Healthcare Staffing Services Measures (v2022B)
Posted: 2/1/2022
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Data Element
Version 2022B

Name:Assignment Type
Collected For: All Records
Definition:The type of staffing assignment placed by the site to meet the customer’s request for temporary staff.

Staffing assignments may be per diem or travel. Per diem assignments are paid per day (in financial contexts) (Oxford Dictionary definition). Travel assignments describe the practice of sending staff to and from different customers, such as hospitals, clinics, or other healthcare facilities to fill short-term staffing gaps on a temporary basis both within the United States or internationally, depending on the customer need and the job (WGU Edu Blog definition, Jan 3, 2020).
Question:What was the type of staffing assignment?
Format:
Length:1
Type:Alphanumeric
Occurs:1
Allowable Values:

1   Per Diem

2   Travel

3   Not documented, OR Unable to determine (UTD)
Notes for Abstraction:

  • If the staffing assignment placed was per diem, select ‘1’.
  • Full-time and part-time employees who are paid an hourly or daily wage for completing shift assignments, select '1'.
  • "PRN" assignments, select '1'.
  • Day-to-day assignment of a temporary worker employed by the staffing firm, select '1'.
    NOTE: Please refer to Tab 5 of the EAPP Help Menu.
  • If the staffing assignment placed was a travel assignment, select ‘2’.
  • Assignments made through a contractual arrangement with a customer to provide a temporary employee for a specified period of time, e.g., 13 week contract, select '2'.
  • Multi-week assignments without travel, select '2'.
    NOTE: Please refer to Tab 5 of the EAPP Help Menu.
    • A contract may detail the terms of assignment but is not required.
  • Multi-week assignments with travel, select '2'.
    NOTE: Please refer to Tab 5 of the EAPP Help Menu.
    • A contract may detail the terms of assignment but is not required.
  • If the type of staffing assignment cannot be determined, select ‘3’.
Suggested Data Sources:

  • Payroll system
  • Timesheets
  • Work schedule
Additional Notes:
Guidelines for Abstraction:
Inclusion Exclusion
None None

Assignment Type
Healthcare Staffing Services Measures (v2022B)
Discharges 07-01-2022 (3Q22) through 12-31-2022 (4Q22)

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