Service/Location field

Data Element (edit)
Field Name:	Service_Location
CCMDB Label:	Service Location
CCMDB tab:	Dispo
Table:	L_Log table
Data type:	number
Length:	long integer
Program:	Med and CC
Created/Raw:	Raw
Start Date:	2016-07-01
End Date:	2300-01-01
Sort Index:	40
Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements):	ICU Interfacility Report

Collection location a patient is admitted to.

• SMW

Legacy implementation right in the table

• Cargo

• Categories

• Forms

Collection Instruction

Enter the physical location of the patient.

If you know the location exactly, you can type it. otherwise use the "?" button. The dropdown is limited to locations where a laptop collects.

Only service locations allowed to be collected on this laptop based on its Settings (CCMBD.mdb) will be listed.

Patients in bed borrow locations on other wards or units are coded as the home unit. Collectors can use "record" field for tracking actual location.

Adding a new service/location entry

• add to s_dispo table
• add to s_locations_allowed_collection table
• consider all checks in Category:Site/Location check to see if they need to be modified to work right for the new location.

Data Use / Purpose

See Site and Location table for possible entries.

Use to determine the location or services the patient went during a hospital stay.

Use to categorize/stratify the distribution of patients across hospitals and wards/units when reporting summary statistics.

Template:CCMDB Data Integrity Checks

• part of Minimal Data Set
• previous_NE_Location() - Previous Location field can't be same as Service/Location field
• preAdmit_NE_Location() - Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field can't be same as Service/Location field
• location_NE_dispo() - Service/Location field can't be same as Dispo field

Reports

To be filled in

Implementation

The field is populated with options from the s_dispo table.

Legacy

This field is part of the 2016 Time and Place changes and corresponds to to the old Location field, resp L_Log.R_Location.