Table 3.

Comparison of NDMSs: Data Elements

	NMDS	MVG/RIM	CNMDSA	HI:NC	TELENURSE & ICNP
No. of elements	16	17	28	27 (28 for newborns & infants)	16 (in the pilot test)
Patient demographics	5 items	3 items	5 items	8 items	4 items
Medical care items	None	ICD code	Medical diagnosis	Medical diagnosis	None
		Complications		Procedures
				Dates
				Alive/dead codes
Nursing care elements	Nursing diagnosis	Nursing interventions (from list of 23)	Nursing diagnosis	Client status	Nursing diagnosis/nursing phenomena
	Nursing intervention	ADL*	Goals of nursing care (7 types)	Nursing intervention	Nursing intervention
	Nursing outcome		Nursing intervention (8 types)	Client outcomes	Nursing outcome (future)
	Intensity of nursing care		Client dependency	Nursing intensity
			Discharge (4 items)
Service elements:
Agency and provider	Unique service or agency number	Unique hospital code	Agency identifier	Provincial/institution/chart no.	Type of institution
	Unique health record number	Code specialty	Source of referral	Doctor identifier
	Unique nurse identifier	Code ward		Consultant identifier
		No. of beds		Nurse identifier
				Principal nurse provider
Episode	Episode or encounter date	Admission date	Date first contact	Admission date & hour	Moment of stay (admission, stay, discharge)
	Discharge/termination date	Length of stay	Date of referral	Discharge date & hour
		Day of stay	Discharge date from hospital	Length of stay
		Discharge date	Date first visit
			Discharge date
			Date last contact
Resources		No. of nursing hours available	Resource utilization
		No. of nurses available
		Qualification mix of nursing
		Qualification mix
Other	Disposition point		Other support services	Institution
	Expected payer of the bills			Main point of service
				Payer

^*ADL, activities of daily living.