MedicalTherapy

Any medical intervention designed to prevent, treat, and cure human diseases and medical conditions, including both curative and palliative therapies. Medical therapies are typically processes of care relying upon pharmacotherapy, behavioral therapy, supportive therapy (with fluid or nutrition for example), or detoxification (e.g. hemodialysis) aimed at improving or preventing a health condition.

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from MedicalTherapy
`adverseEvent`	AdverseEvent or http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/281647001	Any unfavorable and unintended sign including an abnormal laboratory finding, symptom or disease associated with the use of a medical treatment or procedure, regardless of whether it is considered related to the medical treatment or procedure, that occurs during the course of the study (Stony Brook Medicine, NIH).
`adverseOutcome`	MedicalEntity	A possible complication and/or side effect of this therapy. If it is known that an adverse outcome is serious (resulting in death, disability, or permanent damage; requiring hospitalization; or is otherwise life-threatening or requires immediate medical attention), tag it as a seriouseAdverseOutcome instead.
`contraindication`	MedicalContraindication	A contraindication for this therapy.
`doseSchedule`	DoseSchedule	A dosing schedule for the drug for a given population, either observed, recommended, or maximum dose based on the type used.
`drugAdministration`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/182832007	specifying the event of administering the drug to the patient. Typically associated with the route of administration i.e.oral, injection etc.
`drugDispensation`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/440298008	Specifying an drug dispensation event i.e the event of delivering the drug to the patient at pharmacy. This is different to the drug administration
`drugIntaken`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/129019007	Specifying an event of taking cure medication, related to a medication period
`drugPreparation`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/105904009	Specifying a drug preparation used in a procedure, typically prepared for a patient from one or multiple drug packages
`duplicateTherapy`	MedicalTherapy	A therapy that duplicates or overlaps this one.
`indication`	MedicalIndication	A factor that indicates use of this therapy for treatment and/or prevention of a condition, symptom, etc. For therapies such as drugs, indications can include both officially-approved indications as well as off-label uses. These can be distinguished by using the ApprovedIndication subtype of MedicalIndication.
`seriousAdverseOutcome`	MedicalEntity	A possible serious complication and/or serious side effect of this therapy. Serious adverse outcomes include those that are life-threatening; result in death, disability, or permanent damage; require hospitalization or prolong existing hospitalization; cause congenital anomalies or birth defects; or jeopardize the patient and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the outcomes in this definition.
Properties from TherapeuticProcedure
`adverseEvent`	AdverseEvent or http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/281647001	Any unfavorable and unintended sign including an abnormal laboratory finding, symptom or disease associated with the use of a medical treatment or procedure, regardless of whether it is considered related to the medical treatment or procedure, that occurs during the course of the study (Stony Brook Medicine, NIH).
`adverseOutcome`	MedicalEntity	A possible complication and/or side effect of this therapy. If it is known that an adverse outcome is serious (resulting in death, disability, or permanent damage; requiring hospitalization; or is otherwise life-threatening or requires immediate medical attention), tag it as a seriouseAdverseOutcome instead.
`doseSchedule`	DoseSchedule	A dosing schedule for the drug for a given population, either observed, recommended, or maximum dose based on the type used.
`drug`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/410942007 or Drug	Specifying a drug or medicine used in a medication procedure
`drugAdministration`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/182832007	specifying the event of administering the drug to the patient. Typically associated with the route of administration i.e.oral, injection etc.
`drugDispensation`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/440298008	Specifying an drug dispensation event i.e the event of delivering the drug to the patient at pharmacy. This is different to the drug administration
`drugIntaken`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/129019007	Specifying an event of taking cure medication, related to a medication period
`drugPreparation`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/105904009	Specifying a drug preparation used in a procedure, typically prepared for a patient from one or multiple drug packages
Properties from MedicalProcedure
`adverseEvent`	AdverseEvent or http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/281647001	Any unfavorable and unintended sign including an abnormal laboratory finding, symptom or disease associated with the use of a medical treatment or procedure, regardless of whether it is considered related to the medical treatment or procedure, that occurs during the course of the study (Stony Brook Medicine, NIH).
`anatomicalOrgan`	AnatomicalOrgan	Specifying the anatomical organ for a resource
`anatomicalRegion`	AnatomicalRegion	Specifying the anatomical region for a resource
`anatomicalStructure`	AnatomicalStructure	Specifying the anatomical structure for a resource
`anatomicalSystem`	AnatomicalSystem	Specifying the anatomical system for a resource
`careLocation`	HealthFacility or Place or MedicalUnit or MedicalDepartment	Specifying a location or a place where the care event is taking place
