It is actually worse than useless to try and collect data
like this, since this will be manipulated in all sorts of
ways. The best way is to use a proxy measure like assaults
(most assaults are alcohol related) and this should be
collected by your receptionists as part of the minimum
data set. If you really want this to be effective use this
with location of incident and share the data with the CDRP
(aggregate and anonymous) Jonathon Shepherd in Cardiff
showed in the EMJ how this could be used to target
hotspots. We've being doing this in Cambridge for 18
months now and we've found 10% of all assaults treated at
the ED are recorded by the police and we found a hotspot
the police were unaware of. If you want a real laugh
present the number of intoxicated under 16s from a
specific nightclub to the manager (OK I'm a bit twisted!)
Adrian
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:12:38 +0100
Rowley Cottingham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We had this for a while, but it got removed along with a
>lot of other
> non-core data that we were collecting so that we could
>concentrate on
> entering essential computer data accurately.
>
> R
>
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott,
>Charles
> Sent: 26 March 2007 15:48
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> Subject: "alcohol related"
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> My trust wishes to insert a compulsory computer record
>field "alcohol
> related" as part of the medical diagnosis. This will
>have to be filled in
> by a doctor or ENP who are the only people permitted to
>make a diagnosis on
> our "Symphony" system. Do other departments do this
>and is there a
> medically accepted definition of "alcohol related" which
>does not depend on
> a subjective impression of the staff. Is this another
>intrusion into our
> records and work by the State or a useful piece of
>social science?
> How will the accident lawyers react?
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