NurseCharting vs physicalExam tables

[Olivier998]

Hi,
I am comparing the GCS values derived from the script concepts/pivoted/pivoted-gcs.sql with the GCS values found in the physicalExam. However the results from the two tables are not the same;

• Some patients have different minimum values in the two tables
• Others may only have values in one table or the other.

Anyone has an idea why this is? And is one table more reliable than the other? Or should I consider using a combination of the two?

Thanks!

[Jesse Raffa]

These tables may represent different data collection processes, so unless the values have the same offset, your observations are not necessarily inconsistent.

Documentation practices may also vary between hospitals.