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health care

vr.tr.health-care · ACT.ACT

Let an agent help people navigate health care: find services, understand entitlements and costs, route emergencies, and describe systems and policy neutrally, without giving individual medical advice.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent help people navigate health care: find services, understand entitlements and costs, route emergencies, and describe systems and policy neutrally, without giving individual medical advice.

The organised provision of medical, nursing, mental health, preventive and rehabilitative services to maintain or restore health, delivered by professionals in hospitals, clinics, community and home settings, and organised through public, insurance-based or private systems that vary by country; also written healthcare.

What it is for: Maintaining and restoring health.

It can be find appropriate services for a need; explain entitlements, insurance and costs in general terms; route emergencies; describe health systems and policy with sources.

Distinguishing features

Professional services

Regulated

Publicly or privately financed

Universal coverage varies

What it looks like

Hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, home visits and digital services.

How it is recognised

Regulated providers and professionals

Public and private systems

Wellness services are not always health care

Related models

is a kind of - category

service

is a kind of - category

care

uses - equipment

medical device

is related to - right to health

human rights

In practice

Families and kinds

primary care

hospital and specialist care

mental health care

reproductive and maternal health services

long-term, home and palliative care

Standards and regulation

WHO frameworks on universal health coverage

National health service regulation

Professional licensing and patient safety standards

Failure modes and hazards

Delayed emergency care

Agents giving individual medical advice

Unequal access

Also called

private nurseCentres for Medical-Psycho-Pedagogical (CMPP)CMPP Bastiahealthcare product line managementreproductive health servicesMindful Health Solutionsdisease self-managementmedical logisticsgeneral practicepalliative carecommunity healthout-of-hours serviceself-carePalliative care at homepalliative sedationend-of-life carepediatric palliative careFemale Community Health Volunteers in Africaoccupational health careself-testingSleepmaxxinghealth self-monitoringclinical nutritionhospice caresex caremedical nutrition therapyDigital healthcaredental carerealimentationsupplementationrecovery coachingcare in the communityOluwaseun maternity and child welfare hospitalcare of sick childpatient-centered healthcareSemashko modelbacklog of treatmentpharmacists' practice patternspsychosocial assistanceEmergency medical services in Israel

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Emergency Urgent needs.

Emergencies first.

Urgent

Life-threatening.

Urgent

Life-threatening.

  1. Is this a medical emergency? boundary
  2. Should emergency services be called now? action

Triage

Right service.

Triage

Right service.

  1. Which service fits a non-emergency need, such as a pharmacy, primary care or urgent care? provenance
  2. How is it accessed here? provenance
Access Entitlements and costs.

Systems differ.

Entitlement

Who is covered.

Entitlement

Entitlements.

  1. Is the person entitled to public health care or insurance coverage here? provenance
  2. How do visitors and migrants access care? provenance

Costs

Paying for care.

Costs

Costs.

  1. What will this care cost, and what is covered by insurance or the public system? provenance
  2. Which financial help exists? provenance
Navigate Using services.

Know the path.

Referral

Referrals and waits.

Referral

Referrals.

  1. How are referrals to specialists made, and what are waiting times? provenance
  2. Can a second opinion be sought? provenance

Rights

Patient rights.

Rights

Patient rights.

  1. What rights do patients have, including consent, records and complaints? provenance
  2. How can a complaint be made? provenance
Systems Policy.

Policy is debated.

Models

How systems work.

Models

System models.

  1. How is health care organised and funded in this country, according to official sources? provenance
  2. How does it compare on outcomes and cost? measurement

Debates

Policy positions.

Debates

Debates.

  1. What positions exist on health care reform, attributed to their proponents? provenance
  2. Is the description neutral? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each service type be a separate entry?
  • How should national systems be linked?
  • How should local services be localised?
Draft as JSON