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*Primary Investigator: [[Dr. Dan Roberts]] | *Primary Investigator: [[Dr. Dan Roberts]] | ||
== | == Instructions == | ||
For every '''medicine''' patient at the '''Grace''' hospital, '''as soon as possible''', but definitely within 48 business hrs of admission: | |||
* find the new "Overstay" form on the chart and enter the content of the first 6 check boxes into tmp entries (one to one, no interpretation necessary) (I will add a picture of the form here once we have one) | |||
* Also enter at least the following | |||
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* Click the new “Overstay” button on the patient viewer form next to the notes field and it will turn a colour. | |||
** If the chart already has a sticker that colour then you are done | |||
** if the colour in the program is different from the one on the chart put a sticker of the program colour over the sticker on the chart. Stickers will be supplied. | |||
== Purpose == | |||
A small number of patients overstays for a significant amount of time after they are medically ready for discharge. Though the number of patients is small, a significant proportion of bed-days is wasted in the process. We are piloting a process at the Grace where an "overstay coordinator" will be assigned to patients at risk of overstaying. Whether a patient is at risk is determined by the ward nurse assessing risk factors on a form, and by an assessment algorithm that takes into account the values mentioned as mandatory above; the combination of these results in a chart being assigned a colour sticker, and the transition coordinators monitor these chart stickers. | |||
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Revision as of 18:55, 19 April 2012
Overstay Predictor Project for Medicine - collection team meeting discussion
- Primary Investigator: Dr. Dan Roberts
Instructions
For every medicine patient at the Grace hospital, as soon as possible, but definitely within 48 business hrs of admission:
- find the new "Overstay" form on the chart and enter the content of the first 6 check boxes into tmp entries (one to one, no interpretation necessary) (I will add a picture of the form here once we have one)
- Also enter at least the following
- Click the new “Overstay” button on the patient viewer form next to the notes field and it will turn a colour.
- If the chart already has a sticker that colour then you are done
- if the colour in the program is different from the one on the chart put a sticker of the program colour over the sticker on the chart. Stickers will be supplied.
Purpose
A small number of patients overstays for a significant amount of time after they are medically ready for discharge. Though the number of patients is small, a significant proportion of bed-days is wasted in the process. We are piloting a process at the Grace where an "overstay coordinator" will be assigned to patients at risk of overstaying. Whether a patient is at risk is determined by the ward nurse assessing risk factors on a form, and by an assessment algorithm that takes into account the values mentioned as mandatory above; the combination of these results in a chart being assigned a colour sticker, and the transition coordinators monitor these chart stickers.