2016 Time and Place changes

Our current system of collecting admit and discharge information is convoluted because it has slowly evolved and never really been updated since the start of collection. We have looked at all the fields involved (incl. concepts like "AMA") and are planning to implement a new system sometime next year. Please have a look at the new system below. We are looking forward to comments. If you see something that will be ambiguous or likely unavailable during your collection, make sure you let us know. Like all changes this will cause some disruption. As you review it, try to think of it from the perspective of a new collector you are training. We are hoping that, from that perspective at least, the new system will be clearer than the old. Many of the fields will draw from the S dispo table.

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Fields

The following fields are being introduced as part of this change:

• Pre acute living situation field
• Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field
• Previous Location field
• previous service field
• Service/Location field
• Dispo field

Arrive DtTm field

The time of the change from "Previous Location field" to "Service/Location". Date and Time combined in single field with form to edit.

Accept DtTm field

The time of the change from "Previous Service" to "Service/Location". Date and Time combined in single field with form to edit.

Dispo DtTm

The time patient physically changes to the state in the dispo field. Date and Time combined in single field with form to edit.

Questions...

• is "copy patient demographics for questioning" button relevant to this?

• Address all questions in S dispo table and S dispo legacy codes table