Patient

Version 3
Published September 29, 2026
Updated November 2, 2026

A person who has received, currently receives or is waiting to receive health care goods and services from a provider or organization.

Appears in

Constraints

n/a

Stereotype(s)

n/a

Relationships

From class	From multiplicity	Relationship	To class	To multiplicity
Patient Immunization Forecast	0..*	for	Patient	1
Patient	0..1	subject of	Document Reference	0..*
Provenance	0..*	related to	Patient	0..1
Patient	0..*	receives primary care from	Health Care Organization	0..1
Imaging Study	0..*	subject of	Patient	1
Patient	1	subject of	Diagnostic Report	0..*
Patient Procedure	0..*	for	Patient	1
Encounter Patient	0..*	for	Patient	1
Patient	0..1	has	Contact Mechanism	0..*
Patient	1	has	Patient Location	0..*
Patient	1	has	Patient Health Concern	0..*
Patient Allergy or Intolerance	0..*	for	Patient	1
Patient	1	subject of	Patient Consent	0..*
Patient	0..*	receives primary care from	Health Care Provider	0..1
Patient Immunization Data Absent Reason	0..*	for	Patient	1
Patient Immunization	0..*	for	Patient	1
Diagnosis	0..*	for	Patient	1
Family Member History Data Absent Reason	0..*	for	Patient	1
Health Care Service Event	0..*	for	Patient	1
Care Plan	0..*	has	Patient	1
Account	0..1		Patient	0..*
Observation Data Absent Reason	0..*	for	Patient	0..1
Patient		is a	Party Role
SDOH Intervention	0..*	for	Patient	1
Patient	0..1	subject of	Observation	0..*
Patient	1	subject of	Episode Of Care	0..*
Care Team	0..*	has (aggregation)	Patient	0..*
Medication Statement	0..*	for	Patient	1
Patient	1	has	Patient Service Language	0..*
Device Usage	0..*	for	Patient	1
Patient Allergy or Intolerance Data Absent Reason	0..*	for	Patient	1
Fetus	0..1	becomes	Patient	0..1
Family Member History	0..*	for	Patient	1
Patient	0..*	has	Encounter	0..*
Patient	0..1	subject of	Clinical Document	0..*
Patient	0..1	subject of	Service Request	0..*
Patient	1	subject of	Specimen	0..*
Provenance	0..*	is subject	Patient	0..1
Personal Goal	0..*	for	Patient	1
Medication Statement Data Absent Reason	0..*	for	Patient	1
Patient	0..1	subject of	Appointment	0..*
Patient Procedure Data Absent Reason	0..*	for	Patient	1
Patient	1	subject of	Patient Consent Temporary Override Event	0..*
Patient	1	has	Patient Health Concern Data Absent Reason	0..*

Contact us

If you have questions about this initiative, would like to be added to our stakeholder notification list or would like to participate in our consultations, please email us.

connectedcare@cihi.ca

How to cite:

Canadian Institute for Health Information. Patient. Accessed November 02, 2026.