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RADISH USER GUIDE
Computerized Registry of Admissions and Discharges
RADISH User Guide
Feb 2018
Version 1.00
By: Homer Uy Co, MD
Creator of RADISH
RADISH USER GUIDE
Computerized Registry of Admissions and Discharges
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 6
2 Framework for Census Data Collection ........................................................................................................... 7
2.1.1 Consults vs Disposition ............................................................................................................................................................7
2.1.2 Consult types .................................................................................................................................................................................8
2.1.3 Consult Dispositions ..................................................................................................................................................................8
2.1.4 Admissions categories ..............................................................................................................................................................9
2.1.5 Admission sources ......................................................................................................................................................................9
2.1.6 Other admission details ...........................................................................................................................................................9
2.1.7 Admission dispositions ............................................................................................................................................................9
2.1.8 User groups ....................................................................................................................................................................................9
3 The RADISH USER INTERFACE ........................................................................................................................ 11
3.1 .... The LOG IN Page .............................................................................................................................................................. 11
3.2 .... Home Page and Navigation Bar ............................................................................................................................... 12
3.3 .... Common functions available to all users ............................................................................................................. 13
3.4 .... RADISH DASHBOARD .................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.5 .... Information Desk Home Page ................................................................................................................................... 13
4 RADISH Data Encoding Standards and Rules ............................................................................................. 14
4.1 .... Date ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
4.2 .... Time ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
4.3 .... Free text entries for Final Diagnosis and Notes ................................................................................................ 15
4.4 .... Dropdown Menus ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
4.5 .... Checkboxes ......................................................................................................................................................................... 16
4.6 .... Confirmation Dialog Box ............................................................................................................................................. 17
4.7 .... Notification Message ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
4.8 .... Rules and Role delegation ........................................................................................................................................... 17
5 Add New Consults and Admissions ................................................................................................................ 18
5.1 .... Selecting the patient ...................................................................................................................................................... 18
5.2 .... Creating the New Consult or New Elective Admission ................................................................................... 19
5.3 .... Creating a New Admission from an Existing Consult ..................................................................................... 20
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5.4 .... Updating the Default Values for New Consult ................................................................................................... 20
5.5 .... Updating the Default Values for New Admission ............................................................................................. 21
6 Updating Consult and Admission Information .......................................................................................... 22
6.1 .... Two ways to update ....................................................................................................................................................... 22
6.1.1 Active View ................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
6.1.2 Period View ................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
6.2 .... Important Information for Updating ..................................................................................................................... 25
6.2.1 Consult Type ............................................................................................................................................................................... 25
6.2.2 Admission Source..................................................................................................................................................................... 25
6.2.3 Admission Category ................................................................................................................................................................ 26
6.2.4 Admission Initial Location and Initial Service ............................................................................................................ 26
6.2.5 Transfers ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
7 Encoding and Updating Etiquette ................................................................................................................... 27
7.1 .... Consults ................................................................................................................................................................................ 27
7.1.1 Upon Creation of New Consult ........................................................................................................................................... 27
7.1.2 Change in Disposition of Consults in Emergency care areas ................................................................................ 27
7.2 .... Admissions .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
