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practitioner effective date

prac_eff_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The active beginning date for a licensed healthcare provider. Used to track temporal information related to practitioner effective date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for practitioner management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

prac_eff_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  prac_eff_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- practitioner effective date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  prac_eff_dt as practitioner_effective_date
FROM claims;

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