Provider and Facility Details

Information about the healthcare providers and facilities involved with the investigation, treatment, and care of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are usually recorded in electronic health records. The monitoring of medical equipment availability at healthcare facilities, such as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and respiratory devices, is also of utmost importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Relevant details, which can be recorded using SNOMED CT include:

  • Healthcare profession

  • Site of care

  • Health management finding

  • Personal protective equipment

These data elements are described below, with example SNOMED CT subsets for each.

Healthcare Profession

The healthcare profession is the occupation or qualification of the healthcare provider who is involved in the investigation, treatment, care or education of the patient - for example 224547003 |Intensive therapy nurse (occupation)|arrow-up-right or 76899008 |Infectious disease specialist (occupation)|arrow-up-right .

CV19-PFD-HealthcareProfession Intensional Definition : < 223366009 |Healthcare professional (occupation)|arrow-up-right

Site of Care

The site of care refers to the location of the specific investigation, treatment or care setting - for example 22232009 |Hospital (environment)|arrow-up-right , 309904001 |Intensive care unit (environment)|arrow-up-right , or 702917005 |Respiratory disease clinic (environment)|arrow-up-right .

CV19-PFD- SiteOfCare Intensional Definition : < 43741000 |Site of care (environment)|arrow-up-right OR << 224884006 |Location within hospital premises (environment)|arrow-up-right OR << 441480003 |Primary care department (environment)|arrow-up-right OR << 440654001 |Inpatient environment (environment)|arrow-up-right OR << 440655000 |Outpatient environment (environment)|arrow-up-right OR << 272497004 |Residential environment (environment)|arrow-up-right

2.1.3 Health Management Finding

Health management finding includes concepts that describe the circumstances which affect whether the planned patient outcomes are attained, that different areas within a health organization are running appropriately, that tasks are correctly defined and assessed and that resources are used efficiently. -for example 305456005 |Under care of own general practitioner (finding)|arrow-up-right , 706877002 |Problem with high complexity of treatment regime (finding)|arrow-up-right or 129837009 |Ineffective protection (finding)|arrow-up-right .

CV19-PFD- HealthManagementFinding Intensional Definition : < 129843006 |Health management finding (finding)|arrow-up-right

Personal Protective Equipment

Personal protective equipment is protective clothing, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection - for example 409528009 |Surgical face mask (physical object)|arrow-up-right and 255716002 |Latex rubber gloves (physical object)|arrow-up-right

CV19-PFD- PersonalProtectiveEquipment Intensional Definition : << 409526008 |Personal protective equipment (physical object)|arrow-up-right OR << 6919005 |Protective clothing material, device (physical object)|arrow-up-right OR << 706724001 |Face shield (physical object)|arrow-up-right OR << 261382003 |Mask (physical object)|arrow-up-right OR << 52291003 |Glove, device (physical object)|arrow-up-right OR << 15922004 |Gown, device (physical object)|arrow-up-right OR << 706154004 |Shoe cover (physical object)|arrow-up-right OR << 465982004 |Surgical hood (physical object)|arrow-up-right

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