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* Ideally at the beginning of the day, but at least once per shift, check your email and the recent changes on the wiki. The world doesn't stop changing because staff is away, so make sure you know so you don't have to go back and fix your data.

* The very first data collection priority (regardless of personnel limitations) will be to collect the "[[Minimal Data Set]]" on all patients.

* Once the minimal data set is collected on all admitted patients for a given day, if there is time leftover the data collector will identify patients who either '''have left the unit''', or are very '''close to discharge''', and gather the entire data set on as many of those patients as time permits. Finishing some patients rather than keeping up with all will allow for more patient’s data to be sent and will leave fewer patients on the ~~PDA~~ to be followed up on later.

* For medicine, Overstay is a priority.

* Once the minimal data set is collected on all admitted patients for a given day, if there is time leftover the data collector will identify patients who either '''have left the unit''', or are very '''close to discharge''', and gather the entire data set on as many of those patients as time permits. Finishing some patients rather than keeping up with all will allow for more patient’s data to be sent and will leave fewer patients on the laptop to be followed up later.

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 * Ideally at the beginning of the day, but at least once per shift, check your email and the recent changes on the wiki. The world doesn't stop changing because staff is away, so make sure you know so you don't have to go back and fix your data.
 * The very first data collection priority (regardless of personnel limitations) will be to collect the "[[Minimal Data Set]]" on all patients.
-*  Once the minimal data set is collected on all admitted patients for a given day, if there is time leftover the data collector will identify patients who either '''have left the unit''', or are very '''close to discharge''', and gather the entire data set on as many of those patients as time permits. Finishing some patients rather than keeping up with all will allow for more patient’s data to be sent and will leave fewer patients on the PDA to be followed up on later.
+* For medicine, Overstay is a priority.
+*  Once the minimal data set is collected on all admitted patients for a given day, if there is time leftover the data collector will identify patients who either '''have left the unit''', or are very '''close to discharge''', and gather the entire data set on as many of those patients as time permits. Finishing some patients rather than keeping up with all will allow for more patient’s data to be sent and will leave fewer patients on the laptop to be followed up later.
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