Class: Administrative_patient_death

Description of: Administrative_patient_death

Class steward is Patient Administration
Interested committees Orders/Observation
Data collected that relates to the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of a patient.

Rationale: Better reflection of the administrative nature of this class.

OpenIssue: Adjust definition, remove or improve rationale. Also consider modeling os observation

Attribute definitions for: Administrative_patient_death

death_certificate_id ::

The identifier assigned to the death certificate.

OpenIssue: Consider modeling as stakeholder id.

death_certificate_recorded_dttm ::

The date that the death certificate is recorded.

death_classification_cd ::

A major classification of the cause of death.

death_dttm ::

The date and time of death.

OpenIssue: Amplify definition. Is this time death was recorded? Or the estimate of a clinician of when the patient died?

death_location_txt ::

The name of the location where the death occurred.

OpenIssue: This reference to a location needs further analysis to see if there is a relationship to a class hiding in here somewhere or not.

death_notification_source_nm ::

The name of the source providing the death notification.

death_verification_cd ::

A code identifying the source type used for verification.

OpenIssue: Amplify and clarify definition. Would it be better than make death verification an observation?

death_verification_dttm ::

The date the death information is verified.

death_verification_nm ::

Name of the person providing verification of death.

Association definitions for: Administrative_patient_death

pertains_to (1,1) :: Patient :: has (0,1)