health concern

health record extract that includes all health record components associated with a health thread

health concern extends the class health record extract

Plural health concerns

Note 1 A concern is a collection of information supporting continuity of care for a subject of care. A health thread can include care activities, health conditions, care activity planning, activity management, evaluations and assessments. Thereby, all information needed for continuity of care for an individual subject of care can be covered by a health concern.

Note 2 Health concerns can be constructed to support continuity of care for care processes, continuity of care processes and accumulations or associations of continuity of care processes. This means that concerns can relate to episodes of care contacts, chronic disease management, multiple chronic disease management, etc.

Note 3 Health concerns can be represented and labelled in electronic health records (EHRs) as extracts or components.

Note 4 Health concern is closely related to the “concern tracking” based on HL7 standards.