Epidemiologic studies may require the characterization of fixed properties affecting a location. Accurate planning, delivery, and management of health care services is impossible without accurate identification and description of locations. The Location Subject Area of this specification provides this information so that it may be presented across cultural and language boundaries and be readily modified as affected by human or natural processes. 07 Communication Communication is an essential component of health care delivery and reimbursement processes. Communications occur in many forms such as written, oral, or electronic messages.
Communication involves two or more parties who assume various roles.
These roles may change during the course of a communication, such as in a dialogue, with parties exchanging roles of transmitter and receiver. Communication technology is not addressed in this subject area since it is specific to implementation of an application or system. The Health Care Event is the focal point of all health care activities. Information technology insertion has significantly improved the scheduling of services and coordination of resources used in care delivery. Traditionally, this technology has taken the form of clinical appointment database, operating room scheduling, and materials routing applications.