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Var 1 - Admit-from Ward

Revision as of 09:33, 24 July 2008 by TOstryzniuk (talk | contribs) (→Discussion)

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 date.

TOstryzniuk 15:17, 22 July 2008 (CDT)

Legacy Use

  • C - Co-managed patients. Cardiology & ICU attending looking after a patient in MICU.
  • Was used at HSC and STB only, starting ???, ending ??? 2008

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Discussion

  • 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
    • see aboveTOstryzniuk 15:21, 22 July 2008 (CDT)
  • Is the OBS information used at this time? By whom and for what? --Ttenbergen 03:32, 24 July 2008 (CDT)
  • If only certain locations code it, which ones? --Ttenbergen 03:32, 24 July 2008 (CDT)
  • 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)

>>> Trish Ostryzniuk 7/24/2008 12:19 PM >>> Hello

  • I have deleted the following code from the PDA & ACCESS s_table. (This code was for CONCORDIA patients who are looked after by ICU in the telemetry in the ER department): s_var2opt: CC CON: OBS.
  • This code was available in both Var 1 and also in Var 2. It will now only be available in Var 1.

Betty, does this still happen in your ICU much? To date I only have about 6 patients labeled with this code for CON. Those that were in Var 2 we moved to Var 1 in the master database.

  • Let me know if I should even keep this code in Var 1.

Hi Trish,

  • This has not happened in a long time...we now have telemetry on the ward as well as in ER. Only time this ever happens, is when there is a bed crunch and we end up over census with no where else to transfer a patient. It is quite possible that it may happen again sometime.

Betty (CON ICU) July 24.08

    • Okay, will keep in Var 1.

Trish


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