This entity is focused on the administration of a plan item within the Service Planning Administration component. A plan item can be associated with one or more sub-goals which in turn are associated with one or more service plan goals. An administrator can specify a plan item cost, whether it requires approval and can indicate whether it will integrate with another Curam object, e.g. a product delivery.

Example

A case worker creates a Return to Work service plan for participant Linda Smith as she has recently become unemployed. A goal of Sustainable Employment is selected for this service plan.

Linda Smith is unable to pay for transport to get to work, therefore a Transportation sub-goal is added to the service plan. A Mileage Reimbursement plan item is added to the service plan to allow Linda to overcome the barrier that's currently preventing her from gaining Sustainable Employment.

The following has been set up in the Administration component to achieve to this:

• An administrator creates a Return to Work service plan.
• A Sustainable Employment goal is then added.
• A Transportation sub-goal is linked to the goal, and a Mileage Reimbursement plan item to the Transportation sub-goal.
• The configuration of the properties of a plan item is specific to the behavior of each individual plan item. The Curam client is responsible for defining this behavior.