Parked in ER tmp entry

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

• There are two types of Direct admits:
  • already an Inpatient
  • not an Inpatient

collection instructions

for patient arriving at a ward/unit via parked in ER

• Previous Location field, enter one of
  • HSC - ER (parked)
  • GRA - ER (parked)
  • STB - ER (parked)

• Previous Service field, enter the accepting service, otherwise enter Unknown

Example: Patient in Thompson ER accepted by medicine prior to their arrival at HSC ER, previous service=medicine

• For these patients the Visit Admit DtTm field and the Accept DtTm field will be the same

• For an INPATIENT direct admit:
  • Pre-admit Inpatient Institution field, enter the other site/unit/ward (including the HSC/STB/GRA EMIPs) they were last sent from

• For a NON INPATIENT direct admit:
  • go to Tmp Project, Accept_Loc_Park
  • follow the instruction on how to enter the non inpatient location they were last sent from

for patient leaving a ward/unit via parked in ER

Into Dispo, enter the new ward that the patient will go to. The option ER (parked) will not be available.

Dates

• Start Date = Oct 10, 2017
• End Date = Indefinite

Direct Admit Process-POWER POINT presentation

• collection details and process change present by p:Julie Mojica at collection Collector meeting 2017_Nov_30.

Data use / Reporting

What reports use this?

• Critical Care Inter-facility Transfer Report

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

• Patient Flow - where patient were have been admitted FROM

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.

Data to be Reported

• for Inpatient direct admit
  • Site Ward via ED
  • Site ICU via ED

• For Non Inpatient direct Admit (e.g. Emergency, Ambulatory Clinic, PCH, Home, Nursing Station)
  • Site Emergency via ED
  • Site Ambulatory via ED
  • PCH via ED
  • Home via ED
  • Nursing Station via ED

related concepts

• Dispo_field#Discharge_to_ER
• Boarding Loc
• Category:Overflow
• EMIP
• ECIP