Discharge date and time: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:09, 2020 February 12

Legacy only. This data was replaced as part of the 2016 Time and Place changes. See Dispo DtTm.

The Discharge date and time is the time that a patient leaves the unit or dies.

Moved relevant info to Dispo DtTm and removed collection instructions from here to prevent confusion. 2016-07-03

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-We track '''Discharge date and time''' for patients as part of our [[Minimal Data Set]], i.e. this his high-priority data that needs to be collected ASAP.
+ '''''Legacy only. This data was replaced as part of the [[2016 Time and Place changes]]. See [[Dispo DtTm]]. '''''
-The discharge date and time is the time written in the '''unit logbook''' stating when the patient left the unit. If this is not available, use the '''nursing note'''.
-If the patient is discharged at '''24:00/midnight''', use 23:59 hours as the discharge time.
-===Expired===
-Use time of death as discharge date and time. However, for '''[[Organ Donor]]s''' patients see that article.
-== Date and time formats ==
-see [[Date and Time Format]]
-== Data use ==
-Among other things, the times are used to generate statistics about
-* [[:Category: Length of stay | LOS]]
+<onlyinclude>The [[Discharge date and time]] is the time that a patient leaves the unit or dies. </onlyinclude>
-* [[Multiple Encounter]]
-* [[Transfer Delay]]
+Moved relevant info to [[Dispo DtTm]] and removed collection instructions from here to prevent confusion. 2016-07-03
-* [[bed occupancy]]
 == See Also ==
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 *[[Transfer Ready date and time]]
-[[Category: Admit/Discharge]]
-[[Category: Data Collection Guide]]
+[[Category: Legacy Data]]
-[[Category: Registry Data]]