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Glossary

Data Owner​

The data owner is an entity that can create and manipulate data. In iCure, it can be a patient, a practitioner or a device. The data owner is also responsible for encrypting the data it creates and making sure it can only be decrypted by data owners that should be able to access it.

  • Patient: The patient is the recipient of care. Nearly all medical information inside iCure is linked directly or indirectly to a patient. The patient entity is usually created during the first contact of a patient with a healthcare party. The administrative information of the patient can be partially or totally encrypted before being saved inside the patient entity.

  • Practitioner: A practitioner is someone who is recognized to provide care or services for a patient. A practitioner is either an individual practitioner (a doctor, a nurse, a physiotherapist, etc…) or an organization (a clinic, a hospital, a government authority, etc…). A practitioner includes anyone who is a stakeholder for the patient health and can access and manage the patient's file.

  • Organisation: An organisation is an entity that groups practitioners.

Observation​

An Observation can be any piece of information related to the health of a patient. This includes subjective information provided by the patient, such as complaints, reason for visit, feelings, etc… or objective information like bio-metric measures (blood pressure, temperature, heart beat, etc…), or physical exam description, diagnosis, prescription, integration of lab reports from another healthcare party, action plan, etc…;

Any action performed by a practitioner which is relevant for the condition of a patient should be encoded as an observation.

Terminologies​

Most of the entities in iCure have labels and codes attributes. The codes are based on standard terminology systems used in the healthcare industry.

SNOMED CT​

Snomed CT is a terminology system that contains medical concepts and their relationships. It is used to describe medical concepts in iCure like diseases, symptoms, procedures, etc…

LOINC​

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) is a standard for identifying medical observations and measurements. It is used to describe medical concepts in iCure like lab results, vital signs, etc…

ATC​

Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System (ATC) is a standard for classifying drugs. It is used to describe medical concepts in iCure like drugs, etc…

ICD-10​

International Classification of Diseases version 10 (ICD-10) is a standard for classifying diseases. It is used to describe medical concepts in iCure like diseases, etc…