7.2.1 Upon Creation of New Admission ..................................................................................................................................... 27
7.2.2 Admissions in the Emergency Care Areas (ED/PAS/OBAS) ................................................................................. 27
7.2.3 Transfers between areas within the hospital .............................................................................................................. 28
7.2.4 Final Disposition of Admissions ........................................................................................................................................ 28
7.2.5 Other Admission Information ............................................................................................................................................ 28
8 Acknowledgement ................................................................................................................................................. 29
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1 Introduction
RADISH is a computerized registry for hospital emergency department consults and
inpatient admissions. RADISH has two main objectives as follows:
1. To provide an easily updateable computerized hospital census of patients
2. To generate hospital statistics and other reports as required by the Department of
Health and for internal use in hospital services quality evaluation, improvement and
management
As secondary objectives, RADISH aims to:
1. To simplify and improve efficiency of the work of the Medical Records
Department and other healthcare personnel involved in the generation of
census data and information
a. Standardize data entry and hospital information reporting
b. Eliminate redundancy in data collection work
c. Improve coordination among hospital staff by providing a common
portal for data encoding / recording and reports generation
2. To reduce the use of paper to reduce cost, save on space and help in protecting
the environment
3. To improve access to information for use in decision-making, policy decisions
and strategy formulation by the hospital administration and management teams
This RADISH user guide has the following objectives:
1. To provide a background on the framework used for census data collection
a. Orientation on patient classification and hospital patient movement
b. User groups and role delegation
2. To introduce the RADISH user interface layout for quick navigation and intuitive use
3. To enumerate the standards and rules for data encoding
4. To orient the user on adding new consults/admissions
5. To orient the user on the different modes for data encoding and updating
6. To introduce the concept of encoding and updating etiquette
7. To orient the user on the info desk interface for quick patient info and status search
8. To enumerate the reports available for viewing
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2 Framework for Census Data Collection
2.1.1 Consults vs Disposition
All patients who consult at the Emergency Department (ED), the OB admitting
section (OBAS) and the Pedia admitting section (PAS) are initially referred to as
CONSULTS. When a consult is deemed to necessitate further inpatient care or
management exceeding 24 hrs, the consult is then given a disposition of
ADMITTED. A new admission is then registered arising from the former. Any
movement from the ED/OBAS/PAS to any of the inpatient wards/ICUs is referred
to as a TRANSFER. Admissions can also come from straight elective or “walk-in”
patients direct to inpatient wards. The operating rooms, Dialysis Units, Cath Lab
and other similar units are NOT inpatient wards and therefore movement to these
areas will not be registered as transfers. (Figure 1. Differentiating a CONSULT
from an ADMISSION and their respective DISPOSITIONS)
Figure 1. Differentiating a CONSULT from an ADMISSION and their respective DISPOSITIONS
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2.1.2 Consult types
The following describe the 3 types of consults (also refer to Figure 2. Consult
classification guide)
a. ADULT – >=19 yrs
b. Pediatric - <19 yrs
c. Obstetric – ALL consults at the OBAS including gynecologic cases
Figure 2. Consult classification guide
It is important to note that additional classification for consults are TRAUMA for
cases of trauma, Philhealth status and PAY for consults to the PAY ER.
2.1.3 Consult Dispositions
The following are the dispositions for consults:
1. Active – an ongoing consult < 24 hrs
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2. Home – sent home
3. Admitted – those needing further inpatient care or management for > 24 hrs
from start of consult regardless of location
4. Mortality – died
5. Unattended – patient left without being seen by a physician or without a
formal disposition from physician
2.1.4 Admissions categories
Admissions are categorized as:
1. Regular – all non-maternal, non-newborn patients
2. Maternal – mothers who gave birth or suffered an abortion in the hospital
3. Newborn – neonates born in the hospital
2.1.5 Admission sources
Patient sources of admissions are the following:
1. Elective - walk in straight to ward admissions
2. Emergency
3. PAS
4. OBAS
5. Hospital Transfer –coordinated from other hospitals
2.1.6 Other admission details
An admission is also classified according to PHILHEALTH status and as a
service/”charity” (NON_PAY) or “PAY”
2.1.7 Admission dispositions
Admission dispositions are as follows:
1. Admitted – currently admitted
2. Discharged
3. Mortality
4. Hospital Transfer – transferred to another hospital/health facility
5. HPR (Home per Request) – traditionally referred to as HAMA (Home against
medical advice)
6. Absconded – unofficial and unregistered disappearance of the patient
2.1.8 User groups
There are several user groups in RADISH with different role delegations and
consequently access restrictions.
1. Administrator
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Has access to all regular RADISH data encoding and viewing functions including
the following administrative functions:
a. User and group creation and editing
b. Doctor’s list updating
c. Deleting of consults/admissions
d. Monitoring of activity thru the Activity Log
e. Viewing of hospital level statistical reports
2. Records
Refers to the Medical Records Staff in the registration areas and the statistics
department. They have access to all creation and updating functions of consults
and admissions EXCEPT deletion. They also have access to generate and view
MRD census reports printout, census reports for the day, census printouts for
ED/OBAS/PAS and period census report per area.
3. Clerk
Refers to the ED/PAS/OBAS and ward/ICU staff responsible for updating
dispositions of admissions and patient movement. This include the nurses and
the ward clerks/assistants. They have access to all updating functions but
LIMITED TO admissions only. They also have access to generate and view
census reports for the day, census printouts for ED/OBAS/PAS and period
census report per area.
4. Registry
Refers to the Medical Records Personnel responsible for creating the Consults
and Admissions registry of the hospital. Their access is restricted to viewing
MRD census reports printout.
