Admitted to Critical Care or an OR

Admitted into reporting facility as an inpatient to critical care unit or operating room directly from the Emergency department. This option will only appear in the ED Admit conversation.

Admitted to an Inpatient Unit

Admitted into reporting facility as an inpatient to another unit of the reporting facility directly from the emergency department. This option will only appear in the ED Admit conversation.

Cancelled after Arrival

If the patient arrived for care and the visit/treatment was cancelled but there was documentation attached to it, the disposition of Cancelled After Arrival should be used.

Day Surgery, Inpatient, Minor Surgery

Deceased

Deceased

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Newborn, Outpatient in a Bed, Residential, Tertiary MH

Deceased Discharged to Family/Other

Used in the following scenarios:

After a patient has deceased, First Nations usually want to take the body back to the band for burial. The only requirement is that they have a suitable container to transport.

For cases when a body is being transported overseas. They have to meet the standards set by the airlines, but with correct paperwork they can transport the body.

When a deceased patient has been identified to be donated to science for research purposes and the body will go directly to the Body Donation Program.
 

Deceased

Discharged Home with Support Services

Support services are available in the home. 

Home could include:  senior’s lodge, attendant care, meals on wheels, homemaking and supportive housing, Chronic Care; Private Dwelling with Home Care, VON.

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Newborn, Outpatient in a Bed, Recurring, Residential, Tertiary MH

Discharged Home without Support Services

Patient was discharged home and no support services required.

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Newborn, Outpatient in a Bed, Recurring, Residential, Tertiary MH

End of Treatment

End of treatment for a recurring series of treatments.

Recurring

Externally Referred-In Cadaveric Donor

Used with Cadaver medical service. This disposition will only be used for external cadaver patients.

Inpatient

Involuntary Patient Absconded

Involuntary patient under the BC Mental Health Act absconds from hospital, which can occur while on pass or directly from the unit.

Inpatient, Tertiary MH

Left Against Medical Advice

Includes patients who left against medical advice (LAMA) and AWOL (absent without leave).

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Newborn, Outpatient in a Bed, Recurring, Residential, Tertiary MH

Left AMA After Assessment, No Treatment

Patient left at his/her own risk following registration, triage, and further assessment by a service provider. Treatment did not occur.

Emergency

Left AMA after Initiation of Treatment

Patient left at his/her own risk following registration, triage, further assessment by a service provider and initiation of treatment.

Emergency

No Service Provided/Created in Error

Used when discharging an encounter that was created in error or no longer needed. Also used when no service was provided to patient (patient did not show up and the encounter is not going to be used).

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Newborn, Outpatient in a Bed, Pre-day Surgery, Pre-Home Care, Pre-Inpatient, Pre-Minor Surgery, Pre-Outpatient, Pre-Outpatient OB, Pre-Outpatient in a Bed, Pre-Outreach, Pre-Recurring, Recurring, Referral, Residential, Tertiary MH

Notified of Death

To be used when notification is sent to the facility about a patient who deceased externally. Limited to Recurring and Pre-Encounter Types.

Pre-day Surgery, Pre-Home Care, Pre-Inpatient, Pre-Minor Surgery, Pre-Outpatient, Pre-Outpatient OB, Pre-Outpatient in a Bed, Pre-Outreach, Pre-Recurring, Recurring, Referral

Patient Deceased While On a Pass/Leave

Patient was on a Pass or leave and Deceased during that time.

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Inpatient, Newborn, Outpatient in a Bed, Residential, Tertiary MH

Patient Did not Return From a Pass/Leave

Patient was on a Pass or leave and did not return.

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Inpatient, Newborn, Outpatient in a Bed, Residential, Tertiary MH

Registered But Not Triaged (LWBS)

Patient left at his/her own risk following registration. Triage, further assessment by a service provider and treatment did not occur.

Emergency

Registered, Triaged, Not Assessed (LWBS)

Patient left the emergency department at his/her own risk following registration and triage. Further assessment by a service provider and treatment did not occur.

Emergency

Return to Inpatient Unit

This disposition is used when an Inpatient has been transferred down to the ED for care and is now being sent back up to the Inpatient area. This option will only appear on the ED Admit conversation.

Stillbirth

Will only be used on a Stillborn Encounter type.

Stillborn

System Discharge

Will not be part of the picklist.  To be system generated for auto-discharged visits.

Transferred to Acute/Rehab/Tertiary MH

Facilities could include another acute, subacute, acute psychiatric, acute rehabilitation, acute cancer center, acute pediatric center, inpatient psychiatry and inpatient chronic/complex continuing care.

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Newborn, Outpatient in a Bed, Residential, Tertiary MH

Transferred to Assisted Living/Shelters

Transferred to assisted living/supportive housing or transitional housing, including shelters; these settings do not have 24-hour nursing care.

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Outpatient in a Bed, Residential, Tertiary MH

Transferred to Community MH/Addiction

Transferred to a community based mental health and addiction treatment centre.

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Outpatient in a Bed, Residential, Tertiary MH

Transferred to Day Surgery

Patient is transferred to the day surgery area of the facility without plans to return to emergency.   This option will only appear on the ED Admit conversation.

Transferred to Hospice

Transferred to hospice/palliative care facility.

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Newborn, Outpatient in a Bed, Residential, Tertiary MH

Transferred to Jail or Corrections

Includes jail, prison, corrections, halfway house, border security.

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Outpatient in a Bed, Residential, Tertiary MH

Transferred to Other

Includes infants/children discharged to a social agency, and other locations not captured elsewhere.

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Newborn, Outpatient in a Bed, Residential, Tertiary MH

Transferred to Outpatient Clinic

Patient is transferred to a clinic of the facility without plans to return to emergency.

Emergency

Transferred to Residential

Transfer to long-term care home (24-hour nursing).

ALC, Assisted Living, Day Surgery, Emergency, Inpatient, Minor Surgery, Outpatient in a Bed, Residential, Tertiary MH