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== Levels of Care ==

*The list of levels of care from highest to lowest are:

**WRHA ICU, same level of care includes: MICU, SICU, CICU, ACCU, CCU (also for PACU or OR)

**WRHA ICU, same level of care includes: MICU, SICU, CICU, ACCU, CCU, Brandon ICU (also for PACU or OR)

**Other MB RHA ICU or Other Province ICU

**WRHA IICU

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=== When to use the Levels of Care ===

When the intent is to move the patient from a higher level of care to a lower level of care, transfer ready date and time has to be entered corresponding to the physical location where the decision was made. The entries are done following the guidelines in the [[Boarding Loc]] and [[Transfer Ready DtTm tmp entry]].

The level of care of [[Boarding Loc]]s that a patient is actually on is used to aggregate [[Transfer Delay (Medicine)]].

=== Data for levels of care ===

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=== Why are some non-med locations considered "lower" ===

We DO consider some non-medicine locations "lower" levels than are Medicine wards~~, and the reason is that~~ a major purpose of the levels is to be able to ~~count up "wasted" bed-days in ICUs or~~ Medicine ~~wards~~. But of course the care provided in some of these other locations are not truly lower levels.

We consider some non-medicine locations "lower" levels than are Medicine wards because a major purpose of the levels is to be able to determine [[Transfer Delay (Critical Care)]] / [[Transfer Delay (Medicine)]]. But of course the care provided in some of these other locations are not truly lower levels.

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 == Levels of Care ==
 *The list of  levels of care from highest to lowest are:
-**WRHA ICU, same level of care includes: MICU, SICU, CICU, ACCU, CCU (also for PACU or OR)
+**WRHA ICU, same level of care includes: MICU, SICU, CICU, ACCU, CCU, Brandon ICU (also for PACU or OR)
 **Other MB RHA ICU or Other Province ICU <!--(confirmed by Dr. Allan Garland 2Oct2017)-->
 **WRHA IICU
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 === When to use the Levels of Care ===
-When the intent is to move the patient from a higher level of care to a lower level of care, transfer ready date and time has to be entered corresponding to the physical location  where the decision was made.  The entries are done following the guidelines in the [[Boarding Loc]] and [[Transfer Ready DtTm tmp entry]].
+When the intent is to move the patient from a higher level of care to a lower level of care, transfer ready date and time has to be entered corresponding to the physical location where the decision was made. The entries are done following the guidelines in the [[Boarding Loc]] and [[Transfer Ready DtTm tmp entry]].
+The level of care of [[Boarding Loc]]s that a patient is actually on is used to aggregate [[Transfer Delay (Medicine)]].
 === Data for levels of care ===
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 === Why are some non-med locations considered "lower" ===
-We DO consider some non-medicine locations "lower" levels than are Medicine wards, and the reason is that a major purpose of the levels is to be able to count up "wasted" bed-days in ICUs or Medicine wards. But of course the care provided in some of these other locations are not truly lower levels.
+We consider some non-medicine locations "lower" levels than are Medicine wards because a major purpose of the levels is to be able to determine [[Transfer Delay (Critical Care)]] / [[Transfer Delay (Medicine)]]. But of course the care provided in some of these other locations are not truly lower levels.
 == Related articles ==