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.