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Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS) Manual
Version 2.0, July 1999

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Contents

Introduction (PDF 15.8KB)

Purpose of the Elective Surgery Information System Data Collection

Background Information
Future Directions
Purpose of this manual
Software Provider Information
ESIS Technical Reference Group
Contacts
Reporting Schedule
Statement of Final Data
Abbreviations

Section A: Business Rules and Definitions (PDF 22.4KB)

Scope
Elective Surgical Care
Excluded Procedures
Ready for Care (Waiting and Booked) and Not Ready for Care
Ready for Care Patients
Waiting List
Booking List
Not Ready For Care Patients
Urgency Category Assignment
Categorisation
Urgency Reassignment (Recategorisation)
Counting Waiting Time
Total Waiting Time for Admitted Patients
Total Waiting Time for Patients on the Waiting or Booking List
Overdue Patient
Episode Management
Admission
Cancellation
Admission for Awaited Procedure as Emergency Admission
Transfer
Multiple Procedures

Section B: Records (PDF 105KB)

Introduction
File Naming Convention
Header Record
File Structure
Data Items for Header Records
Census Date
Campus Code
Total Number of Records
Patient Record
File Structure
Patient Record Data Items
Unique Key
Patient Identifier
Medicare Number
Medicare Suffix
Waiting Number
Date of Birth
Sex
Postcode
Locality
Principal Prescribed Procedure
Surgical Specialty
Clinical Urgency
Planned Length of Stay
Registration Date
Source of Referral
Referring Hospital
Urgency Reassignment Date
Previous Urgency Category
Patient Listing Status
Status Reassignment Date
Reason for Not Ready for Care Status
Booking Date
Booking Number
Reason for Rebooking
Scheduled Admission Date
Removal Date
Reason for Removal
Insurance Declaration
Reason for Cancellation
Transfer Destination
Total Days Not Ready for Care
Total Days Not Ready for Care Following Last Urgency Reassignment

Section C: Supplementary Code Lists (PDF 225KB)

Principal Prescribed Procedure
Principal Prescribed Procedure - Numerical Order
Principal Prescribed Procedure - By Surgical Speciality
Principal Prescribed Procedure - Alphabetical order
Excluded Procedures
List of Excluded Procedures

Section D: Control Reports (PDF 15.5KB)

Report of the processed records reported to DHS for this month
Edit Report
Category One Patients Who Have Waited for More Than 30 Days Prior to Admission
Admitted Category One Patients - Number and Percentage
Admitted Category Two Patients - Number and Percentage
Patients on the Waiting List by Category
Patients on the Booking List by Category
Category Two Patients on the Booking and Waiting List - Average Waiting Time
Category Three Patients on the Booking and Waiting List - Average Waiting Time
Category One Booked and Waiting Patients - Number and Percentage
Category Two Booked and Waiting Patients - Number and Percentage
Sample report: Category One Patients Who Have Waited for More Than 30 Days Prior to Admission
Sample report: Admitted Category One Patients - Number and Percentage
Sample report: Admitted Category Two Patients - Number and Percentage
Sample report: Patients on the Waiting List by Category
Sample report: Patients on the Booking List by Category
Sample report: Category Two Patients on the Booking and Waiting List - Average Waiting Time
Sample report: Category Three Patients on the Booking and Waiting List - Average Waiting Time
Sample report: Category One Booked and Waiting Patients - Number and Percentage
Sample report: Category Two Booked and Waiting Patients - Number and Percentage

Section E: Edit Guide (PDF 116KB)

Header Record Edits
Patient Record Edits

Appendices (PDF 51.9KB)

Appendix I: Fax proforma for Statement of Final Data
Appendix II: ESIS Reporting Hospital Codes
Appendix III: Technical Notes for the Elective Surgery Performance Indicators and Targets 1999/2000

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