Parked in ER tmp entry

A patient is considered parked in ER if they are a direct admit who gets stuck in the ER. Two types of Direct admit - already an Inpatient and not an Inpatient.

collection instructions

for patient arriving at a ward/unit via parked in ER

Previous Location field, enter one of
- HSC - ER (parked)
- GRA - ER (parked)
- CON - ER (parked)
- OAK - ER (parked)
- STB - ER (parked)

For Inpatient direct admit -
- Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field, enter the other site/unit/ward (including the HSC/STB/GRA EMIPs) they were last sent from

For Non Inpatient -
- go to Tmp Project Accept Location and follow the instruction on how to enter the non inpatient location they were last sent from

Previous Service field, enter the service of the sending site if available, otherwise enter Unknown

Data to be Reported

for Inpatient direct admit
- Site Ward via ED
- Site ICU via ED

For Non Inpatient direct Admit (e.g. Emergency, Ambulatory Clinic, PCH, Home)
- Site Emergency via ED
- Site Ambulatory via ED
- PCH via ED
- Home via ED

for patient leaving a ward/unit via parked in ER

Into Dispo, enter the new ward that the patient will go to. The option ER (direct) will not be available.

Dates

Start Date = Oct 10, 2017
End Date = Indefinite

Data use

What reports use this?

inter facility transfers report (semi annual and Fiscal year) given to Critical Care Admin Director and Quality Officer.
patient flow - where patient were have been admitted FROM

How is it used?

To distinguish the reason of transfer due to bed management reason
To distinguish the reason of transfer due Medical Necessity reason
To determine the flow of patients from teaching hospital to teaching hospital, teaching to community, community to teaching, community to community, from outside city/province facility to regional hospital.