5. Information
Refers to the Information Desk personnel at the hospital lobby which responds
to guest queries regarding patient consult/admission status. Their access is
limited to a search function for patients who have consulted or have been
admitted in the past 3 months. Information that will be available to them are
restricted to Case Number, Name, Location, Date of consult/admission,
Disposition and Date of disposition.
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3 The RADISH USER INTERFACE
3.1 The LOG IN Page
On loading the home page of RADISH, the user is greeted with a “modal window”
dropping from top containing messages from the “Message Board” (Figure 3. The
Message Board Modal Window). Click the Close button or anywhere outside the
Modal Window to make it disappear.
Figure 3. The Message Board Modal Window
On the Log in page (see Figure 4. Log In Page), enter your user email and password
and click on Login button to log in. Note that repeated failed attempts will lock the user
from logging in for several minutes.
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Figure 4. Log In Page
3.2 Home Page and Navigation Bar
Upon completing a successful log-in attempt, the user is shown the RADISH home page
which is composed of the top navigation bar and the content body. The home page content
body depends on the group that the user belongs to. The administrator, records and clerk
group will have the RADISH DASHBOARD as the home page content body. The contents of
the navigation bar for each group will depend on the group access. The common items for
all groups in the navigation bar include the HOME, CHANGE PASSWORD, MESSAGE BOARD
and LOG OUT tabs. The navigation bar will also show the user that is logged in (Figure 5.
Navigation Bar and Home Page Content Body for administrator group).
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Figure 5. Navigation Bar and Home Page Content Body for administrator group
3.3 Common functions available to all users
1. Home Tab/Radish Icon – click to return to Home Page
2. User logged in – highlighted and located after the RADISH logo
3. Change Password – click to proceed to change password form. Always change your
provided password on first log-in!
4. Users Guide – Click to select from dropdown the available user guide diagrams and
documents
5. Message Board – Click to proceed to the message board and read what the RADISH
community is discussing or send a message for suggestions, comments and inquiries
6. Log Out – click to log out of RADISH
3.4 RADISH DASHBOARD
The RADISH dashboard lists all the areas of consults and admissions and the
corresponding number of ACTIVE CONSULTS and admitted ADMISSIONS. Note that
the emergency department (ER and PAS) and the OBAS are also areas listed with
admissions. Clicking on the text link of the area will change the content body into a
table list of ACTIVE CONSULTS or ADMITTED ADMISSIONS.
3.5 Information Desk Home Page
The information group of users will have a searchable table of all patients who have
consulted at the Emergency Areas/OBAS or have been admitted in the hospital in the
past 3 months. Details provided are restricted to the case number, name, location,
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date of consult or date of admission, disposition and date of disposition (see Figure 6.
Information Desk Home Page). Click on the Refresh button to update the table. This
home page is only available to the information group users.
Figure 6. Information Desk Home Page
4 RADISH Data Encoding Standards and Rules
4.1 Date
A date picker widget is activated upon clicking on the text box. It is recommended
that the date picker widget be used to enter a date. A date can also be typed
“manually”, the format being YYYY-mm-dd (see Figure 7. Sample of a date picker
widget).
The date for DISPOSITION DATE should always be greater than or later than the
DATE IN. For generating period reports or listings, the START DATE should always be
less than or earlier or equal to the END DATE.
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Figure 7. Sample of a date picker widget
4.2 Time
Time format used should be military time (24 Hours). Just type the time without the
colons and press enter or click outside the text box, and the content will be
automatically converted to time format. For example, type in 1500 for 15:00:00
(3:00PM) and press enter or click outside the text box.
4.3 Free text entries for Final Diagnosis and Notes
Final diagnosis should be typed in UPPER CASE letters. Notes however can be typed
in however the user wishes.
4.4 Dropdown Menus
Most of the data encoding for consults and admissions will be through selection from
the dropdown menu provided. This is to ensure standardization. (see Figure 8.
Sample of a dropdown menu).
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Figure 8. Sample of a dropdown menu
4.5 Checkboxes
Some of the data encoding will be through checking / unchecking checkboxes. A
checked checkbox will mean a YES for the item and an unchecked box will mean a NO
for the item (see Figure 9. Sample of checked and unchecked Checkboxes).
