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We track the time ~~medicine~~ patients spend in the ER before being admitted to a medicine ward bed.

We track the time '''Medicine''' patients spend in the ER before being admitted to a medicine ward bed. (not applicable to ICU)

== Purposes of collecting "ER Wait" data: ==

To assess the "time delay" from when a patient is first accepted to Medicine Service while in the site's own ER (emergency room) to when the patient ~~actually~~ arrives in a medicine ward bed of the same hospital. (This is done in conjunction with [[~~Admit date and time | admit time~~]]).

To assess the '''time delay''' from when a patient is first accepted to '''Medicine Physician Service'' while in the site's '''own ER''' (emergency room) to when the patient '''physically arrives''' to a medicine ward bed of the same hospital. (This is done in conjunction with [[Admit_date_and_time#Definition_for_Medicine]]).

== Collection Guideline ==

For every patient admitted from the ER, enter date and time arrived to medicine ward bed

For every patient admitted ''from the ER''', enter date and time arrived to medicine ward bed

*Any patient admitted '''from the ER''' ~~must~~ have one ER Wait date/time entered into tmp file. It does not matter if first bed moved to into an in-service or off-service bed.

*Any patient admitted '''from the ER''' MUST have one ER Wait date/time entered into tmp file. It does not matter if first bed moved to into an in-service or off-service bed.

*project: '''ER_Wait'''

*as appropriate one of the following items

**'''ER ~~admission~~''' - is a patient ~~who is admitted '''TO a medicine service physician ''' '''FROM a '''~~ER ~~physician service~~.

**'''ER admit''' - is the date/time patient arrives on Medicine ward from the ER.

**'''[[Direct admit|Direct Admission]]''' - A direct admission means direct admission '''TO medicine physician service''' but for some reason parked in ER before going to a ward bed. These patients are NOT admitted under a ER physician service prior to being accepted to medicine service. (NOTE: Inter-facility transfers in the region, e.g. ward to another hospital's ward, are not included in this project.)

*the date &~~amp;~~ time arrived in med ward bed from the unit log or nurses note.

*the date & time arrived in med ward bed from the unit log or nurses note.

===TMP file entry===

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**ER_Wait

*ITEM:

**ER ~~Admit~~ (NOTE: For Medicine this is the '''ward arrival''' date and time)

**'''ER admit''' (NOTE: For Medicine only, this is the '''ward arrival''' date and time.)

**direct admit

**'''direct admit'''

*Column E: Date (arrived on ward bed)

*Column M: time (arrived to ward bed)

*The Item label, in TMP, for this project would prefer it to be changed to: ''' ward arrival''' rather than ER ~~Admit~~. This is more intuitive label.-[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 18:23, 2015 December 8 (CST)

*The Item label, in TMP, for this project would prefer it to be changed to: ''' ward arrival''' rather than ER admit. This is more intuitive label.-[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 18:23, 2015 December 8 (CST)

== Collection Parameters ==

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-We track the time medicine patients spend in the ER before being admitted to a medicine ward bed.
+We track the time '''Medicine''' patients spend in the ER before being admitted to a medicine ward bed. (not applicable to ICU)
 == Purposes of collecting "ER Wait" data: ==
-To assess the "time delay" from when a patient is first accepted to Medicine Service while in the site's own ER (emergency room) to when the patient actually arrives in a medicine ward bed of the same hospital. (This is done in conjunction with [[Admit date and time | admit time]]).
+To assess the '''time delay''' from when a patient is first accepted to '''Medicine Physician Service'' while in the site's '''own ER''' (emergency room) to when the patient '''physically arrives''' to a medicine ward bed of the same hospital. (This is done in conjunction with [[Admit_date_and_time#Definition_for_Medicine]]).
 == Collection Guideline ==
-For every patient admitted from the ER, enter date and time arrived to medicine ward bed
+For every patient admitted ''from the ER''', enter date and time arrived to medicine ward bed
-*Any patient admitted '''from the ER''' must have one ER Wait date/time entered into tmp file. It does not matter if first bed moved to into an in-service or off-service bed.
+*Any patient admitted '''from the ER''' MUST have one ER Wait date/time entered into tmp file. It does not matter if first bed moved to into an in-service or off-service bed.
 *project: '''ER_Wait'''
 *as appropriate one of the following items
-**'''ER admission''' - is a patient who is admitted '''TO a medicine service physician ''' '''FROM a '''ER physician service.
+**'''ER admit''' - is the date/time patient arrives on Medicine ward from the ER.
 **'''[[Direct admit|Direct Admission]]''' - A direct admission means direct admission '''TO medicine physician service''' but for some reason parked in ER before going to a ward bed. These patients are NOT admitted under a ER physician service prior to being accepted to medicine service. (NOTE: Inter-facility transfers in the region, e.g. ward to another hospital's ward, are not included in this project.)
-*the date &amp; time arrived in med ward bed from the unit log or nurses note.
+*the date & time arrived in med ward bed from the unit log or nurses note.
 ===TMP file entry===
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 **ER_Wait
 *ITEM:
-**ER Admit (NOTE: For Medicine this is the '''ward arrival''' date and time)
+**'''ER admit''' (NOTE: For Medicine only, this is the '''ward arrival''' date and time.)
-**direct admit
+**'''direct admit'''
 *Column E:  Date (arrived on ward bed)
 *Column M:  time (arrived to ward bed)
 {{Discussion}}
-*The Item label, in TMP, for this project would prefer it to be changed to: ''' ward arrival''' rather than ER Admit. This is more intuitive label.-[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 18:23, 2015 December 8 (CST)
+*The Item label, in TMP, for this project would prefer it to be changed to: ''' ward arrival''' rather than ER admit. This is more intuitive label.-[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 18:23, 2015 December 8 (CST)
 == Collection Parameters ==