Abbreviation
Healthcare
referral start time
ref_start_tmUsage Notes
Provider-to-provider patient direction - Beginning time value
Global Definition
The beginning time value for a provider-to-provider patient direction. Used to track temporal information related to referral start time. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for referral management and reporting.
Sources
Healthcare Data Standards & Best Practices
Schema Preview
● application/json
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