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AMA should be entered whether the patient follows the WRHA AMA process (signing form etc) or just goes AWOL. This will lead to proper reporting for the first two points, and it will allow a chart review to exclude AWOL person depending on the data requirements in the third case.
AMA should be entered whether the patient follows the WRHA AMA process (signing form etc) or just goes AWOL. This will lead to proper reporting for the first two points, and it will allow a chart review to exclude AWOL person depending on the data requirements in the third case.


Generally the discharge date/time is when the person left AMA, or was noted to be gone and assumed AMA.  If a bed is "held" and the patient indeed returns, goes back into that bed without being readmitted (because the bed was held), then this isn't to be considered to be an AMA.
The [[Dispo DtTm field]] is when the person left AMA, or was noted to be gone and assumed AMA.  If a bed is "held" and the patient indeed returns, goes back into that bed without being readmitted (because the bed was held), then this isn't to be considered to be an AMA. This follows the same kind of reasoning as [[Visits to temporary locations]].
 
{{DA|  '''JALT'''
* In terms of avoidable bed days, they often hold the bed for a day, as you said, but if the patient does not return, would we not want this in the avoidable bed days?  Therefore the dispo date and time would be when the bed is given up?  I believe EPR already uses this as their dispo date and time [[User:Lkaita|Lisa Kaita]] 08:04, 2022 April 29 (CDT)
** if did not return, I think we should consider the  holding of bed as  transfer delay.  The bed should have been given to new patient from the dttm the bed was put on hold. I agree that dispo is when the bed was given up.  --[[User:JMojica|JMojica]] 16:12, 2022 April 29 (CDT)
*** This would not be a transfer delay at all. Someone walking out AMA is different from someone being transfer ready, it could be someone who should still be in hospital but leaves to find their next hit. I am not sure how common the different scenarios of AMA are, though. Maybe it's a task meeting item? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 12:40, 2022 May 4 (CDT)
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==== [[Homeless]] patients ====
==== [[Homeless]] patients ====

Revision as of 11:33, 2022 June 8

Data Element (edit)
Field Name: dispo
CCMDB Label: Dispo
CCMDB tab: Dispo
Table: L Log table
Data type: number
Length: long
Program: Med and CC
Created/Raw: Raw
Start Date: 2016-07-01
End Date: 2300-01-01
Sort Index: 41

The Dispo field contains information about what happens to the patient at the end of their admission.

  • SMW

Legacy implementation right in the table

  • Cargo


  • Categories
  • Forms


Collection Instruction

surviving patients

AMA

Enter "AMA (left against medical advice)" for patients who leave against medical advice (type "AMA" to open up drop down).

AMA is used as follows:

  1. AMA is being excluded in the calculation of Readmission rate.
  2. AMA is being counted as HOME in reporting for the location the patient went after discharge.
  3. AMA as itself for specific request.

AMA should be entered whether the patient follows the WRHA AMA process (signing form etc) or just goes AWOL. This will lead to proper reporting for the first two points, and it will allow a chart review to exclude AWOL person depending on the data requirements in the third case.

The Dispo DtTm field is when the person left AMA, or was noted to be gone and assumed AMA. If a bed is "held" and the patient indeed returns, goes back into that bed without being readmitted (because the bed was held), then this isn't to be considered to be an AMA. This follows the same kind of reasoning as Visits to temporary locations.

Homeless patients

If a homeless patient is discharged, either to a place like Siloam Mission or even without a specific plan, then code them as discharged to home. Consider whether they might have left AMA.

Prison / Jail / Correctional Institution

If a patient is discharged to prison, jail or a correctional institution, code this as a Institution NOS.

Discharged to ER or Urgent Care

If you discharge a patient to the ER or Urgent Care, you can't enter this in the dispo field. The reason is that this should not happen. If it really does happen:

  • enter Other Continents - unknown/other (this is a very rare entry so when we see it, we can question it. Put a note in to the Notes field so Pagasa can check there first.)
  • email Pagasa so she can enter your ER / Urgent Care location as dispo.

We don't want ER to be available in the dropdown because it had been mistakenly entered a number of times. If it turns out there are a lot of legitimate discharges to ER we will make the option available.

Visits to temporary locations

See Visits to temporary locations

Deceased patients

See

"Can we remove the items that are no longer Service/Locations, Previous Locations, Pre-admit Inpatient Institutions or dispo locations from the dropdowns?"

We can and will remove them, but that can only happen once no more laptops use them. We will need to keep track of this and then remove them when ready. If I removed them now, then any box that currently has them enter would misbehave.

query of what is currently available

SQL   
SELECT s_dispo.location_name, s_dispo.Site, s_dispo.active, s_dispo.inpatient, s_dispo.previous_location, s_dispo.s_location, s_dispo.dispo
FROM s_dispo
WHERE (((s_dispo.Site)>"") AND ((s_dispo.active)=True) AND ((s_dispo.inpatient)=True)) OR (((s_dispo.Site)>"") AND ((s_dispo.active)=True) AND ((s_dispo.previous_location)=True)) OR (((s_dispo.Site)>"") AND ((s_dispo.active)=True) AND ((s_dispo.s_location)=True)) OR (((s_dispo.Site)>"") AND ((s_dispo.active)=True) AND ((s_dispo.dispo)=True));

Query of what is currently used

query z_s_dispo_inactivatable

Data Use

  • Unit Mortality
  • Intra or Inter Transfer Rate
  • Discharges out of hospital
  • Organ donor rate
  • AMA Rate
  • Linking admissions

Cross checks

Data Integrity Checks (automatic list)

 AppStatus
Check pre acute consistentCCMDB.accdbdeclined
Function Validate DispoCCMDB.accdbimplemented
Check function location NE dispoCCMDB.accdbimplemented
Query check ICD10 dx implying death must have appropriate dispoCCMDB.accdbimplemented
Query check dispo lower acuity than locationCCMDB.accdbretired
Link suspect dead then alive queryCentralized data front end.accdbimplemented
Link suspect mismatch to ours incomplete queryCentralized data front end.accdbimplemented
Link suspect not same visitAdmitDtTm queryCentralized data front end.accdbimplemented
Query cardiac arrest throughout admissionCentralized data front end.accdbneeds review

Implementation

The field is populated with options from the s dispo table.

Related Articles

Related articles:

Legacy

This field is part of the 2016 Time and Place changes and was affected by the PatientFollow_Project.

It a combination of our previous

Data from these fields has been back-populated to the this field so data is available from the beginning of the database.

Related articles:

Very early missing Discharge-tos

There were 6762 very old ICU records who are listed as survived but didn’t have a discharge-to. This is from HSC-only days when there simply were no checks.

When data was brought across from the old discharge to field the dispo fields of these records were set to 'survive(Legacy)'.