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METEOR’s search works in a similar way to other search engines. You can use keywords or terms to pull up related content. The below tips are specific to METEOR and will help you to find what you need.

Try searching using either a keyword, specific term or METEOR ID number.

METEOR ID search

If you’re a returning user and know an item’s METEOR ID, you can enter it in the search box. Clicking the search icon will take you straight to the item’s page.

Autocomplete

METEOR will automatically display suggestions for search terms as you’re typing. This predictive text will show you METEOR entries that exist for the topic you’re searching on. You don’t have to use any of these suggestions, but they may make your searching process faster and easier.

Pressing ‘tab’ will select the top suggestion. Otherwise, selecting from the list of suggestions will put the suggested search term into the search box. You can then click the search icon to find related content. Clicking anywhere on the search results will take you to the item’s page.

Spelling correction

METEOR will show search results with spelling correction. Misspelled terms can still be selected for search where relevant.

Dropdown options

The drop-down menus directly below the search text box allow you to limit the search results to any of the 18 content types in METEOR (see Learn about metadata to view the list), by item creation dates, and item revision dates.

Content types

Content types allow you to limit your search to various metadata building blocks and other topic or help content found in METEOR. See Learn about metadata to view a list of metadata item types that you can search in METEOR. Searching on Topic pages will give results from METEOR’s ‘non-metadata’ pages which explain metadata, how it is managed, how to use METEOR, and how to develop metadata.

Searching on Help will give results from all the pop-up information boxes that are linked to each metadata item. The Help search looks through all text from the METEOR Business Rules, which is accessed through the small ‘i’ icon used throughout the site.

Created date and Revision date

The Created and Revision date dropdown options limit your search to when an item was created or last revised. METEOR will search any time by default, or you can select or specify a custom period.

Custom search syntax

METEOR uses Lucene search syntax. This functionality can be useful to fine-tune your search results even more. Some of the commands include:

  1. Restrict search to the titles of items by using Name: Searchterm. Note that it has to be written exactly as Name, with the capital N. Using name will not work. It doesn’t matter if there’s a space around the colon or not.
  2. Force a second term to be included by using AND.
  3. Widen your search to include another option using the term OR.

For example, if you’re looking for something with the word ‘baby’ in the title you would use Name: baby. METEOR will also give you results for the plural of the search term, so if you search on ‘baby’ you will also get results for ‘babies’. If looking for something with two terms (‘baby’ and ‘admission’) you would use Name: baby AND admission.

Sort by

You can also display your search results with a range of options in the Sort by drop-down menu on the right. You can sort on Relevance, Most/Least Recently Created, Most/Least Recently Updated, and Alphabetically (A–Z and Z–A).

Clear

The Clear button resets the Search page.

Filtering search results

You can fine-tune your search results using the filters that appear in the left-hand menu after searching any term. These filters are dynamic and will only display options specific to your search term, for example, only registration authorities relating to your search term will be displayed. You can use multiple filters at once.

Some of the filters change depending on your role within METEOR. If you are using METEOR without an account, you can search on metadata item type, public registration statuses, METEOR ID, and registration authority. You are also able to compare two items.

If you are using METEOR without an account, you will not be able to save bookmarks for items you’re interested in. There are also some non-public registration statuses that you won’t be able to see.

If you wish to save bookmarks, you can sign up for a free METEOR account easily, just follow the Sign up now prompts after clicking on the Sign In button. If you have an account, you will also be able to subscribe to notifications about changes to specific items in METEOR.

If you are logged in to METEOR as a metadata developer, or any other official role, there are some additional search options. You will be able to restrict your search to the full range of registration status options, including non-public statuses. You will also be able to save bookmarks and subscribe to notifications about changes to items.

Each search result has a small ‘hamburger’ icon on the right . This gives you download links for the metadata item as a PDF or a Word document.


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Acute stroke (Acute stroke clinical care standard)

629525 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
For the purposes of the Acute stroke clinical care standard (ACSQHC 2015a), an acute stroke occurs when the supply of blood to the brain is suddenly interrupted. This may result in part of the brain dying, leading to a sudden impairment that can affect a range of activities such as speaking, swallowing, thinking, moving and communicating. In about 80% of people who have a stroke, an artery supplying blood to the brain suddenly becomes blocked (ischaemic stroke). In the remaining 20%, an artery b...
Qualified: Health

Admission

327206 | Glossary Item | National Health Data Committee
The process whereby the hospital accepts responsibility for the patient's care and/or treatment. Admission follows a clinical decision based upon specified criteria that a patient requires same-day or overnight care or treatment. An admission may be formal or statistical. Formal admission: The administrative process by which a hospital records the commencement of treatment and/or care and/or accommodation of a patient. Statistical admission: The administrative process by which a hospital records...
Standard: Health, Tasmanian Health
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Admitted patient mental health care service

409067 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A specialised mental health service that provides overnight care in a psychiatric hospital or a specialised mental health unit in an acute hospital. Psychiatric hospitals and specialised mental health units in acute hospitals are establishments devoted primarily to the treatment and care of admitted patients with psychiatric, mental or behavioural disorders. These services are staffed by health professionals with specialist mental health qualifications or training and have as their principal fun...
Standard: Health
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Ambulatory care

354366 | Glossary Item | Health Expenditure Advisory Committee
Care provided to hospital patients who are not admitted to the hospital, such as patients of emergency departments and outpatient clinics. The term is also used to refer to care provided to patients of community-based (non-hospital) health-care services.
Superseded: Health
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Ambulatory mental health care service

409081 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A specialised mental health service that provides services to people who are not currently admitted to a mental health admitted or residential service. Services are delivered by health professionals with specialist mental health qualifications or training. Ambulatory mental health services include: community-based crisis assessment and treatment teams day programs mental health outpatient clinics provided by either hospital or community-based services child and adolescent outpatient and com...
Superseded: Health
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Antenatal care visit

