Medical Incompetency tracking

this is not live yet, probably early 2016

Patients who are declared medically incompetent can have much delayed discharges so we want to track when this happens.

Data Collection Instructions

for which patients to code

Must have a "Form 21" - The Mental Health Act, c M110(Sub-section 60(1)) - Certificate of Mental Incapacity

how to code

Proposed:

• Project: MedIncomp
• Item: form dated
• Date/time: time form 21 is dated from

Start/End Dates

• Start: new patients admitted on or after 2015-02-01
• End: there is no planned end date

What if a Power of Attorney exists for the patient?

If patient/client already has a POA [Power of Attorney] for any reason and becomes incompetent then the form may not be required as they can initiate any/all decisions arising from this determination. We will not include these patients in the data collection for this project. (As confirmed by Dr. Garland. --CMarks 14:18, 2016 January 20 (CST))

Does Psych need to be involved?

Psych may or may not be invovled in the determination whether a patient is medically incompetent. We don't care about that for the collection of this item.

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SAS Program

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See also

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