Figure 9. Sample of checked and unchecked Checkboxes
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4.6 Confirmation Dialog Box
After clicking the Update button, a Confirmation Dialog Box appears on top of the
page. Click on Ok button to proceed with update, or click on the Cancel button to
cancel the update (see Figure 10. Confirmation Dialog Box).
Figure 10. Confirmation Dialog Box
4.7 Notification Message
On failed or successful data updates, a notification message bar highlighted in light
blue will appear right below the page heading. Please take note of the message
especially if updates were not saved (see Figure 11. Sample of Notification Message).
Figure 11. Sample of Notification Message
4.8 Rules and Role delegation
To better control the potential errors in encoding, the following are the rules and role
delegation for RADISH:
a. Records group will be the ONLY users responsible for adding NEW
consults and admissions
b. Records group will be the ONLY users responsible for updating/editing
consults
c. Updating of the following admissions data will be performed primarily
by Clerk groups (nurses/ward clerks)
i. Disposition (including disposition date and time)
ii. Final Diagnosis
iii. Consultant and Trainee in charge
iv. Transfers
d. Records group can also edit and update admission details not listed
above and also per request from the Clerk Group users if ever problems
are encountered
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e. Administrator group users can perform all of the above function PLUS
deletion of erroneous/duplicate consults/admissions
5 Add New Consults and Admissions
5.1 Selecting the patient
This function is available only to Records and Administrator group users.
RADISH reads from the master patient index table of the hospital’s OPEN-ERP
program. New patients will be added through the OPEN-ERP system and not in
RADISH.
The first step in adding a new consult or a new elective admission is selecting the
patient from the master patient index. To do this, click on the New tab in the
navigation bar to proceed to the Find Patient Page (see Figure 12. Find Patient
Page). In the search box, type in the search term at least 3 characters in length. The
search term could be a part of the patient’s case number or name. Click on the Submit
button and the search results will appear below in table format. The results can be
further filtered by typing additional search terms in the search box provided at the
upper right corner of the table. Click on the pagination buttons on the right lower
corner to view more results if there are any more. Click on the Select button to select
this patient for a new consult or admission (See Figure 13. Search Results Page).
Figure 12. Find Patient Page
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Figure 13. Search Results Page
5.2 Creating the New Consult or New Elective Admission
After clicking on the Select button in the Find Patient Page, the Add New ED
Consult/Admission page will be shown. It contains the details of the patient selected
and three buttons as options. Click on the New Consult button to create a new
consult entry for this patient or click on the New Admission button for a new
(elective) admission. Click on cancel to return to the home page without creating a
new entry for consults or admissions (see Figure 14. Add New ED Consult/Admission
Page).
Figure 14. Add New ED Consult/Admission Page
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5.3 Creating a New Admission from an Existing Consult
A new admission from an existing ED/PAS/OBAS consult is created by changing the
disposition of the consult to Admitted and providing the date and time of disposition.
See section 6 Updating Consult and Admission Information below for details on
updating disposition of consults.
5.4 Updating the Default Values for New Consult
A consult has the following information:
1. Date of consult – default is current date
2. Time of consult – default is current time
3. Region – default is “Province – Region”
4. Type – default is if >=19 years old, “Adult”, if <19 years old, “Pediatric”
5. Consultant – default is “Doctors name – Specialty”
6. Trainee – default is “Doctors name – Specialty”
7. Trauma – default unchecked
8. Pay – default unchecked
9. PHIC (Philhealth) – default unchecked
10. Disposition – default is “Admitted”
11. Disposition Date – default is blank
12. Disposition Time – default is blank
Upon creation of a new consult, the Update Consult Info page is shown. Edit the
default values as necessary and click Update button to save changes. If there is no
changes that need to made, click on the Cancel button (see Figure 15. Update ED
Consult Info Page).
NOTE: the Final Diagnosis and Notes are updateable only in the Active and Period
views (see below for more details).
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Figure 15. Update ED Consult Info Page
5.5 Updating the Default Values for New Admission
An admission has the following information:
1. Date of consult – default is current date
2. Time of consult – default is current time
3. Region – default is “Province – Region”
4. Source – default is “Emergency”
5. Category– default is “Regular”
6. Initial Location – default is “Emergency”
7. Initial Service – default is “Medicine”
8. Consultant – default is “Doctors name – Specialty”
9. Trainee – default is “Doctors name – Specialty”
10. Pay – default unchecked
11. PHIC (Philhealth) – default unchecked
12. Disposition – default is “Admitted”
13. Disposition Date – default is blank
14. Disposition Time – default is blank
Upon creation of a new admission, the Update Admission Info page is shown. Edit
the default values as necessary and click Update button to save changes. If there is no
changes that need to made, click on the Cancel button (see Figure 16. Update
Admission Info Page).
