Postal code collection
A postal code is collected for all patients admitted to a hospital within the WRHA. The postal code collected is from the address that a person permanently resides in any province in Canada.
The entry L_TmpV2 entry for Postal Code collection will be automatically created for any new patient created. Data is collected for socioeconomic stratification of population by geographic area.
Collection Instruction
Enter the postal code in the automatically generated PostalCode record in the temp table.
- "Q"(note, that's the last field on the form, not the first!): enter the patient's postal code example only: X1X1X1, ie no space
- Use Upper Case letters in the postal code with no space between please.
- When the postal code is not available, tick off the "B" and leave the space for postal code blank
Special Cases
Homeless with proxy address
If you have a homeless person admitted who lists their address as Siloam Mission or the Salvation Army/Booth's Place, use their postal code as provided.
Institutionalized patients
For patients who live in care homes, use the institution's postal code.
Inmates
For inmates such as from Stoney Mountain or Headingley use the institution's postal code.
Postal Code not available
If a postal code is unavailable for a patient, tick off the "B" and leave the space for postal code blank. e.g.:
- John/Jane Doe
- out-of-country patient
- chart doesn't have postal code
Template:CCMDB Data Integrity Checks
- If reside in Province: MB, then patients need to have a postal code record to be final checked or check box "B" if unable to find on chart.
- Unlike other tmp entries, this entry is not checked as part of the pre-send checker.
- Postal Codes must be in uppercase, no spaces allowed format should be: example only: "X1X1X1"
- code to check that postal codes are of the right letter/number format
- confirmed 2014-Jul-07 that this check will prevent final-check for tmp when no postal code is entered.
- if province MB than postal code must start with "R"
- Template:Discussion anything else for here?
Dates
Start Date: 2011-12-08 (Start putting in the postal code for new admissions on and after January 1, 2012) End Date: None / Permanent Collection