Parked in ER: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 10:12, 2021 July 27

A patient is considered parked in ER if they are a direct admit who gets stuck in the ER.

The Visit Admit DtTm field and the Accept DtTm field will be the same
in Tmp Boarding Loc enter <site>_ER, the date and time will be the same as the Visit Admit DtTm field and the Accept DtTm field

The rest is the same as for any other patient, expand to see details.
Previous Location field, enter the previous physical location of the patient From an inpatient location- the Pre-admit Inpatient Institution and the Previous Location will be the same Not from an inpatient location- the Pre-admit Inpatient Institution would be not applicable and the Previous Location would be their last physical location e.g. Thompson ER Service/Location would be <site>_Med, <site>_CC, STB_MICU, STB_ICCS, STB_ACCU, HSC_IICU. Previous Service field, enter the sending service, otherwise enter Unknown or not applicable or other known but not on list in Service tmp entry enter the accepting service, with the same date/time as the Accept DtTm field First boarding location =ER, with the same date/time as the Accept DtTm field If the patient is transferred to another ward/unit of same service, add another line in the Tmp Boarding Loc for the next location ( this would be boarding location #2). if they are transferred to a different service which we are collecting then a new profile. in Tmp enter Transfer Ready DtTm tmp entry if applicable, if not transfer ready check off column B

What reports use this?

inter facility transfers report (semi annual and Fiscal year) given to Critical Care Admin Director and Quality Officer.

How is it used?

To distinguish the reason of transfer due to bed management reason
To distinguish the reason of transfer due Medical Necessity reason
To determine the flow of patients from teaching hospital to teaching hospital, teaching to community, community to teaching, community to community, from outside city/province facility to regional hospital.

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This used to be collected as Parked in ER tmp entry, and prior to that as <hosp> - ER (parked) entries in s_dispo table. Changed as of PatientFollow_Project#Transition_dates .

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 * [[Previous Service field]], enter the sending service, otherwise enter ''Unknown'' or ''not applicable'' or ''other known but not on list''
 * in [[Service tmp entry]] enter the accepting service, with the same date/time as the [[Accept DtTm field]]
-* If the patient is transferred to another ward/unit of same service, add another line in the Tmp [[Boarding Loc]] for the next location. if they are transferred to a different service which we are collecting then a new profile.
+* First boarding location =ER, with the same date/time as the [[Accept DtTm field]]
+* If the patient is transferred to another ward/unit of same service, add another line in the Tmp [[Boarding Loc]] for the next location ( this would be boarding location #2). if they are transferred to a different service which we are collecting then a new profile.
 * in Tmp enter [[Transfer Ready DtTm tmp entry]] if applicable, if not transfer ready check off column B
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