Use case - Nursing Unit analysis

Types of nursing units

  • Admitting – Nursing unit the patient was admitted to
  • Primary – Nursing unit the patient spent the most days in
  • Discharging – Nursing unit the patient was discharged from

Using nursing units

In profiles

Create a profile to look at one specific nursing unit or group of nursing units. For more information, see Customize profiles.

  1. In any scorecard, click Profiles.

  2. Click +Add a Profile.

  3. Filter the patient population by Nursing Unit and/or Nursing Unit Type.

  4. Save profile and use throughout your scorecard.

In Details view

Stratify the data to look at a measure grouped by nursing unit. For more information, see Details.

  1. Add a measure you’d like to look at – we’ll use length of stay.
  2. Group the data by nursing unit – we’ll use admitting nursing unit.

  3. Continue your analysis by adding any additional Group-Bys or Measures.

Nursing unit-specific scorecard

Edit the Hospital Scorecard to make a Telemetry scorecard. For more information, see Customize scorecards.

  1. Open the Hospital Scorecard from your Scorecard Templates.

  2. Create a custom version of the scorecard and name it whatever you’d like by clicking the pencil icon in the top right hand corner of your screen.

  3. Exit Customizer mode by clicking the green check mark.
  4. Create a new profile by clicking the Profile Manager and adding a new profile. See Customize profiles for more information.

    5. →

    1. Filter the patient population to include only telemetry nursing units by first adding a filter on Nursing Unit and clearing all the selected Nursing Units.

      2. →

    2. In the same Nursing Unit filter, select the telemetry units for your facility. The units listed are different on each individual server.

    3. Optional: Check the box to make this profile the default profile for this scorecard – this automatically uses this profile in all sections unless otherwise specified.

  5. Save this profile, exit the Profile Manager, and start your analysis.

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NOTE: Remember that profiles are scorecard-specific, so a profile you build on one scorecard is not available on another scorecard unless you recreate it.