Avoidable Days (Critical Care): Difference between revisions
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What are we measuring, the time from the written order or the time from when they are stable enough to transfer. The later will require judgement from data collectors. Not all ICU's are great at writing the orders for transfer when the patients are obviously ready. This delay occurs for many reasons. | What are we measuring, the time from the written order or the time from when they are stable enough to transfer. The later will require judgement from data collectors. Not all ICU's are great at writing the orders for transfer when the patients are obviously ready. This delay occurs for many reasons. | ||
*We need some direction on IICU consults.Is this a transfer ready time to a lower level of care? Is that the transfer ready time? It doesn't look good on our reports we the patients don't get transfered and it gets questioned by the office. | |||
===Numerator=== | ===Numerator=== | ||
Num = Total [[Transfer Delay]] in a given period | Num = Total [[Transfer Delay]] in a given period | ||