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NOTE: the Final Diagnosis and Notes are updateable only in the Active and Period
views (see below for more details).
Figure 16. Update Admission Info Page
6 Updating Consult and Admission Information
6.1 Two ways to update
There are two ways to update consult and admission information after the consult
and admission have been created:
6.1.1 Active View
This is a listing of all consults with ACTIVE disposition or all admissions with
ADMITTED dispositions per area (see Figure 17. Active ED Consult View Page). This
view is accessed by clicking on the links of the different areas provided on the
RADISH DASHBOARD. This view is useful for updating consults/admissions within
the user’s area or for transferring admissions from the source area to one’s own
area. Note however that not all consult or admission information can be updated in
this view. Below is a list of the information that can be updated in this Active view.
NOTE: The Active view for consults is accessible only to the Records and
Administrator groups of users.
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Consults:
a. Region
b. Final Diagnosis
c. Notes
d. Consultant
e. Trainee
f. Disposition (including Disposition Date and Time)
Admissions:
a. Region
b. Final Diagnosis
c. Notes
d. Consultant
e. Trainee
f. Disposition (including Disposition Date and Trainee)
g. Transfers
The above items can be clicked (links or buttons) to reveal the Update Modal
sliding down from the top (see Figure 19. Update Modal). Edit the information
as necessary and click on Update button to save changes or Cancel button to
discard changes.
6.1.2 Period View
This is a listing of all consults or admissions with the Date of consult or Date of
admission within a defined period set by the user regardless of disposition (see
Figure 18. Active Admissions View Page). This view is accessed by clicking on the
UpdateConsults or Update Admissions tab on the Navigation Bar. The
default period set is 1 week (7 days) counting from today to 7 days back. Change
the start and end date to look for entries with dates of consult or date of
admission greater than 1 week before today. This view is useful for updating or
correcting information of consults or admissions that have dispositions other
than Active (consults) or Admitted (admissions). All the updateable
information in the Active view can also be updated in the period view. Other
information are available only in this view for update, including the following:
Consults:
a. Type (Adult, Pediatric, Obstetric)
b. Trauma
c. PHIC (Philhealth status)
d. Pay
e. Trauma
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f. Mortality (only appears for dispositions with Mortality)
Admissions:
a. Source (Emergency, OBAS, PAS, Elective, Hospital Transfer)
b. Category (Regular, Newborn, Maternal)
c. Pay
d. PHIC (Philhealth status)
e. Initial service
f. Initial location
g. Transfer – click on the Transfer button to “transfer” the location of an
admission. Click on an existing transfer entry to update or delete (return
to previous location) a transfer.
The above items can be clicked (links or buttons) to reveal the Update Modal sliding
down from the top. Edit the information as necessary and click on Update button to
save changes or Cancel button to discard changes.
Tip: Place the cursor over the Final Diagnosis or Notes button and get a preview of
the saved text on the Tooltip Popout (see Figure 17. Active ED Consult View Page). If
the Final Diagnosis is empty, the button text is “Add Final Diagnosis” and if it has a
content the text is “Update Final Diagnosis”.
Figure 17. Active ED Consult View Page
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Figure 18. Active Admissions View Page
Figure 19. Update Modal
6.2 Important Information for Updating
6.2.1 Consult Type
This refers to: ADULT >=19 yrs of age, PEDIATRIC <19 yrs of age and
OBSTETRIC consults at the OB Admitting Section
6.2.2 Admission Source
This refers to the point of entry for admissions. This can be the following:
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a. Elective – refers to walk-in or scheduled admissions
b. OBAS, PAS or Emergency – refers to the different emergency care areas; Pay
ER patients are also indicated as OBAS, PAS or Emergency based on entry points
c. Hospital Transfer – refers to patients coming from other hospitals
Note: A Pay patient transferring to the service areas is also a TRANSFER, not
another admission.
