Hi Peggy,
We have a location called ED Hold. This is an inpatient location. The patients are admitted to this location when we don't have an available bed. They may be in this location only for a few minutes or for many hours. We do keep the patients on the tracker until they go to the unit. On our tracker we have a status of Hold. I don't know about the stats, but this does work for the physicians. Pam _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peggy Kelly-Andrews Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 7:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Request for advice re lts in ER who really areinpatients Hi, I have seen many options discussed on this site regarding how different facilities handle pts who are to be admitted but have to be held in the ER for extended periods. At this facility we have been directed to never have the patient admitted but to leave registered to ER while in ER regardless of actual status. This is great for some stats and for staff access to the patient in Meditech. It creates some other problems however. It is creating some problems for Docs who run the YOUR PATIENT IN A BED routine in PCI - the Docs know the patient is to be admitted and depend on their lists they run in the am before rounds. One option would be to create an inpt location in the ER area perhaps?? We would really appreciate advice from those of you who have different options in place that work well for ER staff, Physicians and stats?? Thank-you in advance, Peggy Kelly Andrews Clinical Information Specialist WRIHA NL, Canada
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