2016 Time and Place changes
Our current system of collecting admit and discharge information is convoluted because it has slowly evolved and never really been updated since the start of collection. We have looked at all the fields involved (incl. concepts like "AMA") and are planning to implement a new system sometime next year. Please have a look at the new system below. We are looking forward to comments. If you see something that will be ambiguous or likely unavailable during your collection, make sure you let us know. Like all changes this will cause some disruption. As you review it, try to think of it from the perspective of a new collector you are training. We are hoping that, from that perspective at least, the new system will be clearer than the old. Many of the fields will draw from the S dispo table.
by the time this is done, all of needs to have been addressed.
Pre-acute living situation field
Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field
see Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field
Previous Location field
Arrive DtTm field
The time of the change from "Previous Location field" to "Service/Location". Date and Time combined in single field with form to edit.
Previous Service field
Accept DtTm field
The time of the change from "Previous Service" to "Service/Location". Date and Time combined in single field with form to edit.
Service/Location field
Dispo DtTm
The time patient physically changes to the state in the dispo field. Date and Time combined in single field with form to edit.
Dispo field
see Dispo field
S_Dispo table
Put contents here when ready
Questions...
- is "copy patient demographics for questioning" button relevant to this?
- Address all questions in S dispo table and S dispo legacy codes table
- do we need a dispo concept for PCH in addition to what is available?