Resource Profiles

In the context of this information model, alcohol is the collective term for alcoholic beverages consumed as a leisure product. This information model describes the information asked of the patient about their alcohol use.

The blood pressure is a parameter for determining the condition of the blood circulation and is expressed in systolic and diastolic pressure in mmHg.

A person’s body height.

Measuring and documenting the body temperature of a person as a surrogate for a person’s central body temperature (the highest temperature at the centre of the torso)

Body weight is the common name for (human) body mass.

A contact is a person not being a healthcare professional who is involved in the patient’s care, such as family members, caregivers, mental caretakers, guardians and legal representatives.

In addition to identification information such as the name, address and contact information can also be entered. The relationship to the patient and the role this person has can be entered as well.

Drugs (or: narcotics, amphetamines, intoxicants, highs, hallucinogenics, illegal substances or dope) is a collective term for drugs and chemical substances with a more or less ‘drugging' (anesthetic, boosting and/or hallucinogenic) effect and which can lead to addiction. Drug [Online] Available at: nl.Wikipedia.org/wiki/drug [Accessed: 11 February 2015].

This information model describes the information asked of the patient about their drug use.

The physical location of a healthcare provider. A healthcare provider is an organization that offers and provides medical, paramedic and/or nursing care to patients/clients. Examples include: hospitals, nursing homes, doctor’s offices.

The organizational information of a healthcare provider. A healthcare provider is an organization that offers and provides medical, paramedic and/or nursing care to patients/clients. Examples include: hospitals, nursing homes, doctor’s offices.

A health professional is a person who is authorized to perform actions in the field of individual healthcare.

The types of services and locations that a health professionals are able to provide for a HealthcareProvider.

A laboratory result describes the result of a laboratory analysis. These are specimen-oriented tests as performed in laboratories such as Clinical Chemistry, Serology, Microbiology, etc. In addition to the results of tests with a singular result, this concept can also contain the results of more complex tests with multiple results or a ‘panel’.

Obtained specimen material or a microbial isolate that is used in a laboratory analysis.

The living situation is the physical environment in which the patient normally lives, sleeps, keeps their clothing, etc.

A person who receives medical, psychological, paramedical or nursing care. In some care settings, the term client or participant is used instead of the term patient. Nationality is used as an indication of the country of citizenship. Marital status is a person’s formal position as defined by the Belgium civil code. There is a distinction between marriage and civil union.

Tobacco is a product that comes from the leaves of the tobacco plant, which is smoked as a drug. Smokable forms of tobacco include rolling tobacco, cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco. This information model describes the information asked of the patient about their smoking behaviour and use of tobacco.

A pattern profile for creating (mostly) HL7 Vital Signs compatible zib profiles.