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hospital timestamp

hosp_ts
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The date and time value for a inpatient care facility. Used to track temporal information related to hospital timestamp. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for hospital management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

hosp_ts

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  hosp_ts VARCHAR(100),  -- hospital timestamp
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  hosp_ts as hospital_timestamp
FROM claims;

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