Responsibility
Definition
A responsibility in Care is a named group of staff, such as Doctors, Nurses, Technicians, or Volunteers. It records the designation that a user holds in that group, and it groups people for work that follows a designation instead of a place. A responsibility is one type of organization. It is flat: a responsibility has no child organizations.
A responsibility answers "which group of staff is this person part of, and as what?". A governance organization answers "which place or administrative boundary does this person belong to?".
Key Attributes
| Components | What it captures |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the responsibility, such as Doctors or Volunteers. |
| Description | What the responsibility is used for. Optional. |
| Managing Responsibilities | The responsibilities that govern this one. |
| Managed Responsibilities | The responsibilities that this one can govern. |
| Members | The users assigned to the responsibility, each with one designation. |
Designation
Every member of a responsibility holds one designation. Care ships three designations for responsibilities:
| Designation | What the member can do |
|---|---|
| Admin | Manage the responsibility, and manage its members. |
| Manager | List members, and manage members of the responsibilities that this one governs. |
| Member | View the responsibility. |
A designation is a role with the Responsibility context. Care keeps these designations separate from facility and government organization roles. A designation gives no clinical access on its own.
Governance links
Responsibilities are flat, but they are not isolated. One responsibility can govern another. Care calls the two directions Managing Responsibilities and Managed Responsibilities.
A governance link lets an Admin or a Manager of the governing responsibility manage the members of the responsibility below it. A responsibility cannot manage itself.
A responsibility is not a permission bundle. A designation names what a person is in the group. A role in a facility or a government organization decides what a person can do with patients and records. See Roles and permissions.
Related
- Flow: Create a responsibility
- Flow: Assign a user to a responsibility
- Flow: Link responsibilities for governance
- Concept: Organization · Roles and permissions · User
- Reference: Organization · Role