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Transaction: Death notification

STATUS:

Published

OWNER:

eHealth Platform

STANDARD:

KMEHR

VERSION:

1.0

DATE:

2002-10-15

DEFINITION:

This is a short message to quickly notify the general practitioner (or referring physician) of the death of the patient.

Generalities


This transaction only requires a level 1 of kmehr normalization. However, further levels may be applied (see structure overview).

Transaction elements

id

id of the transaction according to the ID-KMEHR convention.

cd

You must use the value 'death' from CD-TRANSACTION. You can always add your own local codes.

date

This is the date of the reporting of the death.

time

This is the time of the reporting of the death.

author

This is the person assuming the responsibility of medical content of the death notification.

iscomplete

If this is false, this means that you transfer only part of the information and that the recipient should expect a more complete version later.

isvalidated

If this is false, this means that the information has not been validated medically.

Structure overview

You have the choice between:

  •     text(s):to transfer your death notification as free text.
  •     lnk(s):to encapsulate your death notification as a multimedia object (Word document for example).
  •     item(s):to further structure your death notification.


Items

Any item from CD-ITEM can be used but we strongly recommend the following.

Item type (cd) Item purpose Item structure

encounternumber

your local admission number

content (text)

encountertype

hospitalisation, emergency, etc ...

content(text | cd)
cd element refers to CD-ENCOUNTERdictionary

encounterdatetime

admission date and time

content (date time)

encounterlocation

to document institution, site, unit, room and bed

content(text | cd)

encounterresponsible

responsible of the encounter (can be used to identify the individual and/or the medical department in charge of the patient)

content(text | hcparty)

transactionreason

cause of the death

content text

encounterorigin

origin of the patient before admission (ambulance, home, ...)

content(text | cd)
cd element refers to CD-MKG-ORIGINdictionary

referrer

the type of entity that referred the patient to the organisation
type of admission process: (planned admission, emergency, ...)

content(text | cd)
cd element refers to CD-MKG- REFERRER dictionary

admission type

type of admission process (planned admission, emergency, …)

content(text | cd)
cd element refers to CD-MKG-ADMISSION dictionary

dischargedatetime

date and time of death

content (date time)

dischargetype

type of discharge (on medical advice, death, …)

content cd
cd element refers to CD-MKG-DISCHARGE dictionary. Only values 4 and 5 are allowed.

dischargedestination

discharge destination (home, hospital, …)

content cd
cd element refers to CD-MKG-DESTINATION dictionary. Only value 8 is allowed.
Name XML
deathnotification_1_0 xml