Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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METEOR identifier: | 327214 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/12/2016 |
Definition: | The examination of a patient by a clinician after the patient has been added to the elective care waiting list. This examination may result in the patient being assigned a different urgency rating from the initial classification. The need for clinical review varies with a patient's condition and is therefore at the discretion of the treating clinician. |
Context: | Admitted patient care. |