Var 1 - Admit-from Ward

ICU Var 1 is used to tag ICU patients as follows:

OBS - Tags an ICU patient who is in the observation unit in the ER (emergency department) while under ICU attending care. (example: Concordia ICU patients has frequently sent ICU patients to the telemetry unit in their ER while still under ICU attending care). (tag started CON July 2006). Not many tagged to dated.

TOstryzniuk 15:17, 22 July 2008 (CDT)

Legacy Use

C - Co-managed patients. Cardiology & ICU attending looking after a patient in MICU.

clarify: does OBS mean a patient who is in the ICU for observation, or an ICU patient who has gone to obs/er? I don't know what Obs means here, maybe someone else knows? Tina?
- As far as ICU at STB is concerned we don't use variable 1 at this time. LKolesar

Overflow to other units - Critical Care HSC and STB only still refers to this one. Looks like usage has changed. One or both locations need to be updated. Tina.
- Not sure what you mean here?TOstryzniuk 15:21, 22 July 2008 (CDT)
  - Follow the link. The page refers to how var 1 may be used at those locations. Is the information on that page still accurate? If a corrected version still refers to Var1, this page should refer to it. If not, the comment is done. Ttenbergen 16:10, 22 July 2008 (CDT)
    - This page lists out examples of how to code overflows and includes the Co-managed CCU/MICU patients. The Co-managed ones are LEGACY examples. On that page how to you relegate the items with VAR 1 C to legacy examples?TOstryzniuk 17:26, 22 July 2008 (CDT)
      - If you mean the "overflow to other units" page lists legacy items, then that is what I mean. That page and this current article both talk about Var 1 use, so they should be the same. If there is Legacy info, it should be moved under a heading "Legacy" and added to the "Legacy Data" category. Also, we would need dates when that collection started and ended. Ttenbergen 09:11, 23 July 2008 (CDT)