Use Case Name: | Establish MDS |
Use Case Purpose: | The purpose of this use case is to create a new MDS for a newly admitted Resident. |
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Preconditions: | Existing Clinical Records have been transferred to the Facility. The Access Clinical Records use case has been successfully executed. |
Postconditions: | A new MDS is created. |
Limitations: | This first MDS must be completed by the Assessment Reference Date (ARD). The ARD = 5 days after admission for Medicare Residents or 14 days after admission for non-Medicare Residents. For Medicare Residents a new MDS must be created 5, 14, 30, 60, and 90 days after admission. |
Assumptions: | None identified. |
Basic Flow:
A. | The Nurse reviews the Clinical Records via the Access Clinical Records use case. |
B. | If there is no new MDS, the Nurse creates a new MDS for this Resident. |
C. | The Nurse adds the newly created MDS to the Clinical Records. |
Alternate Flow:
Condition Triggering Alternate Flow:? The new MDS is not created prior to the ARD or, for a Medicare Resident, a new MDS was not created at the appropriate times (see limitations) after admission.
A. | This use case will not be modified by these conditions. A process will be run daily (during third shift). This process will report on any such MDS creation/update violations. |