Overstay Predictor Project Collection Instructions: Difference between revisions

# Because of the above mentioned delay, there are some N5 patients who will not have the Overstay data entered because the form is blank eg. Short stay< 24hrs either pt. died or transferred. The Short stay patients are obviously not the ones that overstay, therefore they are of no real concern. If there is no Nurse Discharge Screening Tool and therefore no classification for these patients there is no impact on the process other than we will have a discrepancy in the statistics i.e. 20 patients discharged from 5N of which 8 were green, 10 were yellow, 1 was red and 1 has no color. If were pressed to explain this we will had the admission and transfer discharge dates and be able to note the early discharge. I was told these short stays are rare.  

# If a patient is transferred between wards are we to complete a D/C screening tool? I thought that until all medical wards were included in the project we were to complete the form on all admissions to N5.There was one pt. who was transferred between wards who had already been paneled and awaiting placement in a nursing home. In this circumstance the screening tool wasn’t done (Helen decided it was not necessary). ''The Screening tool only has to be completed once. In September all patients will have the screening tool done upon admission so there should be no patients transferred onto the ward without one. In the interim if a patient is transferred on to the unit without one the screening tool needs to be completed''--[[User:LHathout|LHathout]] 13:50, 2012 August 31 (CDT)

To: Linda Hathout

===Comment===