Patient copier button

Template:Potential Change We are thinking about adding functionality to CCMBD.mdb but want to make sure it is worthwhile. Also, we want to know a bit more about the proposal to prioritize it against other tasks.

We hear repeatedly about patients being shuffled back and forth between units, or being re-admitted after very short absences from the unit. Sometimes a record for the patient is still on CCMDB from the previous admission. During a recent meeting we discussed the possibility of having a button in the patient record. When that button is pushed, a new patient entry would be generated that would copy a subset of the information of the existing record. The collector would be prompted for a Serial number for the new record.

How useful would this be?

• On a guess, how many patient records a week would be affected by this? Template:Discussion

Critical care:

• CON_MICU -
• GRA_MICU -Once in a while
• HSC_MICU -
• HSC_SICU -
• OAK_MICU -
• STB_CCU -
• STB_CVICU -
• STB_MISI -
• VIC_ICU -0-2 per month

Medicine:

• GRA_N3 - a few times a month
• GRA_N5 -
• HSC_A4 -
• HSC_B3 -
• HSC_D4 - 1-6 per month
• HSC_H4 -
• STB_E5 - 1 per week
• STB_E6 - 1 per week
• VIC_S4 - 0 to 6 per month
• VIC_S5/N5/S3 - 0 to 5 per week

What would be the right things to copy?

Keeping in mind that collectors would certainly have to verify copied information to make sure it is still true on the new admission (not to make sure it copied right...), please add if I have missed any, and comment if you think any are problematic if they were copied.

• Names, Chart, PHIN, DOB, Province, Sex
• Postal Code
• discharge date + 5 min to Admit date? Could make that optional where it asks if you want to do this...
• put previous location into admit from? Again, could make this optional...
• comorbids?
• for medicine: tasks? seems like they would not usually change...
• Overstay color (if generated) for medicine
• From location located on temp tab (type of housing patient resides) for medicine