Mental health inpatient discharge
A care record standard for information sharing so professionals can provide continuity of care when an adult is discharged from mental health services.
Contents
- Documentation
About this standard
- Publisher
- Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB)
- Status
- Active
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Active. Active standards are stable, maintained and have been approved, assured or endorsed for use by qualified bodies.
Deprecated Deprecated standards are available for use and are maintained, but are being phased out, so new functionality will not be added.
Retired standards Retired standards are not being maintained or supported and should not be used.
- 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
- Is part of
- Transfer of Care Initiative The Transfer of Care initiative has been mandated by the NHS Standard Contract. It includes a group of related standards covering inpatient, emergency care, mental health and outpatient settings.
- Transfer of Care Initiative
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Care records
- Continuity of care
- Demographics
- Information governance
- Key care information
- Patient communication
- Prescribing
- Referrals
- Tests and diagnostics
- Care setting
- Community health
- Hospital
- Mental health
- Social care
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
This standard needs to be reviewed and implemented alongside:
- SNOMED CT
- Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7 FHIR) is a standard for health care data exchange, published by HL7®.
- Electronic systems both sending and receiving
- Related standards
This standard relates to the group of standards by the PRSB known as the transfer of care standards.
Review Information
- Contributor
- Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB)
Page last updated: 29 August 2024