Bed borrow

A bed borrow is when a patient is located in one place while really admitted to another.

more to come, this is being split out because it affects a bunch of things.

If a patient overflows into another unit, they are still patient of the unit where they are admitted and in the location on the laptop. Return to the unit is not a transfer.

Background

The concept is important because it affects the Previous Location field, Service/Location field, Dispo field, various cross-checks, and concepts like EMIP, Definition of an ICU admission and Definition of a Medicine Service admission.

Some procedures like Cardioversion or hemodialysis can happen in a bed borrow situation.

According to HSC_Critical_Care_Collection_Guide#STB_CCU_transfers a bed there is sometimes borrowed before a pt is sent on to HSC CCU. Is that still true? Do we ever collect that pt while at STB_CCU?

The concept is the counterpart of an OVER - a patient who is counted as an OVER by one site would be seen as a bed borrow by the site where they actually are.