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hospital
vr.tr.hospital · thing-q16917
Let an agent handle hospitals by services, location, type, access and quality, and direct urgent needs to emergency services.
Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identity Which hospital.
Facility
Name and location.
Facility
Facility identity.
- What is the hospital name and address? provenance
- Who runs it? provenance
Services
What it offers.
Services
Services.
- Which services does it offer, including emergency care? definition
- Is the information current? boundary
Access Getting care.
Emergency
Urgent care.
Emergency
Emergency access.
- Is this an emergency needing an ambulance? boundary
- Where is the nearest emergency department? action
Planned care
Referrals.
Planned care
Planned access.
- How are patients referred? definition
- What are waiting times? measurement
Quality Ratings and safety.
Ratings
Inspections.
Ratings
Inspection results.
- What did the latest inspection find? provenance
- When was it? provenance
Infection control
Safety.
Infection
Infection control.
- What infection control data are published? measurement
- Are there visiting restrictions? boundary
Patients Rights and visits.
Rights
Patient rights.
Rights
Patient rights.
- Which patient rights apply? boundary
- How can complaints be made? action
Visiting
Rules.
Visiting
Visiting rules.
- What are visiting hours and rules? definition
- Is parking or transport available? definition
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- sjukhem, prestenhaus, pest house, makeshift hospital, Infirmarium, center of family medicine, clinic of family medicine, Orphanage Hospital, former hospital, General Hospital Igbotako, Bolorunduro General Hospital, General Hospital Owo
What it is Filled
A health care institution providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment, often with inpatient beds, emergency care and specialist services.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle hospitals by services, location, type, access and quality, and direct urgent needs to emergency services.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Provides specialised and inpatient care
- Public or private
- Regulated and inspected
- Emergency departments serve urgent needs
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Share patient data outside the care team.
- Interfere with medical equipment or hospital systems.
- Impersonate hospital staff.
- Block emergency access routes.
Only with a human decision
- Changes to hospital systems or schedules that affect patient care.
May
- Help patients find hospitals and services.
- Support staff with logistics they authorize.
Moral aspects Filled
- Hospitals care for people at their most vulnerable.
- Cyberattacks on hospitals endanger lives.
Who is affected
- Patients
- Staff
- Visitors
Owners Filled
Steward
The hospital's operator; health authorities license it.
Master systems
- Health facility registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q107123630 - registry parent class
- Q4260475 - registry parent class
- Q4287745 - registry parent class
- Q628858 - registry parent class
- Q9386252 - registry parent class
related
- physician and nurses - staff
- medicine - care
- organization and building - institution
- health regulator - oversight
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.hospital
- Wikidata: Q16917 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16917)
- national facility code: jurisdiction-specific health facility registers
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- beds: 10-3000+ beds
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Hospital signs and emergency department entrances
- Official registration and ratings
- Makeshift hospitals in crises
- Large buildings with wards, emergency departments, clinics and ambulances; historical forms include pest houses and infirmaries.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- attend for care or emergencies
- visit patients
- check services and quality ratings
- complain or give feedback
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Going to the wrong facility in an emergency
- Hospital-acquired infections
- Outdated service information
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Hospital licensing and inspection
- Patient rights law
- Health data protection
Context of use required Filled
- Diagnosing and treating patients, especially those needing specialist or inpatient care.
- general hospitals
- specialist hospitals
- teaching hospitals
- community hospitals
- field and makeshift hospitals
- historical hospitals
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q16917: hospital - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Hospital - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should hospitals be instances linked to registers?
- How should service lists be kept current?
- How should quality ratings be sourced?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q16917/spec.json