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'''Med Var 2''' is used track the specific ward a patient was '''[[Admit From & Discharged To|discharged to]]. The [[statistician]] uses this data to detect patients with a [[Multiple_Encounters_and_Readmissions#Continuous_Hospital_Stay | continuous hospital stay]].
'''Med Var 2''' is used track the specific ward a patient was '''[[Admit From & Discharged To|discharged to]]. The [[statistician]] uses this data to detect patients with a [[Multiple_Encounters_and_Readmissions#Continuous_Hospital_Stay | continuous hospital stay]].


Enter the specific ward at your hospital that the patient was discharged from before coming to your ward. Possible values are listed in the Var 2 dropdown box. If the ward is not available in the dropdown or can't be determined from charting, choose "OTH".
Once [[CCMDB.mdb_Change_Log_2012#ver_2012-01-05]] is rolled out, Enter the specific ward at '''''any''''' hospital that the patient was discharged from before coming to your ward. Possible values are listed in the Var 2 dropdown box. If the ward is not available in the dropdown or can't be determined from charting, choose "OTH".
 
''We are working on allowing the entry of this data also from other sites. As of now, the program will list only wards from the own site. The change is on the list of [[requested CCMDB changes for the next version]]. [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 10:10, 14 October 2011 (CDT)''


== Data Structure ==
== Data Structure ==

Revision as of 08:45, 6 January 2012

Med Var 2 is used track the specific ward a patient was discharged to. The statistician uses this data to detect patients with a continuous hospital stay.

Once CCMDB.mdb_Change_Log_2012#ver_2012-01-05 is rolled out, Enter the specific ward at any hospital that the patient was discharged from before coming to your ward. Possible values are listed in the Var 2 dropdown box. If the ward is not available in the dropdown or can't be determined from charting, choose "OTH".

Data Structure

See Category:Variable_codes_1_to_6 for details The dropdown is driven by the S varOptions table.

Data Integrity Checks

Any medicine patient who is discharged to a ward at the same hospital must have Var 2 entered.