Mental health service contact—service contact date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Mental health service contact date

METeOR identifier:

295481

Registration status:

Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

Definition:

The date of each mental health service contact between a health service provider and patient/client.

Data Element Concept:

Mental health service contact—service contact date

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Date

Data type:

Date/Time

Format:

DDMMYYYY

Maximum character length:

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

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.

Comments:

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