Mental health service contact—service contact date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Health, Standard 20/01/2021

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Requires services to record the date of each service contact, including the same date where multiple visits are made on one day (except where the visits may be regarded as a continuation of the one service contact). Where an individual patient/client participates in a group activity, a service contact date is recorded if the person's participation in the group activity results in a dated entry being made in the patient's/client's record.

For collection from community based (ambulatory and non-residential) agencies.

The service contact is required for clinical audit and other quality assurance purposes.

Relational attributes