Print page

Show technical

Download

Download metadata item as Word™ or PDF
Advanced options

My items

My items contains 0 items
Add item to My items
Clear all items from My items
Manage My items

E-mail alerts

Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service commencement time, hhmm

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Emergency department time of commencement of service event

METeOR identifier:

313806

Registration status:

Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

Definition:

The time at which a non-admitted patient emergency department service event commences.

Context:

Emergency Department care

Data Element Concept:

Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service commencement time

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Time

Data type:

Date/Time

Format:

hhmm

Maximum character length:

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:

ISO 8601:2000 : Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange - Representation of dates and times

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

In an Emergency Department the service event commences when the medical officer (or, if no medical officer is on duty in the Emergency Department, a treating nurse) provides treatment or diagnostic service. The time of triage is recorded separately. The commencement of a service event does not include contact associated with triage.

Collection methods:

Collected in conjunction with non-admitted patient emergency department service episode service commencement date.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Supersedes Health service event—service commencement time, hhmm Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

Has been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service commencement time, hhmm Health, Standard 22/12/2009

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 24/03/2006

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2005 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2006

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2006 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2007

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2007 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2008

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2008-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2008 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2010