor

Table 1. Associations of care professional
Source multiplicity	Source class	Association	Target class	Target multiplicity
0..*	care professional	considers	considered condition	1..*
0..*	care professional	determines	working diagnosis	1..*
1..*	care professional	has	care professional entitlement	1
0..*	care professional	identifies	professionally assessed condition	1..*
0..*	care professional	identifies (1)	prognostic condition	1..*
0..*	care professional	issues	request for service	1..*
0..*	care professional	issues (1)	referral	1..*
0..*	care professional	maintains	professional health record	1..*
0..*	care professional	manages	care activity period	1..*
0..*	care professional	manages demand	request for care	1..*
0..*	care professional	performs	care needs assessment	0..*
0..1	care professional	plays	prescriber	1..*
0..*	care professional	ratifies	care information for import	1..*
0..*	care professional	rules out	excluded condition	1..*

Figure 1. Class Diagram

Admitted terms healthcare professional

Plural care professionals

Deprecated terms health professional

Example 1 General practitioner, medical consultant, therapist, dentist, nurse, radiographer, social worker.

Note 1 The care professional entitlement entitles a care professional to provide care independent of a role in a care organization.