 description | An **Act** that of taking on whole or partial responsibility for, or attention to, safety and well-being of a subject of care.
*Discussion:* A **care provision** event may exist without any other care actions taking place. For example, when a patient is assigned to the care of a particular health professional.
In **request** (RQO) mood **care provision** communicates a referral, which is a request:
* from one party (linked as a **participant** of type **author** (AUT)),
* to another party (linked as a **participant** of type **performer** (PRF),
* to take responsibility for a scope specified by the code attribute,
* for an entity (linked as a **participant** of type **subject** (SBJ)).
The scope of the care for which responsibility is taken is identified by *code* attribute.
In **event** (EVN) mood **care provision** indicates the effective time interval of a specified scope of responsibility by a **performer** (PRF) or set of **performers** (PRF) for a **subject** (SBJ).
*Examples:*
1. Referral from GP to a specialist.
2. Assignment of a patient or group of patients to the case list of a health professional.
3. Assignment of inpatients to the care of particular nurses for a working shift. | |