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Contsys/International Organization for Standardization

Contsys is described on its website as "A system of concepts for the continuity of care; a visualisation of a model conforming to International Standard EN ISO 13940:2016."

Several of the terms and definitions in the above International Standard have been used in the development of the Minimum Operational Dataset (MODS) under NHS England's Digitising Social Care Programme.

EN ISO 13940:2016 states (para 0.4): "Healthcare as well as social care has the objective to influence, restore and maintain health in the WHO sense. All kinds of activities that have the potential to influence any one of the five components of health mentioned in the ICF model can be a part of such care. There is an evident overlap between healthcare activities and social care activities. This International Standard is focused upon the part of healthcare that (in most cultures) does not include social care. The role of the subject of care is defined with respect to healthcare and the terms chosen are from this sector. However, many of the concepts are relevant for the social care sector and through the cooperation of the different domains of healthcare this International Standard should also be applicable for social care."

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Activity

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Healthcare activity (contsys): activity intended directly or indirectly to improve or maintain a health stat

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Audit information

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Audit information (contsys): documentation of the details of a revision of a base component

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Care actor

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Healthcare actor (contsys): organization or person participating in healthcare

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Care professional

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Healthcare professional (contsys): healthcare personnel having a healthcare professional entitlement recognized in a given jurisdiction

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Healthcare provider

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Healthcare provider (contsys): healthcare actor that is able to be assigned one or more care period mandates

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Investigation

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Healthcare investigation (contsys): healthcare activity element with the intention to clarify one or more health conditions of a subject of care

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Request

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Request (contsys): demand for care where a healthcare professional asks a healthcare provider to perform one or more healthcare provider activities

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Service

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Healthcare service (contsys): service that is the result of a healthcare process

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Subject of care

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Subject of care (contsys): healthcare actor with a person role; who seeks to receive, is receiving, or has received healthcare

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Subject of care desire

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Subject of care desire (contsys):desire expressed by the subject of care or the subject of care proxy regarding the performance of certain healthcare activities

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Subject of care proxy

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Subject of care proxy (contsys): healthcare third party having person role with the right to take decisions on behalf of the subject of care

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