Introduction The use of emergent status is believed to provide an easily auditable approach towards capturing patient acuity. Current case-mix methodologies in Ontario for the acute inpatient population make very limited use of the emergent status of patients (whether the patient was admitted from the emergency room). These patients tend to be longer stay, and current resource utilization indic...

To cite: Hirata J-ichi, Ohya M. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200176 DESCRIPTION A 92-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency room owing to a history of lumbago after falling on her back during a walk. She had been treated for mediastinal mature teratoma for the past 15 years. Thirty minutes after arriving at the emergency room, she repo...

The research project "AKTIN” that is funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) tries to improve information transfer concerning emergency room treatment of patients. Therefore, standardized electronic exchange formats like particular types of HL7 CDA shall be created from the consented emergency room protocol (ERP). This document needs to pass a process of sematic coding f...