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Abbreviation
Healthcare

discharge start time

dsch_start_tm

Usage Notes

Hospital patient release - Beginning time value

Global Definition

The beginning time value for a hospital patient release. Used to track temporal information related to discharge start time. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for discharge management and reporting.

Sources

Healthcare Data Standards & Best Practices

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● application/json
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  "fullTerm": "discharge start time",
  "domain": "healthcare",
  "metadata": {
    "hasDefinition": true,
    "type": "acronym"
  }
}