6.2.3 Admission Category
All patients are considered Regular patients regardless of age or sex or medical
condition, except for the following special groups of patients
a. Maternal – mothers who give birth to a baby (including abortions) in the
hospital during the particular admission
b. Newborn – neonates born in the hospital by Maternal patients during the
particular admission
NOTE: ALL Newborn patients should have initial location of ROOM-IN except
for those immediately transferred to the Neonatal ICU whose initial location
should be Neonatal ICU
6.2.4 Admission Initial Location and Initial Service
The default initial location and service is Emergency and Medicine. Do not forget to
update these information if the initial location and/or service is not Emergency
and/or Medicine. As noted above, Newborns should have initial location of Room In
or Neonatal ICU only.
The current location (current service) is automatically updated upon updating of the
initial location/service or after making transfers.
6.2.5 Transfers
Movement of an admission (an admitted patient) to another inpatient facility is a
TRANSFER whereas a (final) movement of an admission (an admitted patient) to
anywhere outside of the hospital after initial admission is referred to as a
DISPOSITION (includes Discharged, Mortality, Hospital Transfer, Absconded
and HPR).
IMPORTANT NOTE: The OR, Dialysis Unit, Cath Lab, Radio and other similar
areas are NOT INPATIENT FACILITIES but are procedure areas. The time spent in
these areas will be credited to the area where the patient-admission comes from. In
case the patient does not return to the original area but is brought to another area
after the procedure, this should be recorded as a TRANSFER to the new area from
the old area on the date and time the patient was received in the new area.
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7 Encoding and Updating Etiquette
RADISH Users are all expected to encode quality, accurate and up to date data and
information into the system. The cooperation of all RADISH users with each other,
coordinating each other’s roles with others will ensure the success of the hospital’s
census system. The following are some etiquette and rules recommended to be
followed by the users of RADISH.
7.1 Consults
7.1.1 Upon Creation of New Consult
Records group users upon creation of a consult or admission should immediately
update all information that needs to be updated (ie different from default values).
7.1.2 Change in Disposition of Consults in Emergency care areas
Since the only RADISH users authorized to update Consults are the Records group
(the Medical Records aka “Palistahan”), the nurses of the Emergency care areas (in
ED/OBAS/PAS) should immediately inform and update the Medical Records Staff
of the final disposition of consults, whether Admitted, sent Home, Mortality etc.
When admitted, also provide the Medical Records staff with information on date and
time of admission and location and service and if PAY or not and etc.
Note: A consult is considered admitted even while inside an emergency care
area (ED/PAS/OBAS) when the physician decides that the patient will need further
inpatient management or if the patient is expected to remain in the area for longer
than 24 hrs.
7.2 Admissions
7.2.1 Upon Creation of New Admission
Records group users upon creation of an admission, either from an elective/walk-in
or from a consult disposition change to “Admitted” should immediately update all
information that needs to be updated (ie different from default values).
7.2.2 Admissions in the Emergency Care Areas (ED/PAS/OBAS)
If an admission while still within an emergency care area has a final
disposition (Discharged, Mortality, HPR, Hospital Transfer or Absconded), the
nurses or ward clerk of the emergency care area will be responsible in updating
the disposition of the admission. In case the admission has been transferred to
another inpatient facility within the hospital, the nurses or ward clerks of the
receiving area will be responsible for transferring the admission from the
emergency care area to their own area (ward/ICU/floor). The transfer date and time
will be the date and time the patient has been received in their area.
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7.2.3 Transfers between areas within the hospital
Consistent with the above statements, the receiving area’s nurses or ward clerks
will be responsible for transferring the patient admission into their own area.
7.2.4 Final Disposition of Admissions
Also consistent with the above statements, the nurses or ward clerks of the area
where the final disposition (Discharge, Mortality, HPR, Hospital Transfer,
Absconded) has occurred will be responsible for updating the disposition
information.
7.2.5 Other Admission Information
The following details of the admissions can be updated by RADISH users who will be
able to and best provide the necessary information:
a. Region
b. Consultant
c. Trainee
d. Final Diagnosis
The consultant and trainee of the last primary service to handle the patient before
final disposition should be the ones encoded into the consultant and trainee fields.
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8 Acknowledgement
The dedication and efforts of all the hardworking hospital staff are hereby recognized
especially of the Medical Records Staff and the Nurses and Ward Clerks whose invaluable
suggestions and comments will continuously help improve RADISH and ensure its
successful implementation.
To my dearest mother who made the most delicious radish cakes, ever, I dedicate to you
this RADISH.
