Entering the Service Application Details (non-residential)

  

 

Introduction

The service application page allows the referral source to select the services required for the patient. This page describes the information required for the non-residential services referral application.


Contents

 

Day Rehabilitation / Dementia Day Care / Social Day Care
Senior Home Care Services

Home Health Care (Home Medical/Nursing/Therapy)

Assessment & Coordination for Enabling Services

SPICE

 


Entering the Service Application Details  

Proceed as follows:

1   On the Svc App tab, enter the details as described in the following table:
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Click View Case Info to obtain an overview of the patient's current and previous referrals created. Also, the telephone numbers are provided to the healthcare professionals to make any enquiry pertaining to the services.

Section/Field Name

Description

*Referral Application Type

Service type selected at the time of referral creation is auto-populated in this field.

For non-residential service application, it is displayed as follows:

Non Residential
(DRC/DDC/HC/SPICE/ACE/SDC/SHC)

*Service selection

Based on the service selection at the time of referral creation, the required fields are enabled. You can select from the following services:

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Day Rehabilitation / Dementia Day Care / Social Day Care
a) You can enter the following fields:

Service Name

Fields Description

Reason for Day Rehab/ Dementia Day Care/ Social Day Care Service:

You can select the following reasons:

  • Rehab

  • Day Care

  • Others

Does the applicant/family have any preference in terms of the following?

 

 

You can select the preferences for following:

  • *Diet

  • *Location

  • Preferred Service Provider

  • *Religion

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You can select the applicant/family's preferences for Day Rehabilitation / Dementia Day Care / Social Day Care/Nursing Home/SPICE service only


b) To complete the service application, perform step 7 through step 10.

3   Senior Home Care Services

Service Name

Fields Description

*Reason for Senior Home Care Services

Under Senior Home Care Services, you can select from the following services (check boxes):
[Senior Home Care (Meals and Escort)]

  • Meals-on-Wheels
  • Escort/transport

[Senior Home Care (En suite)]

  • Laundry
  • House Keeping
  • Personal Hygiene
  • Medication Reminder service
  • Mind Stimulation Activities
  • Other personal care services

For Senior Home Care Services/Home Nursing Service (Wound Care Only)

Under *Type of Information, you can choose one of the following options:

  • Medical Report -- Enables the Medical Rpt tab. The medical report must be completed by a medical practitioner or doctor.

  • Health Information -- Enables the Health Info tab. The information in this section does not constitute a medical report and it can be completed by any healthcare professional. The person completing the report is responsible for the information submitted and is required to attach a discharge summary to this section.

4   Home Health Care (Home Medical/Nursing/Therapy)

Service Name

Fields Description

*Reason For Home Care Referral

Under Home Medical Service, you can select from the following services (check boxes), if applicable:

  • Follow up of chronic illness
  • Others

Under Home Nursing Service, you can select from the following services (check boxes), if applicable:

  • Wound Care Only
    Selecting Wound Care Only, enables the For Senior Home Care Services/Home Nursing Service (Wound Care Only) section. Also, the Nursing Procedure tab is enabled.
  • Procedures
  • Follow up of chronic illness
  • Health Education (Monitor BP/Blood glucose)
  • Teaching simple exercises
  • Others
  • Caregiver training

Under Home Therapy Service, you can select from the following services (check boxes), if applicable:

  • Home environment assessment and Home modification

  • ADL/IADL Training

  • Physiotherapy

  • Caregiver training

  • Others

For Senior Home Care Services/Home Nursing Service (Wound Care Only)

Under *Type of Information, you can choose one of the following options:

  • Medical Report -- enables the Medical Rpt tab.

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The medical report has to be completed by a medical practitioner.

 

  • Health Information -- enables the Health Info tab.

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The information in this section does not constitute a medical report and it may be completed by a health care professional. The person completing the report is responsible for the information submitted and is required to attach a discharge summary to this section.

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Assessment & Coordination for Enabling Services

Perform step 7 to step 10.

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SPICE
The SPICE service is enabled for certain hospitals only. This service requires that the patient must be residing in the locality/community nearby to the hospital. For more information on SPICE, see SPICE - Postal Codes and Organizations.

