Summary Table of the Questionnaire Changes

NHAMCS 2022-2023 - Summary Table of the Questionnaire Changes

Survey	No. of Additions	No. of Deletions	Notes			Total
2022-2023 NHAMCS Hospital Induction Questions	11	8	Adds 3 new conglomerate questions, 4 telemedicine questions, 1 data separation question, 3 COVID-19 vaccination of health care staff questions, Removes 8 COVID-19 questions	Added Questions [CONG]: Is this facility part of a conglomerate or group? [CONGNM]: Enter conglomerate or group name [CONGID]: We have identified you as part of the [FILL] conglomerate or group. Is that true? [MEDRSEPT]: Can the medical records from the sample hospital be separated from all OTHER hospitals within the group or conglomerate? [TELEMED_USE]: During the past four weeks, did your emergency department use telemedicine technology (e.g., audio, audio with video, web videoconference) for patient visits?  [TELEMED_TYPE]: During the past four weeks, what type(s) of telemedicine tool(s) did you use for patient visits? Select all that apply [TELEMED_PERCENT]: During the past four weeks, what percentage of this hospital’s emergency department patient visits were through telemedicine technology? [TELEMED_STOP]: Does your emergency department plan to discontinue using telemedicine visits in the next year? [COVID_REQUIRED]: Has your hospital ever required or mandated COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare personnel/staff?  [COVID_OFFER]: Did your hospital ever offer COVID-19 vaccinations to healthcare personnel/staff? [COVID_VACCINE]: Which COVID-19 vaccine were ever offered to healthcare personnel/staff at your hospital?  (Select all that apply)	Removed Questions [COVID_SHORT]: During the past four weeks, did your emergency department experience shortages of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests for any patients with presumptive positive COVID-19 infection? [COVID_SCREEN]: During the past four weeks, did your hospital create areas outside the emergency department entrance to screen patients for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection? [COVID_POSITIVE_PH]: During the past four weeks, did any of the following clinical care providers in your emergency department test positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection? [COVID_POSITIVE_PA]: During the past four weeks, did any of the following clinical care providers in your emergency department test positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection? [COVID_POSITIVE_NURSE]: During the past four weeks, did any of the following clinical care providers in your emergency department test positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection? [COVID_POSITIVE_NMW]: During the past four weeks, did any of the following clinical care providers in your emergency department test positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection? [COVID_POSITIVE_LPN]: During the past four weeks, did any of the following clinical care providers in your emergency department test positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection? [COVID_POSITIVE_OTHER]: During the past four weeks, did any of the following clinical care providers in your emergency department test positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection?	3
2022-2023 NHAMCS Ambulatory Unit Induction Questions	5	0	These are the ROOFS  questions, interviewers are familiar with these	[ROOFS]: Can you confirm the following? Revenue: Are all revenues from this ESA facility forwarded directly to the [Fill hospital in sample]? Ownership: Is this ESA facility owned by the [Fill hospital in sample]? (If the hospital owns the property but rents the facility to another medical practice to operate, then this is not to be included as in-scope satellite.) Operation: Is this ESA facility operated by [Fill hospital in sample]? Federal Tax ID: Is the federal tax ID of [Fill hospital in sample] and this ESA facility the same? (An exception to this is when a health system owns several hospitals that all have the same federal tax ID. In this case, only ESAs associated with the sample hospital should be included.) Staff: Is the staff of this ESA facility either paid directly by [Fill hospital in sample] or contracted by [Fill hospital in sample]?		5
2022-2023 NHAMCS Emergency Department Patient Record Form (PRF)	2	0	COVID-19 test check boxes, eliminates use of case notes to document which require additional steps and screens on the computer	COVID-19 tests: Coronavirus disease [COVID-19] test Coronavirus disease [COVID-19] antibody test		2
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