Gives information about the Admission details section
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Admission Details Section content
The Admission details section carries information about the patient’s admission. PRSB Elements should be formatted as subheadings in any HTML sent.
| Section | Description | Card. | MRO* | FHIR Target and Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admission details | Details of the patient's admission and reason for admission | 0..1 | R | Carried in the CodeableConcept of Composition.section.code FHIR element. |
| PRSB Element | Description | Card. | MRO* | FHIR Target and Guidance |
| Reason for admission | The health problems and issues experienced by the patient that prompted the decision to admit to hospital e.g. chest pain, mental health crisis, blackout, fall, a specific procedure, intervention, investigation or treatment, non-compliance with treatment. | 0 to 1 | R | Text and where supported a SNOMED CT concept carried in the CodeableConcept of the Encounter.reason FHIR element to indicate the reason the patient was admitted. |
| Admission method | How the patient was admitted to hospital. For example: elective, emergency, maternity, transfer etc. | 0 to 1 | R | Text and where supported a code and description from the ValueSet CareConnect-AdmissionMethod-1 carried in the CodeableConcept of the Encounter.hospitalization.Extension-CareConnect-AdmissionMethod-1 FHIR element. |
| Legal Status on admission | Record if the patient was admitted as Informal or formal/detained. | 0 to 1 | R | Text only |
| Source of admission | Where the patient was immediately prior to admission, e.g. usual place of residence, temporary place of residence, penal establishment. National code. | 0 to 1 | R | Text and where supported a code and description from the ValueSet CareConnect-SourceOfAdmission-1 carried in the CodeableConcept of the Encounter.hospitalization.admitSource FHIR element. |
| Date/time of admission | Date and time patient admitted to hospital. | 0 to 1 | R | The date and time of admission as recorded on the Patient Administration System (PAS) as text and carried in the Encounter.period.start FHIR element. |
| * M=Mandatory R=Required O=Optional | ||||
Example Admission Details Section
Coded Resources
This text section should be linked to the following FHIR Resources to provide the textual information in a coded format.