Parked in ER tmp entry

A patient is considered parked in ER if they are a direct admit who gets stuck in the ER. Two types of Direct admit - already an Inpatient and not an Inpatient.

collection instructions

for patient arriving at a ward/unit via parked in ER

• Previous Location field, enter one of
  • HSC - ER (parked)
  • GRA - ER (parked)
  • CON - ER (parked)
  • OAK - ER (parked)
  • STB - ER (parked)

• For Inpatient direct admit -
  • Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field, enter the other site/unit/ward (including the HSC/STB/GRA EMIPs) they were last sent from

• For Non Inpatient -
  • go to Tmp Project Accept Location and follow the instruction on how to enter the non inpatient location they were last sent from

• Previous Service field, enter the service of the sending site if available, otherwise enter Unknown

Data to be Reported

• for Inpatient direct admit
  • Site Ward via ED
  • Site ICU via ED

• For Non Inpatient direct Admit (e.g. Emergency, Ambulatory Clinic, PCH, Home)
  • Site Emergency via ED
  • Site Ambulatory via ED
  • PCH via ED
  • Home via ED

for patient leaving a ward/unit via parked in ER

Into Dispo, enter the new ward that the patient will go to. The option ER (direct) will not be available.

Dates

• Start Date = Oct 10, 2017
• End Date = Indefinite

Data use

What reports use this?

• inter facility transfers report (semi annual and Fiscal year) given to Critical Care Admin Director and Quality Officer.
• patient flow - where patient were have been admitted FROM

How is it used?

• To distinguish the reason of transfer due to bed management reason
• To distinguish the reason of transfer due Medical Necessity reason
• To determine the flow of patients from teaching hospital to teaching hospital, teaching to community, community to teaching, community to community, from outside city/province facility to regional hospital.

related concepts

• Dispo_field#Discharge_to_ER
• Off ward field
• Category:Overflow
• EMIP
• ECIP