Allied Health Consults
Please do not discuss this project with other staff except collectors at your sites. This project will observe staff behaviour and we are concerned about a Hawthorne effect.
Purpose
To determine how many allied health consults patients are getting, in part to determine the effect of the Overstay Predictor Project on this variable.
Audit Dates
Starting: TBD, early Nov Ending: Trish? Template:Discussion
Collection Instructions
Generate a record for the first allied health consult during an admission to your ward:
- Project:AlliedHC
- Item (as appropriate):
- Home Care
- Physio
- OT
- Social work
- no other fields need to be filled ie no times etc.
Data use and analysis
The data will be analyzed as part of the Overstay project. Tina is involved with that and can provide it directly.