`careProvider`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/223366009 or Person or HealthcareProfessional or Place	Specifying a person, medical organization, or unit care-provider for any health care services
`careReason`	MedicalIndication	Specifying a reason for a caring event(typically a medical condition or other medical encounter reasons)
`followup`	Text	Typical or recommended followup care after the procedure is performed.
`healthFacility`	HealthFacility	Specifying a health facility where care is being given.
`howPerformed`	Text	How the procedure is performed.
`indication`	MedicalIndication	A factor that indicates use of this therapy for treatment and/or prevention of a condition, symptom, etc. For therapies such as drugs, indications can include both officially-approved indications as well as off-label uses. These can be distinguished by using the ApprovedIndication subtype of MedicalIndication.
`medicalClinic`	MedicalClinic	Specifying the medical clinic where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalDepartment`	MedicalDepartment	Specifying the medical department where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalReport`	MedicalRecord or MedicalReport	Specifying any medical report
`medicalRoom`	MedicalRoom	Specifying the medical room where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalSpecimen`	MedicalSpecimen	Specifying a medical specimen resource for a person
`medicalUnit`	MedicalUnit	Specifying the medical department unit where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalWard`	MedicalWard	Specifying the medical ward (a set of rooms) where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`newborn`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/133933007	Specifying the newborn person
`physicalExamination`	PhysicalExam	Specifying a physical examination procedure resource for a patient or a person
`preparation`	Text	Typical preparation that a patient must undergo before having the procedure performed.
`procedureType`	MedicalProcedureType	The type of procedure, for example Surgical, Noninvasive, or Percutaneous.
`relatedEncounter`	MedicalEncounter	Specifying a medical encounter procedure resource related to other procedure
Properties from MedicalEntity
`alternateName`	Text	An alias for the item.
`belongsTo`	MedicalEntity	Specifying a resource to which another resource belongs. Typically here it's used to link a medicalRecord to the Patient where isPartOf can't be used'. e.g :MedicalRecord schema:belongsTo :Patient
`bodyPosition`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/364830008	Specifying a position of human body or anatomical entity in given space e.g. Supine body position, standing position, sitting position etc.
`causalityStatus`	MedicalEntity	Causality score or ranking following a codified system (like HL7 causalityExpectation) or not.
`code`	MedicalCode	A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.
`dateTime`	DateTime	Specifying an instant of something. Typically derived from W3C Time Ontology this describes a point in time when an event or action occurs.
`guideline`	MedicalGuideline	A medical guideline related to this entity.
`interval`	QuantitativeValue	Typically derived from W3C Time Ontology this describes a time interval when an event or action occurs.
`medicalDepartment`	MedicalDepartment	Specifying the medical department where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalScore`	MedicalScore	Specifying a medical score resource
`medicineSystem`	MedicineSystem	The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
`physiologicalRole`	PhysiologicalEntity	Specifying any physiological role of something
`playsRole`	MedicalEntity	Specifying the role played by an agent
`possibleCause`	MedicalEntity	Specifying a possible cause of something
`rankOrder`	Number	The rank order number of something. Typically used together with schema:numerator and schema:denominator. eg. refill number 4 out of 10.
`recognizingAuthority`	Organization	If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
`relevantSpecialty`	MedicalSpecialty	If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
`severity`	Severity	Specifying a severity evaluation of a disease: typically by classification resource or ranking scale: mild, moderate, severe, life threatening or fatal
`study`	MedicalStudy	A medical study or trial related to this entity.
`totalValue`	Number	Total number of something.
Properties from Thing
`additionalType`	URL	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
`alternateName`	Text	An alias for the item.
`description`	Text	A short description of the item.
`image`	ImageObject or URL	URL of an image of the item.
`name`	Text	The name of the item.
`potentialAction`	Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
`sameAs`	URL	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website.
`url`	URL	URL of the item.

Instances of MedicalTherapy may appear as values for the following properties

Property	On Types	Description
`availableService`	MedicalClinic or Physician or Hospital	A medical service available from this provider.
`duplicateTherapy`	MedicalTherapy	A therapy that duplicates or overlaps this one.
`medicationProcedure`	Patient	Specifying a medication procedure resource for a patient or a person
`possibleTreatment`	MedicalCondition or MedicalSignOrSymptom	A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.
`primaryPrevention`	MedicalCondition	A preventative therapy used to prevent an initial occurrence of the medical condition, such as vaccination.
`relatedTherapy`	SuperficialAnatomy or AnatomicalSystem or AnatomicalStructure	A medical therapy related to this anatomy.
`secondaryPrevention`	MedicalCondition	A preventative therapy used to prevent reoccurrence of the medical condition after an initial episode of the condition.
`treatment`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/64572001 or Patient or MedicalCondition	Specifying a treatment or management or therapeutic procedures for a disorder or a patient