Emergency department stay—waiting time, total minutes NNNNN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Emergency department waiting time to clinical care commencement
METEOR identifier:	746119
Registration status:	Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Definition:	The time elapsed in minutes for each patient from presentation in the emergency department to the commencement of the emergency department non-admitted clinical care.
Data Element Concept:	Emergency department stay—waiting time
Value Domain:	Total minutes NNNNN

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Total
Data type:	Number
Format:	NNNNN
Maximum character length:	5
Unit of measure:	Minute (m)

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	Calculated by subtracting the date and time the patient presents to the emergency department from the date and time the emergency department non-admitted clinical care commenced. Although triage category 1 is measured in seconds, it is recognised that the data will not be collected with this precision. This data element should not be completed for patients who have a Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N of ‘Did not wait to be attended by a health care professional’ or 'Registered, advised of another health care service, and left the emergency department without being attended by a health care professional'.
Comments:	It is recognised that at times of extreme urgency or multiple synchronous presentations, or if no medical officer is on duty in the emergency department, this service may be provided by a nurse.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Emergency department stay—waiting time (to commencement of clinical care), total minutes NNNNN Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023 Is formed using Emergency department stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 Is formed using Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 Is formed using Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023 Is formed using Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement time, hhmm Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward); Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital; Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission; Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed; Code 6 - Died in emergency department. Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 07/02/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward); Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital; Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission; Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed; Code 6 - Died in emergency department. Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward); Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital; Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission; Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed; Code 6 - Died in emergency department.