Dispo DtTm field

The Dispo DtTm field contains the time a patient changed status from what is documented in Service/Location field to Dispo field.

Collection Instruction

For each patient enter the date and time when the patient left the unit as written in the unit logbook, EPR, nursing note or chart whichever is more accurate at your site.

We track Dispo DtTm field for patients as part of our Minimal Data Set, i.e. this his high-priority data that needs to be collected ASAP.

discharge at midnight

If the patient is discharged at 24:00/midnight, use 23:59 hours as the discharge time. This is so that Minimal Data Set can check for date being entered properly even if time is not yet available.

Expired

Use time of death as Dispo DtTm. However, for Organ Donors patients see that article.

Data use

Among other things, the times are used to generate statistics about

• LOS
• Multiple Encounter
• Transfer Delay
• bed occupancy

Template:CCMDB Data Integrity Checks

• Function Dispo Chronological()
• Function long LOS()

Legacy

This field is part of the 2016 Time and Place changes. Similar to the old Discharge date and time.