Transaction: Discharge notification
General information
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 discharge of the patient.
Guidelines
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 'discharge' from CD-TRANSACTION. You can always add your own local codes. |
date |
This is the date of reporting of the discharge. |
time |
This is the time of reporting of the discharge. |
author |
This is the person assuming the responsibility of medical content of the discharge 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 discharge notification as free text,
- lnk(s) : to encapsulate your discharge notification as a multimedia object (Word document for example),
- items(s): to further structure your discharge 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) |
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 |
reason for admission |
content text |
encounterorigin |
origin of the patient before admission (ambulance, home, ...) |
content(text | cd) |
referrer |
the type of entity that referred the patient to the organisation |
content(text | cd) |
admission type |
type of admission process (planned admission, emergency, …) |
content(text | cd) |
dischargedateandtime |
date and time of discharge |
content (date time) |
dischargetype |
type of discharge (on medical advice, death, …) |
content(text | cd) |
dischargedestination |
discharge destination (home, hospital, …) |
content(text | cd) |
Examples
| Name | XML |
|---|---|
| discharge-notification | xml |