A patient is the subject of observations.

A person who receives medical attention, care, or treatment, or who is registered with medical professional or institution with the purpose to receive medical care when necessary.

A Role of a LivingSubject (player) as an actual or potential recipient of health care services from a healthcare provider organization (scoper). Usage Note:Communication about relationships between patients and specific healthcare practitioners (people) is not done via scoper. Instead this is generally done using the CareProvision act. This allows linkage between patient and a particular healthcare practitioner role and also allows description of the type of care involved in the relationship.

Person under a physician's care for a particular disease or condition. NOTE: A subject in a clinical trial is not necessarily a patient, but a patient in a clinical trial is a subject. Although often used interchangeably as a synonym for subject, a healthy volunteer is not a patient. See also human subject, clinical research subject, healthy volunteer, participant.

The recipient for the service(s) and/or product(s) when they are not the covered party.

Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures.