Questionnaire
A questionnaire is a reusable form definition in Care — a set of questions you design once and then collect answers to, again and again, about a patient or an encounter. It is how Care lets a deployment build its own intake sheets, assessments, and checklists instead of waiting for them to be coded into the software.
Response Template
A response template is a saved starting point for filling out a questionnaire. It bundles pre-filled answers, draft medication orders, and standing procedure requests that a clinician can drop into a patient's record instead of typing everything from scratch — a "favourite" or order set: the work you do once, ready to reuse on the next similar patient.
Value Set
A value set is a curated, named list of the answer options allowed for a coded field — the menu of choices behind a dropdown in a form. It is how Care keeps clinical data consistent: instead of free text, a question pulls from an agreed set of codes, so the same finding is recorded the same way every time.
Observation Definition
An observation definition is the master-data blueprint for a measurement — it describes how a particular observation, such as blood pressure or blood glucose, should be captured and interpreted. It is the reusable rulebook that keeps the same observation consistent every time it is recorded, no matter which form or facility collects it.
Specimen Definition
A specimen definition is a facility's reusable rulebook for one kind of sample — what material to collect, how to prepare the patient, how to collect it, and how it must be contained and handled for testing. It exists so that the same expectations apply every time that sample type is ordered, no matter who draws it.
Activity Definition
An activity definition is a reusable, facility-scoped template for a clinical activity — a lab test, an imaging study, a counselling session — holding every default needed to order it. A facility defines the activity once, then turns it into a real order for a specific patient with a single "apply" action.
Charge Item Definition
A charge item definition is the reusable price list entry that answers one question: "how much does this billable thing cost?" It is the template a facility maintains so that, whenever a service is delivered, the system already knows the base rate, the surcharges, the discounts, and the taxes to apply.
Product Knowledge
Product Knowledge is the master definition of a thing your facility stocks — a medication, a nutritional product, or a consumable — described once so every batch, shelf, and order can point back to it. It is the catalogue's source of truth for what a product is, kept separate from the physical units on hand.