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    Patient Treatment File (PTF)

    Metadata Updated: April 25, 2021

    This database is part of the National Medical Information System (NMIS). The Patient Treatment File (PTF) contains a record for each inpatient care episode provided under VA auspices in VA and non-VA facilities nationwide. Each episode contains data on admission, diagnosis, procedures, surgical episodes, and disposition (discharge) information and Diagnostic Related Group (DRG). Each transfer is recorded to allocate days of care properly to the service(s) responsible for that care. Recurring and special purpose reports are used for studies on patient movement trends, diagnostic frequency, workload, budget preparation, Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) assignment and accreditation requirements. Reports are available for online access via Roger's Software Development's (RSD) Online Report Viewing. Several large data files are installed on-line at the Austin Information Technology Center for remote access. Selected data can be downloaded to perform end user processing, including report generation. Information is received from a variety of modules in Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture. This batch system is written in Common Business Oriented Language and ALC. Processing is done on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.

    Access & Use Information

    Non-public: This dataset is not for public access or use. Specific details are provided below. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 25, 2021

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from VA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 25, 2021
    Publisher Department of Veterans Affairs
    Maintainer
    Identifier VA-VHA-OIA-017
    Data First Published 2017-07-26
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2020-12-01
    Rights Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, protected health information.
    Category Basic Statistics, Use, and Operational Data
    Public Access Level non-public
    Bureau Code 029:15
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://www.data.va.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id 6970643b-d1d3-408b-9322-b0fe27562557
    Harvest Source Id fcd1f625-1c2e-4663-95cf-1b0eb053cce1
    Harvest Source Title VA JSON
    Homepage URL https://www.data.va.gov/d/ahm2-ztdw
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 029:040
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 4e0843afeefd0237b24f7e10415b1e26f740a75b
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    System of Records https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-11/pdf/2012-11487.pdf
    Temporal 1975-01-01T05:00:00Z/2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

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