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Definition

information about an identifiable person that relates to the physical or mental health of the individual

 

This is a concrete item and can be implemented directly

Term: personal health information; 
Plural: personal health information; 

Notes

Note 1 to entry: To provision of health services to the individual and that may include:

a) information about the registration of the individual for the provision of health services;

b) information about payments or eligibility for health care in respect to the individual;

c) a number, symbol, or particular assigned to an individual to uniquely identify the individual for health purposes;

d) any information about the individual that is collected in the course of the provision of health services to the individual;

e) information derived from the testing or examination of a body part or bodily substance; and

f) identification of a person (e.g. a health professional) as provider of healthcare to the individual.

Note 2 to entry: personal health information does not include information that, either by itself or when combined with other information available to the holder, is anonymized, the identity of the individual who is the subject of the information cannot be ascertained from the information.

Examples

Diagrammatic representation

Simple graph - personal health information

Required associations

Optional associations

Generalisations

    asset
personal health information

Specialisations

personal health information