Dana, We do not count those in our mortality, but note them. We also exclude those made a comfort care only within 24 hours of admission.
Jamie Jamie Roney, MSN, RN-BC, BSHCM, CCRN COVENANT HEALTH SEPSIS COORDINATOR "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected." ~Steve Jobs 3615 19th Street, Lubbock, TX 79410 T: (806) 725-4689 C: (806) 773-1914 www.covenanthealth.org ...................................................................................... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DanaMarie Smith Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 8:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Hospice Patients Hi Everyone, I have a question and I want to know what everyone's practice is on the subject. When I am doing chart abstract and reviews on our severe sepsis patients I come across patients who get discharged to Hospice either home or to inpatient Hospice in our hospital but they aren't admitted anymore and itsd a completely different admission so they are technically discharged from acute care. Then the patients who go to hospice expired. My question is that would you count them on your mortality list or say they survived discharge from acute care setting? Like I said even though there is an inpatient hospice they are completely separated from the hospital admissin and don't even show up on our regular mortality list. I hope I explained this well. Thank You, Dana Dana Marie Moore RN Clinical Data Analyst Quality/Performance Improvement Aria Health Hospital Phone # 215- 612-4888 Fax # 215-612-4463 Let Life Bloom: Sign up to become an organ, eye and tissue donor. This message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and privileged. If you have received this in error and are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose this message or its contents to anyone. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete or destroy this message and its attachments. _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org Notice from St. Joseph Health System: Please note that the information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
