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Episode of admitted patient care-Queensland Ambulance Service patient event identifier
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
Identifier
QH 040948
Version
2
Metadata Item Type
Data Element
Data Element Type
Data Element
Approval Status
Draft
14-Dec-2017  		Current
30-Jan-2018  
Approval Type
Standard
Approving Authority
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Effective From
01-Jul-2011
Effective To
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Definition 
A unique number that is allocated to a patient event when the patient is transported by the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) to a hospital and is subsequently admitted.
Context 
Admitted patient care
Short Name
QAS patient event identifier
Name in Other Contexts
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Representational Attributes
Datatype
Numeric Character
Representation Class
Identification Number
Format
X(12)
Minimum Character Length
12
Maximum Character Length
12
Permissible Values 
Must be a valid electronic Ambulance Report Form (eARF) number.
Supplementary Values
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Collection and Usage Attributes
Guide for Use 
If more than one patient is delivered to the hospital at one time, each patient will have their own eARF number.
Verification Rules 
Must not be blank if the mode of transport is recorded as ambulance.
Collection Methods 
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection:
The QAS patient event identifier can be used to uniquely link patient episodes in the admitted and non-admitted emergency patient record to patient events in extracts of QAS clinical data.
Comment
The eARF number is a unique identifier for patient events attended by the QAS.  Each QAS team has a portable tablet PC that they use to record clinical details about each patient attended.  Each tablet PC is allocated a unique set of eARF numbers and when a new patient template is opened on the PC an eARF number is automatically allocated to the patient.   
It should be noted that the number is only unique to a patient event not a person.  That is, a person receives a new eARF number each time they are attended to/transported by QAS.  If more than one QAS team attend a patient, all clinical details are transferred to the PC of the team who transports the patient so each patient is allocated only one eARF number per patient event.   
The eARF number is included on the form that the QAS transporting team print out and leave at the hospital when they deliver a patient.
This item is used to improve the monitoring of costs and outcomes in QAS patients overall and for specific investigations of other subgroups of patients.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References 
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Otherrelational

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Set TypeNameAscendingIdentifier & VersionObligationEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1Conditional01-Jul-201130-Jun-2019
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 2Conditional01-Jul-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2016-2017QH 020315 Version 1Conditional01-Jul-201630-Jun-2017
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2017-2018QH 020501 Version 1Conditional01-Jul-201730-Jun-2018
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020503 Version 1Conditional01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020581 Version 1Conditional01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020692 Version 1Conditional01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2016-2017QH 020314 Version 1Conditional01-Jul-201630-Jun-2017
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2017-2018QH 020329 Version 1Conditional01-Jul-201730-Jun-2018
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020504 Version 1Conditional01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Quality Declaration 
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Source and Reference Attributes
Source Organisation 
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Source Document 
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