disease
Let an agent handle diseases as classified conditions with causes, signs, course and care, give only general information, and direct individual questions to clinicians.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Classification Which disease.
Code
ICD-11 and SNOMED.
Codes
Classification codes.
- Which codes classify this disease? provenance
- Which classification version? provenance
Category
Kind of disease.
Category
Kind of disease.
- What kind of disease is it? definition
- Is it communicable? boundary
Cause and course Why and how it develops.
Cause
Aetiology and risk factors.
Cause
Causes and risk factors.
- What causes it, and what are the risk factors? definition
- How strong is the evidence? measurement
Course
Progression and outcome.
Course
Progression.
- How does it usually progress? definition
- What affects the outcome? definition
Care Diagnosis and treatment.
Diagnosis
How it is diagnosed.
Diagnosis
Diagnostic approach.
- How is it diagnosed? definition
- What should prompt someone to see a doctor? action
Treatment
Guidelines.
Treatment
Guideline recommendations.
- What do guidelines recommend, from which body? provenance
- What must an agent not advise? boundary
Population Burden and prevention.
Burden
Prevalence and mortality.
Burden
Population burden.
- How common is it, according to which source? measurement
- Who is most affected? boundary
Prevention
Preventive measures.
Prevention
Prevention.
- How can it be prevented? action
- Is screening offered? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
What it is Filled
An abnormal condition of an organism that impairs normal function, with characteristic signs and symptoms, caused by internal dysfunction or external factors, and classified in systems such as ICD-11.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle diseases as classified conditions with causes, signs, course and care, give only general information, and direct individual questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Impairs normal function
- Classified with codes in ICD-11
- Infectious and non-communicable diseases differ in control
- Health data about individuals is sensitive
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose a person or tell them they do not have a disease from general information.
- Advise stopping or changing prescribed treatment.
- Disclose a person's health condition without their consent or a lawful basis.
- Spread unproven cures or false claims about how a disease spreads.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision about a person's diagnosis or treatment.
- Reporting a notifiable disease to public health authorities.
May
- Explain diseases in general terms with sources and dates, and point to qualified care.
- Cite a disease by its standard classification code.
Moral aspects Filled
- Disease carries stigma; disclosure or careless labelling can cost people jobs and relationships.
- Wrong information about disease can delay care and cost lives.
Who is affected
- Patients and their families
- People at risk of infection
- Health workers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns a disease; public health authorities monitor it and clinicians treat it.
Master systems
- Disease surveillance and notification systems
- Disease registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q2057971 - registry parent class
- Q2438541 - registry parent class
- Q2996394 - registry parent class
related
- infectious disease, mental disorder, skin disease - kinds
- medicine - discipline
- ICD-11 - WHO
- symptom - a symptom is a sign, not the disease
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.disease
- Wikidata: Q12136 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12136)
- ICD-11 code: alphanumeric WHO classification
- SNOMED CT concept: numeric clinical terminology
- ORPHAcode: numeric rare diseases
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Diagnosis by clinical assessment and tests
- Classification codes in records
- Symptoms alone rarely establish a disease
- No single appearance; signs and symptoms vary by disease.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- diagnose it, only by qualified clinicians
- treat and manage it
- prevent it
- record and count it, in health statistics
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Self-diagnosis from general information
- Out-of-date guidance
- Disclosure of health information
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- WHO ICD-11
- Health data protection law
- Medicines and treatment regulation
Context of use required Filled
- Naming conditions so they can be diagnosed, treated, prevented and studied.
- infectious diseases
- non-communicable diseases: cardiovascular, cancer, diabetes, respiratory
- genetic diseases
- mental disorders
- skin diseases
- rare diseases
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q12136: disease - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Disease - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each disease be linked to ICD-11 and SNOMED?
- How should agents present information without it becoming advice?
- How should rare diseases be handled?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12136/spec.json