ER Delay

Data Element (edit)
Field Name:	ER Delay
CCMDB Label:	not stated
CCMDB tab:	not stated
Table:	Created_variables_common table
Data type:	date
Length:	n/a
Program:	Med and CC
Created/Raw:	Created
Start Date:	1988-07-11
End Date:	2300-01-01
Sort Index:	8

The ER Delay is the difference between the Accept DtTm and Arrive_DtTm for patients arriving from the ER.

data use

Measure the time spent using ER bed/facilities/staff while already accepted under a Medicine or Critical Care Service.
Measure the delay of movement of patient from ER bed to Medicine or Critical Care bed.

The data collector will receive an error if the ER Delay is greater than:

as of 2017-10-17 Julie would like that cross check; Tina needs to implement it still.
- Julie, this warning, it should only apply if the patient is from the location collection's own ER, right? Or also if from other ER?Ttenbergen 17:51, 2017 December 6 (CST)
  - Own ER only. also I change the limits of CC from 9 to 8. I did a rerun on the corrected data after the audit. --JMojica 09:29, 2017 December 7 (CST)
    - How about EMIPs?
      - There should be no delay with EMIPs. Accept and arrival must be the same.

The SAS Program to read the data is in X:\Julie\SAS_CFE\CFE_macros\CFE_ERWait_Moves.sas

Used to be collected as ER Wait and before that as Moves for Medicine.