Cihi dad/nacrs abstracting manual

CIHI’s Disposition Reference Guides contain comprehensive lists of province/territory-specific institution numbers and their corresponding CIHI institution type/description and disposition. The Disposition Reference Guides are available in the DAD/NACRS Abstracting Manual web tool (log in required). DAD and NACRS abstracting manuals Abstracting Manual application on CIHI’s website. The DAD Abstracting Manual is a reference tool for data collectors and users to improve the quality and comparability of Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) data. This manual provides information on how to complete the DAD abstract, including detailed data element descriptions, collection instructions and notes for data users. For instructions on submitting DAD data to CIHI, please refer to the DAD and .

Originally developed in , the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) captures administrative, clinical and demographic information on hospital discharges (including deaths, sign-outs and transfers). Some provinces and territories also use the DAD to capture day surgery. Data extracted from the DAD is used to populate other CIHI databases, including. National Ambulatory Care Reporting System Manual NACRS Manual April Our Role CIHI provides support to those seeking answers to critical questions around the performance of the Canadian health system, the delivery of health care, and the status of Canadians' health by doing the following. Changes for NACRS Highlights from the NACRS Abstracting Manual are listed below. Please take the opportunity to review the entire manual prior to abstracting data for New and revised information in the manual are highlighted in yellow and identified with **NEW** or **REVISED**. Section 1—Introduction to NACRS.

CIHI’s Disposition Reference Guides contain comprehensive lists of province/territory-specific institution numbers and their corresponding CIHI institution type/description and disposition. The Disposition Reference Guides are available in the DAD/NACRS Abstracting Manual web tool (log in required). NACRS Abstracting Manual Core. This manual provides detailed instructions for data collection and submission to the NACRS database. Uses: Hospital and community-based ambulatory care centres may use the NACRS standard product to submit required data on ambulatory care activity of patients to the NACRS database. Patient activity for ambulatory care reporting encompasses visits to emergency departments, surgical day/night care, medical day-and night-care clinics, outpatient clinics in. CIHI will publish DAD and NACRS abstracting manuals in –; these will incorporate addenda from the past 3 years, including jurisdictional variations and the most recent Mental Health Forms mapping information.