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* The discharge location will show as '''NG''' in TMSX | * The discharge location will show as '''NG''' in TMSX | ||
* patients admitted from this ward can be coded as having [[HAP-Hospital Acquired Pneumonia]] if applicable | * patients admitted from this ward can be coded as having [[HAP-Hospital Acquired Pneumonia]] if applicable | ||
== background == | |||
Opened January 23, 2014 with a projected bed capacity of 12-15. Duration of opening is expected to exceed one and a half years. Unit was designed to reduce the pressure of opening contingency beds on all 3 Medical Units which have been running at numbers exceeding capacity since the beginning of January 2014. "These patients will be considered discharged so far as the database is concerned and they become a new admission if they bounce back." (as per Dr Roberts). Code these patients as discharged to "Nursing Home Grace" (will be available as of Mon 2014-jan-27), and treat admissions from this ward as new admissions. | |||
[[Category: Data Collection Guide]] | [[Category: Data Collection Guide]] | ||
[[Category: Registry Data]] | [[Category: Registry Data]] | ||
[[Category: Admit/Discharge]] | [[Category: Admit/Discharge]] | ||
Revision as of 11:23, 2014 March 31
Start Date: 2014-Jan-21
A nursing home ward is being set up temporarily at Grace Hospital to host patients that should be discharged to a nursing home but for whom there currently isn't space.
- Collectors will code as discharged to Nursing Home Grace in CCMDB.mdb
- The discharge location will show as NG in TMSX
- patients admitted from this ward can be coded as having HAP-Hospital Acquired Pneumonia if applicable
background
Opened January 23, 2014 with a projected bed capacity of 12-15. Duration of opening is expected to exceed one and a half years. Unit was designed to reduce the pressure of opening contingency beds on all 3 Medical Units which have been running at numbers exceeding capacity since the beginning of January 2014. "These patients will be considered discharged so far as the database is concerned and they become a new admission if they bounce back." (as per Dr Roberts). Code these patients as discharged to "Nursing Home Grace" (will be available as of Mon 2014-jan-27), and treat admissions from this ward as new admissions.