  • Perform step 7 to step 10.

7 After selecting the services, you can enter the following details:

Service Name

Fields Description

Current Location of Patient:
*Location of Patient

You can select the current location of the patient as follows:

  • Home -- You must select one of the following for home address:
     > NA -- not applicable
     > NRIC Address -- The patient's NRIC address is populated.
     > Non NRIC address -- The patient's non-NRIC address needs to be entered.
  • Hospital -- You must provide the following details:
      > Expected Discharge Date
      > Hospital Type
  • Institution -- You must select the institution from the list provided.
Discharge Planning:
Is patient known to other community services

You can specify if the patient is known to other community services as follows:

  • NA -- Not Applicable.
    You are not required to fill any details.
  • Yes -- You are required to mention the community services in the text box provided.
  • No -- The patient is not known to any community services.

Known to MSW / CM/ ACTION TEAM

Is patient known to :

a) You can select if the patient is known to the following:

  • MSW
    On selecting MSW, you are required to enter the social report details in the Social Rpt tab.
  • Case Manager
  • Action Team
  • Others

b) You can further provide the *Name, *Telephone, *Designation, *Email and so on.

c) To add the details, click Add.

Rehab
Referral

Has patient been referred for therapy

You can choose from the following therapies:

  • Physiotherapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech Therapy
You can provide the attending therapist's details in the Attending Therapist Details text box.
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Selecting these therapies, enables the PT, OT and ST tabs for entering further information.

Service Needed (for Day Rehabilitation/Dementia Day Care/Social Day Care Service only)

a) You can select the Duration as follows:

  • Full Day
  • Half Day
  • Sessional

  • Others

and mention the Frequency / Week

b) You can select Yes or No for the following fields:

  • Transport required

  • Stair Crawl required

  • Escort required

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  This section is enabled for Day Rehabilitation/Dementia Day Care/Social Day Care Service only.

Patient's TCU

Patient requires follow up at OPD/Specialist Clinic?

You can choose the following:

  • Yes -- You must enter the following details:
    >
    *Clinic/Hospital
    > Doctor's Name
    > Speciality
    > Date Time (dd/mm/yyyy)
    > Special
    such as clinic/hospital, speciality, doctor name and so on.

    To add the OPD/Specialist Clinic details, click Add.
  • No

Financial Information

You can select one of the following:

  • Not applicable --- You are not required to enter further information.
  • The applicant is on Public Assistance (PA Ref no.) -- Patient is on public assistance and you can provide the PA Ref no. and CDC.
  • The applicant is on Medical Fee Exemption Card (MFEC No.) -- Patient is exempted from medical fees payment. You can provide the MFEC No.

Brief Social History

Under social history, you can enter the patient's biography, family history / social support and issues.

Also, you can enter current care management, primary caregiver and experience of care giving.

Additional Information

Any additional information required to be mentioned in the service application can be entered in the Other Remarks textarea.

8  After completing the service application page, in the Completed By section, by default, the information of the user logged (for service application, it is Main Hospital Coordinator, Case Worker or MSW) into IRMS is populated. You can update the name, designation, telephone, email and date, if required.
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   The information (name, telephone number and so on) is based on the details available in the logged-in user’s profile.
9 In the Coverage for Main Hospital Coordinator/Case Worker/MSW section, enter the details (name, designation, contact) of the coverage personnel.
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  The Coverage for Main Hospital Coordinator/Case Worker/MSW section is optional.
These details are entered if the main officer is on leave.
10  When the service application is ready, you can do one of the following:
  • Save – to save the service application as draft.
    You may want to use the save option, if the page is partially completed or you do not want to submit it immediately. Also, saving enables the new pages/tabs based on the service selections made in the service application page.
  • Ready – to save and mark the draft as ready to submit (indicated by flag in orange).
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The mandatory fields that are not entered properly are indicated with asterisks (**). A message is displayed on the top of the page to enter the required fields.

You cannot submit the page without completing the mandatory fields. Once the page is submitted (indicated by flag in green), you cannot modify the details.


Related Tasks     

 

SPICE - Postal Codes and Organizations