RL6:Infection Inboxes

Patient information is sent from a variety of hospital systems and is collected by RL6:Infection. Admission, Discharge, and Transfer (ADTAdmission, Discharge and Transfer data.) and laboratory data is updated as soon as the hospital system makes the data available through an HL7Health Level-7 is an international set of open standards used to format data and content, allowing different health information systems to easily and effectively communicate with one another. feed. Other events, such as surgical procedures and medication orders, can be imported in the RL6:Infection database at a predefined interval. These events, such as a blood cultures, MRSA screens or wound swabs, are binned into one of inbox types (Inbox Event Types).

1. Data Integration – a copy of data received from the various hospital systems is stored in the RL6 database. When a lab result is updated in the microbiology system, for example, the lab result will also be updated in the RL6 database.
2. Note: The availability of HL7 feeds and data import is based on the information and systems available at your organization. For installations where it is not possible to automate certain aspects of the data collection process, the end user may also manually add information (Adding New Events).
2. Inboxes – using keywords from the collected data, as well as the search criteria that you specify, the various inboxes transform the wealth of data into a comprehensive list of events that may require additional action from the Infection Practitioner (IP1. Internet Protocol 2. (For Infection) Infection Practitioner. An individual works to reduce the acquisition of healthcare-associated infections in patients, residents and staff at a healthcare organization.). See The RL6:Infection Inbox Page for more details.