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This page explains how the components of [[Cognos2]] should be used together to keep track of patients.  
This page explains how the components of [[Cognos2]] should be used together to keep track of patients. Use [[Cognos downtime procedure]] when the report doesn't arrive. This is one of the [[Vacation and staff shortage collection priorities]]. The process uses definitions of the [[PatientFollow Project]] to assign workload to collectors by assigning it to their [[Laptop identifier | laptop]].


Cognos2 consists of the following components that should ideally be used in the following order during a shift:  
Cognos2 consists of the following components that should ideally be used in the following order during a shift:  
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== Steps ==
== Steps ==
If you come across wrong unit or service info while following the steps below, see [[Process for bad data in Cognos]].
=== Finding new admissions ===
=== Finding new admissions ===
Any new admission will result in a new service start. Use the [[Cognos2 Service Starter]] ([[CSS]]) to find all new admissions.  
Any new admission will result in a new service start. Use the [[Cognos2 Service Starter]] ([[CSS]]) to find all new admissions.  
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This process should also fill in the complete [[Minimal Data Set]].
This process should also fill in the complete [[Minimal Data Set]].


* Occasionally a patient will show up on the CSS with a service date that is well before the latest COGNOS data dump.  The most likely reason for this is that the patient was originally a John Doe and was given a MRN (usually beginning with 300 or 301 at HSC) that chart number is changed on discharge if the patient was identified and has a pre-existing MRN.  To resolve this, and to avoid the patient being entered twice, check with your fellow DC's and confirm that it has in fact been entered and then make a decision as to who will keep the profile.
=== Exception: [[John or Jane Doe patient]] ===
Occasionally a patient will show up on the CSS with a service date that is well before the latest COGNOS data dump.  The most likely reason for this is that the patient was originally a [[John or Jane Doe patient]] and was given a MRN (usually beginning with 300 or 301 at HSC) that chart number is changed on discharge if the patient was identified and has a pre-existing MRN.  To resolve this, and to avoid the patient being entered twice, check with your fellow DC's and confirm that it has in fact been entered and then make a decision as to who will keep the profile. See [[John or Jane Doe patient]] for further instructions.
 
=== Exception: HSC IICU ===
See [[HSC_IICU_Collection_Guide#Workload_Sharing_for_HSC_IICU]]


=== Finding new unit arrivals ===
=== Finding new unit arrivals ===
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