717749 | Glossary Item | National Perinatal Data Development Committee
An intentional encounter between a pregnant female and a midwife or clinician to assess and improve maternal and fetal wellbeing throughout pregnancy and prior to labour.
Standard: Health, Tasmanian Health
Qualified: Indigenous

Episode of residential care end

376427 | Glossary Item
The administrative process by which a residential care service either records: Formal episode of residential care end: the formal end of residential care and accommodation of a resident, or; Statistical episode of residential care end: the end of the reference period.
Standard: Health
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Episode of residential care start

376510 | Glossary Item
The process whereby the residential care service accepts responsibility for the resident's residential care and accommodation. Episode of residential care start is the administrative process by which a residential care service records either: Formal episode of residential care start: the start of residential care and accommodation of a resident, or; Statistical episode of residential care start: the start of a reference period for a resident continuing their residential care and accommodation,...
Standard: Health
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Gender

750032 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Gender is about social and cultural differences in identity, expression and experience as a man, boy, woman, girl, or non-binary person. Non-binary is an umbrella term describing gender identities that are not exclusively male or female.Gender is often used interchangeably with sex, however they are distinct concepts and it is important to differentiate between them.
Standard: Health, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Tasmanian Health, Aged Care, Indigenous
Qualified: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Geographic indicator

327306 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A classification scheme that divides an area into mutually exclusive sub-areas based on geographic location. Some geographic indicators are:Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC, ABS cat. no. 1216.0, effective up until 1 July 2011)Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS, ABS cat. nos. 1270.0.55.001 to 1270.0.55.005, effective from 1 July 2011)administrative regionselectoratesAccessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA)Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Area Classificati...
Superseded: Health, Indigenous, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Early Childhood, Disability, Tasmanian Health, Aged Care
Retired: Commonwealth Department of Health
Qualified: Youth Justice

Ischaemic stroke (Acute stroke clinical care standard)

721349 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
An ischaemic stroke is a type of acute stroke that occurs when an artery supplying blood to the brain suddenly becomes blocked This is as opposed to a bleed from an artery, which is known as a haemorrhagic stroke (AIHW 2013).
Qualified: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Local Hospital Network

491016 | Glossary Item
One of a number of separate legal entities established by each Australian state/territory government in order to devolve operational management for public hospitals, and accountability for local service delivery, to the local level. Local Hospital Networks (LHNs) directly manage single or small groups of public hospital services and their budgets, and are directly responsible for hospital performance under the Performance and Accountability Framework outlined in Schedule D of the National Health...
Superseded: Health
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Locality

467428 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A population cluster of between 200 and 999 people.
Superseded: Health
Qualified: Commonwealth Department of Health

Mental health care

575321 | Glossary Item | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Care in which the primary clinical purpose or treatment goal is improvement in the symptoms and/or psychosocial, environmental and physical functioning related to a patient's mental disorder. Mental health care: is delivered under the management of, or regularly informed by, a clinician with specialised expertise in mental health; is evidenced by an individualised formal mental health assessment and the implementation of a documented mental health plan; and may include significant psychosocia...
Standard: Health, Tasmanian Health
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Mental health phase of care

620780 | Glossary Item
The mental health phase of care is defined as the prospective primary goal of treatment within the episode of care in terms of the recognised phases of mental health care. Whilst it is recognised that there may be aspects of each mental health phase of care represented in the consumer’s mental health plan, the mental health phase of care is intended to identify the main goal or aim that will underpin the next period of care. The mental health phase of care is independent of both the treatment se...
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Resident

524972 | Glossary Item
A person who receives residential care intended to be for a minimum of one night.
Superseded: Health, Tasmanian Health
Standard: Indigenous
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Residential mental health care service

373049 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A service that is considered by the state, territory or Australian Government funding authorities as a service that: has the workforce capacity to provide specialised mental health services; and employs suitably trained mental health staff to provide rehabilitation, treatment or extended care on-site: to consumers residing on an overnight basis; in a domestic-like environment; and encourages the consumer to take responsibility for their daily living activities. These services inc...
Standard: Health, Tasmanian Health
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Separation

327268 | Glossary Item | National Health Data Committee
The process by which an episode of care for an admitted patient ceases. A separation may be formal or statistical. Formal separation: The administrative process by which a hospital records the cessation of treatment and/or care and/or accommodation of a patient. Statistical separation: The administrative process by which a hospital records the cessation of an episode of care for a patient within the one hospital stay.
Standard: Health, Tasmanian Health
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Sex

750030 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Sex is understood in relation to sex characteristics, such as chromosomes, hormones and reproductive organs. Sex is often used interchangeably with gender, however they are distinct concepts and it is important to differentiate between them.
Standard: Health, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Tasmanian Health, Aged Care, Indigenous
Qualified: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Sexual orientation

755634 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Sexual orientation encapsulates how a person thinks of their own sexuality and the terms they identify with. Their sexual orientation reflects their romantic and sexual attraction to others, to persons of the same sex, or to persons of a different sex. Some of the main ways of identification are: heterosexual (straight), gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
Qualified: Health

Urban Centre

467399 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A population cluster of 1,000 or more people.
Superseded: Health
Standard: Disability, Housing assistance
Qualified: Commonwealth Department of Health

Variations of sex characteristics

757670 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Variations of sex characteristics refers to people with innate genetic, hormonal or physical sex characteristics that do not conform to medical norms for female or male bodies. It refers to a wide spectrum of variations to genitals, hormones, chromosomes and/or reproductive organs.
Qualified: Health

Virtual care

783758 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The use of technology to enable care when a health professional and patient are in different locations.
Qualified: Health

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