An Indirect Activity is an ACTIVITY.

An Indirect Activity is ACTIVITY, with the specific purpose of supporting the care of a PATIENT, but where the PATIENT is not present.

An Indirect Activity may take place between:

• CARE PROFESSIONAL and another CARE PROFESSIONAL
• A CARE PROFESSIONAL and another professional such as a teacher
• Any other professional not acting in the capacity of a Patient Proxy.

Examples of Indirect Activity include:

• A CARE PROFESSIONAL seeking advice from another CARE PROFESSIONAL regarding the treatment or diagnosis of a specific PATIENT.
• A CARE PROFESSIONAL providing training to a teacher to support the medical needs of a specific PATIENT.
• A CARE PROFESSIONAL discussing the care of a PATIENT with another CARE PROFESSIONAL as part of a Multidisciplinary Team Meeting, where the PATIENT is not present.

Indirect Activity does not include discussions regarding groups of PATIENTS or other administrative activities such as writing up of notes or travel.

Note: For the Mental Health Services Data Set, contacts between a CARE PROFESSIONAL and a Patient Proxy should be captured as a CARE CONTACT with the CARE CONTACT SUBJECT set to ‘Patient Proxy’.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	Indirect Activities