Health Entities

A Health Entity is any health care service provider or organization, governed by a single corporate body and delivering clinical care in one or more locations under one or more corporate names, to individual patients or groups of patients, and where the predominant funding is from public sources. In relation to ElectronicHealthInformation the entity may be represented by a server, URI or URL associated with a healthcare service provider or organization which may or may not be within the "scope" i.e. within the geographic boundaries of the WWLHIN. An entity must deliver care from one or more geographic location within the healthcare system, but the corporate head office may be from outside the boundaries of the healthcare system. Scope: Related to HealthEntities operating within the regional geographic boundary of the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network. Examples: Primary care practices and clinics, specialists practices and clinics, community services funded through the Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) or other public funding (LHIN), pharmacies, CCAC, diagnostic imaging facilities, public health units, community health centres, hospitals, palliative care centres, long term care, laboratories, diagnostic imaging organizations, emergency medical services, sport medicine clinics Census Population in Region: 517 Acronyms: CCAC, LHIN, MD, EMS, DI Synonyms: Acute care, residential care, psychiatric institutions, hospice, see examples above Exclusions: Service providers not providing services through the CCAC or receiving public funding for health services such as stand alone optometrists, dentists, midwives, psychologists, respiratory therapists, speech-language pathologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians and counsellors, "complementary medicine" such as homeopaths, naturopaths, wellness educators. sameAs

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A Health Entity is any health care service provider or organization, governed by a single corporate body and delivering clinical care in one or more locations under one or more corporate names, to individual patients or groups of patients, and where the predominant funding is from public sources. In relation to ElectronicHealthInformation the entity may be represented by a server, URI or URL associated with a healthcare service provider or organization which may or may not be within the "scope" i.e. within the geographic boundaries of the WWLHIN. An entity must deliver care from one or more geographic location within the healthcare system, but the corporate head office may be from outside the boundaries of the healthcare system. Scope: Related to HealthEntities operating within the regional geographic boundary of the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network. Examples: Primary care practices and clinics, specialists practices and clinics, community services funded through the Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) or other public funding (LHIN), pharmacies, CCAC, diagnostic imaging facilities, public health units, community health centres, hospitals, palliative care centres, long term care, laboratories, diagnostic imaging organizations, emergency medical services, sport medicine clinics Census Population in Region: 517 Acronyms: CCAC, LHIN, MD, EMS, DI Synonyms: Acute care, residential care, psychiatric institutions, hospice, see examples above Exclusions: Service providers not providing services through the CCAC or receiving public funding for health services such as stand alone optometrists, dentists, midwives, psychologists, respiratory therapists, speech-language pathologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians and counsellors, "complementary medicine" such as homeopaths, naturopaths, wellness educators. sameAs

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Health Entities

OWLClass_00000046447405077740

Health Entities

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