Abbreviation
Healthcare
directive start date
dir_start_dtUsage Notes
Patient care instruction - Beginning date value
Global Definition
The beginning date value for a patient care instruction. Used to track temporal information related to directive start date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for directive management and reporting.
Sources
Healthcare Data Standards & Best Practices
Schema Preview
● application/json
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"fullTerm": "directive start date",
"domain": "healthcare",
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"type": "acronym"
}
}