Info
The Requested Level of Care field appears on the Bed Request section of the case’s Outcomes tab.
Fields
Requested Level of Care within Requested Service
Editable field under the Requested Service section under Referring Information in the Patient Tab.
Populated by the Level of Care dictionary.
Requested Level of Care within Request Bed
Read-only field on the Outcome Tab
Populated by Requested Level of Care within the Requested Service section of the Patient Tab.
Functionality
Requested Level of Care within Request Bed
The read-only Requested Level of Care in the Request Bed card displays the Requested Level of Care value populated from Referring Information. This value can be adjusted within the Patient Tab and updates will populate on the Outcome Tab.
Requested Level of Care within Requested Service
Updating the field before saving will populate the Request Bed Field in real time.
The field can continue to be updated after the bed request has been placed.
Cases imported from referrals from Referral IQ® will populate the Requested Level of Care based on the referral Level of Care field.
No Value for Requested Level of Care
If the Level of Care is not selected in the first bed request, the Requested Level of Care field is blank in edit mode and double-dashes (--) in view mode.
Context
Differentiating the initial request vs the actual level of care can help provide additional insight into decisions made during the placement process.
A Use Case
A third-party agency is requesting a patient be accepted into a facility based on a certain requested level of care. During transport, the patient goes into cardiac arrest which changes the level of care. From an auditing perspective, the receiving facility would like to know what the original requested level of care was.
When to Use Requested Level of Care
Leverage this data point to help inform workflows when the Requested Level of Care is not met. Some examples:
Patient Satisfaction
Patient Safety
Any Financial Implications
Internal Transfer Cost (patient had to be transferred internally to another unit, cost associated with bed cleaning/transport resources)
Dictionary
There are no additional dictionaries added for the Requested Level of Care field. This is populated by the Level of Care dictionary in Capacity Management Suite.
