Overstay Predictor Project Collection Instructions

Changes coming July 31 2017 - stay tuned. 

The following instructions explain how to collect data in support of the Overstay Predictor Project.

Instructions for admissions starting Jul 31 2017

This article documents what data collectors need to do to collect information for the Overstay project.

This project is one of the Vacation and staff shortage collection priorities!

No entries are required in the TMP section. (AutoEntry of DPST form in tmp will disappear.)

In addition to Minimal Data Set

The following items need to be entered before the generation of the chart colour in the next step because the algorithm uses this data:

• Date of Birth
• Province
• Accept DtTm if used, else Arrive DtTm
• Pre-admit Inpatient Institution
• ADL
• Glasgow Coma Scale
• important: List of diagnoses affecting Overstay Project

Generate colour

Once the required information has been entered click the "Overstay" button on the patient viewer screen next to the Notes field and it will turn a colour based on an underlying algorithm.

The program will ask you if this is the final colour you will submit. If so, it will be stored and sent. The colour will also be automatically added to the beginning of the Notes field, since most collectors were manually putting it there anyways.

• GRAY - if some needed data is missing you will not be able to generate a colour; there will be a specific error, please act on it; there are no gray stickers, gray is just a colour the laptop will give when it gets bad data for the algorithm.
• RED - significant risk for discharge delays
• YELLOW - anyone who is not red

Red Chart Stickers

If the colour is red place a 3/4" red round sticker on the spine of the patient chart. Template:Discussion Who is providing the stickers? Or who has in the past? Ttenbergen 14:44, 2017 July 18 (CDT)

Other coloured dots on charts?

There is currently a small red dot used to indicate long term chart. Template:Discussion

• Are these small red dots used at all sites? Ttenbergen 14:44, 2017 July 18 (CDT)

• Is there any risk of someone confusing these small red dots with our overstay ones? Ttenbergen 14:44, 2017 July 18 (CDT)

• Are you talking about the small dots that the ward staff use on the addressograghs?--CMarks 12:56, 2013 July 30 (CDT)
  • any dots that might be confused with ours, eg by new staff misunderstanding training. Do you think those might be? Ttenbergen 09:44, 2017 July 19 (CDT)

even at STB?

• At STB at this time the data collectors do not travel to the ward to review charts as they are able to retrieve all their information from EPR. Once this change is implemented, do they need to go to the ward every day to put stickers on the charts? Who will be looking at these stickers which are put on the charts here at STB? Are all sticker colors essential on the chart spine? If the unit manager is being notified of red ones perhaps this email notification is sufficient for the purposes of the overstay project? (instead of red sticker). Just checking to make sure we all understand this new change. --LKolesar 07:37, 2017 July 19 (CDT)
  • At this time the plan would be for all (incl STB) medicine collectors to put dots on physical charts. We discussed only notifying the manager by email with the requestor of the project, but they really want the dots. One thing we considered was the possibility of putting something equivalent to the red dot onto Medworxx. I am looking into that. Ttenbergen 09:44, 2017 July 19 (CDT)
  • Do the data collectors need to put the "red" patients into the coordinator binder also or is this not needed now?--LKolesar 09:54, 2017 July 19 (CDT)

Notifying the Unit Manager

If a patient is identified as red, send an email to the unit manager.

Template:Discussion We are going to automate that process at least partially, using something similar to the email buttons you already have. Details to come. Ttenbergen 14:44, 2017 July 18 (CDT)

Possible Scenarios

Possible Scenario - Patient transferred from other ward - admit ward was participating ward

If the patient was admitted from a another medicine ward at the same location, and if that ward also participates in the Overstay project, then the original Yellow/Red designation is retained. Ensure that these charts have the appropriate colour dot on them. If they were pre-determined to be a "red" then the name and date of the patient transferred in should be written in the transition coordinator binder, indicating that they are a transfer in from another ward.

The completed form, with colour written on it, should arrive on the new unit with the patient. The designated colour should be written on the form.

If the patient is admitted to a participating ward, then transferred to a non-participating ward, and finally back to a participating ward, then use the colour on the original ward.

Template:Discussion Need to discuss with Julie how this will work. There will no longer be a form to travel along. What would happen if we just generated the colour again and stripped out values for transferred pts later? Ttenbergen 14:44, 2017 July 18 (CDT)

• If generating the color every time will simplify the instructions to the DC, this is fine with me. In the analysis, I will only use the color of the first ward admission and not the succeeding transfers. --JMojica 16:15, 2017 July 18 (CDT)
  • OK, will take out these instructions when I clean up since it will now be simply matter of generating a colour in every case. Ttenbergen 09:59, 2017 July 19 (CDT)

• Tina, is it possible to have an article in WIKI about the Overstay model and the cut-off value that designate color? Thanks. --JMojica 16:15, 2017 July 18 (CDT)
  • added: Overstay Predictor Project Algorithm Ttenbergen 09:59, 2017 July 19 (CDT)

Possible Scenario - Patient transferred from other ward - admit ward was NON-participating ward

If the patient is transferred either from or via any unit not participating in the Overstay project (e.g. an ICU) generate a colour.

Possible Scenario - colour change due to data entry error

After 24 hours all information required to make the assessment as to if the patient is at risk should be available (or not known to the nurse within the first 24 hours and thus considered a risk). The only case where the colour should be changed is if the data-collector knew they had made an error on data entry. In that case, click the button again and answer "yes" to the question whether this is the final entry; this will overwrite the previous entry in the tmp table, and it will add the new entry to the beginning of the Notes field. This means you may have multiple colours in notes, the first one being the current one. It is not be necessary to document when a sticker colour changes. Just change the colour.

• Tina, how are these color changes being handled when sending the data - which color appears in the table L_TmpV2? Can we assume that the last color entry is the final color? JMojica 11:33, 2015 April 30 (CDT) Template:Discussion
  • I will need to review in the CCMDB.mdb... Ttenbergen 11:33, 2015 May 1 (CDT)
    • I still need to review... Ttenbergen 14:44, 2017 July 18 (CDT)

Possible Scenario - Patient died/discharged before data collection

Enter anyway and generate colour. Do not contact Unit Manager.

Possible Scenario - EMIP patient that never made it to the ward

Enter anyway and generate colour. Do not contact Unit Manager.

Possible Scenario - Off ward patients

For patients with Off ward field = true, Enter anyway and generate colour. Template:Discussion Which unit manager do we contact? Ttenbergen 14:44, 2017 July 18 (CDT)

Instructions admissions before Jul 30 2017

see Pre-2017-07-30 Overstay Predictor Project Collection Instructions