bed updated date

bed_upd_dt

general

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The last change date for a patient accommodation unit. Used to track temporal information related to bed updated date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

bed_upd_dt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  bed_upd_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- bed updated date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  bed_upd_dt as bed_updated_date
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Healthcare data warehouse schema design and modeling
Interoperability and cross-system data exchange
ETL pipeline development and orchestration
Master data management (MDM) programs
Analytics and business intelligence reporting

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
bed_upd_dt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  bed_upd_dt   VARCHAR(255),  -- bed updated date
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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