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Inter-Provider Transfer Administrative Minimum Data Set

Mandates the transfer of administrative data to allow the monitoring of a patient’s progress along an 18 Weeks pathway where care has been transferred between providers.

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About this standard

Publisher
NHS England
Also known as
IPTAMDS
Reference code
ISB 0112
Status
Active
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Standard type
Information standards
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.

Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.

Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.

Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.

Contact point

Using this standard

Applies to
System suppliers
Effective from
01/01/2008

Topics and care settings

Topic
  • Data definitions and terminologies
  • Referrals
  • Service
Care setting
Hospital
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Review Information

Sponsor

Department of Health

Approval date
19/12/2007
Legal authority

Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012

This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

More information

The NHS needs to adopt solutions to measure and monitor the length of the Referral To Treatment Period for patients that may have periods of their patient pathways provided by other organisations. This means that referring organisations need to share with receiving organisations the Referral To Treatment Period Status data at the time of transfer of care, so that reporting can take place.

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