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If a patient is admitted from a CAU, code [[Previous Location]] as one of | If a patient is admitted from a CAU, code [[Previous Location]] as one of | ||
*HSC - ER (CAU) | *HSC - ER (CAU) | ||
**code [[Previous Service]] as '''Emergency Medicine''' (as confirmed by Con and Lou)Sept 2017. | |||
*GRA - ER (CAU) | *GRA - ER (CAU) | ||
*STB - ER (CAU) | {{Discussion}} | ||
** I was just speaking with Marusia and she told me that the CAU patients here at the Grace are being treated as admitted patients rather than ER patients. They are being admitted currently to 4 East under Family Medicine. The thinking was that they have been dealt with by ER but not deemed ready for discharge but they do not want them being seen as ER patients. Should we be admitting them as from an inpatient unit with Family Medicine being the prior service? Thanks [[p:Stephanie Cortilet | Stephanie]] | |||
***I will check what HSC CAU and STB CAU is doing? HSC has a CAU, but last month they were under ER service, not sure if that has changed yet. Not sure if STB has a CAU set up yet? | |||
***Based on info you provided, it makes sense then that this is an ADMIT from is an Inpatient location and Service is Family medicine. | |||
*STB - ER (CAU)located on 2B | |||
{{Discussion}} | |||
*not sure what physician service that the patient is under when moved to CAU at STB? Lookng into it.[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 14:53, 2017 October 25 (CDT) | |||
=== EMIP === | === EMIP === | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 2017 October 25
CAU - Clinical Assessment Unit
This unit is part of the emergency medicine department. It is a location where patients are harboured who are are waiting on acquisition of resources (diagnostics and consults) for 24 hrs or more before they are safely returned to community.
This is not considered to be an inpatient location.
Collection instructions
If a patient is admitted from a CAU, code Previous Location as one of
- HSC - ER (CAU)
- code Previous Service as Emergency Medicine (as confirmed by Con and Lou)Sept 2017.
- GRA - ER (CAU)
- I was just speaking with Marusia and she told me that the CAU patients here at the Grace are being treated as admitted patients rather than ER patients. They are being admitted currently to 4 East under Family Medicine. The thinking was that they have been dealt with by ER but not deemed ready for discharge but they do not want them being seen as ER patients. Should we be admitting them as from an inpatient unit with Family Medicine being the prior service? Thanks Stephanie
- I will check what HSC CAU and STB CAU is doing? HSC has a CAU, but last month they were under ER service, not sure if that has changed yet. Not sure if STB has a CAU set up yet?
- Based on info you provided, it makes sense then that this is an ADMIT from is an Inpatient location and Service is Family medicine.
- I was just speaking with Marusia and she told me that the CAU patients here at the Grace are being treated as admitted patients rather than ER patients. They are being admitted currently to 4 East under Family Medicine. The thinking was that they have been dealt with by ER but not deemed ready for discharge but they do not want them being seen as ER patients. Should we be admitting them as from an inpatient unit with Family Medicine being the prior service? Thanks Stephanie
- STB - ER (CAU)located on 2B
- not sure what physician service that the patient is under when moved to CAU at STB? Lookng into it.Trish Ostryzniuk 14:53, 2017 October 25 (CDT)
EMIP
In Sept 2017 Con investigated whether any patients in the CAU are ever EMIPs; she found that there should not be. If any collector comes across an EMIP from one of these locations, please update this.
CAU Details
HSC
see HSC Community and Clinical Decision Unit (CCDU)
Grace
- GGH CAU due to open Monday, October 16/17
- will have 10 beds
- Manager is Kathy Kwiatkowski (see Grace N3 contact information)
STB
start date: Template:Discussion