Hospital Management Domain Model
Domain model for the Hospital Management System is represented by several class diagrams.
Hospital Organization Domain model - Patient, Hospital, Staff - Operations, Administrative,
Technical.
Domain model - Patient, Doctors and Treatments
DICOM Model of the Real World
An example of class diagram representing domain model ("model of the real world") for Digital
Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM). This diagram is based on E-R model
Fig.7-3 of DICOM standard Part 3 - PS 3.3-2009.
Diagram represents DICOM extended domain, abstract description of the real world objects used
in the Modality-IS Interface. Modality is a piece of imaging equipment, e.g. computed
tomography (CT) or ultrasound (US).
A Patient is a human or an animal receiving, or registered to receive, healthcare services, or is
the subject of research studies. A Clinical Document is a part of the medical record of a patient.
It is a documentation of clinical observations and services provided to the patient.
A Service Episode is a collection of events, context in which the treatment or management of an
arbitrary subset of a Patient’s medical conditions occurs. Service episode is entirely arbitrary; it
may include a single outpatient visit or a hospitalization, or extend over significant period of
time, e.g., the duration of a pregnancy, or an oncology treatment regimen. A service episode may
involve one or more Healthcare Organizations (administrative entities that authorize
Healthcare Providers to provide services within their legal administrative domain, e.g.
hospitals, private physician’s offices, multispecialty clinics, nursing homes).
Visit is a part of service episode, collection of events that fall under the accountability of a
particular Healthcare Organization in a single facility. A visit may be associated with one or
more physical locations (e.g. different rooms, departments, or buildings) within the same facility.
An Imaging Service Request is a set of one or more Requested Procedures selected from a list
of Procedure Types. An Imaging Service Request is submitted by one authorized imaging
service requester to one authorized imaging service provider in the context of one Service
Episode. An Imaging Service Request may be associated with one or more Visits that occur
within the same Service Episode.
A modality Scheduled Procedure Step is an arbitrarily defined scheduled unit of service, that is
specified by the Procedure Plan for a Requested Procedure. It prescribes Protocol which may be
identified by one or more Protocol Codes. A modality Scheduled Procedure Step involves
equipment (e.g. imaging equipment, surgical equipment, etc), human resources, supplies,
location, and time.
A Modality Performed Procedure Step is an arbitrarily defined unit of service that has actually
been performed (not just scheduled). It contains references to zero or more Series of Images.
Class Diagram Example - DICOM Domain Model for Modality-IS Interface
