title: Development and evaluation of a minimum data set for children with airway support for transfers between acute and post-acute care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To generate consensus on the reasons why children with airway support transfer between acute and post-acute care; develop a minimum data set to transmit between care settings; and examine transfer reports to determine the frequency of data set content.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two consensus development meetings were conducted of acute and post-acute care professionals to identify reasons for transfer and develop the minimum data set. A content analysis was used to generate the frequency of inclusion of minimum data set elements in the narrative reports of 15 acute to post-acute and 15 post-acute to acute transfer summaries. The observed frequencies were compared with the expected frequencies (95%), as were frequencies between the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Advanced diagnostic assessment and unexpected changes in medical, surgical and mental health conditions were the primary reasons for transfer from post-acute to acute care. For transfers in both directions, 20 of the 34 data elements were present in <75% of the cases and were statistically different than the pre-set 95% standard. No statistical difference in the occurrence of data elements between transfer directions existed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A minimum data set has the potential to reduce redundancy, improve safety and optimize care co-ordination between facilities for children with airway support.
authors.affiliation: Franciscan Hospital for Children, Boston, MA 02135, USA.
authors.forename: Jane E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Helene M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Haley
authors.forename: Christine Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D032921:Consensus; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000451:nursing*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires