Mode of Delivery
Recording mode of delivery
The National Non-Admitted Patient Collection (NNPAC) is the reporting Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand's complete for outpatient or emergency department events under three hours.
All Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ regional hospitals should be able to record the Mode of Delivery (MOD), including when telehealth/video conferencing is used to deliver health services. Code 6 is Videoconference and this is the mode for most telehealth events. The information captured in Te Whatu Ora is reported to the Ministry of Health, usually via an extract from the Patient Administration System. Accurate use of MOD Code 6 is an important factor in tracking the uptake of telehealth, especially for business-as-usual services.
The Common Counting Group have defined the following modes of delivery:
Mode of delivery code table
| 1 | In-Person (1 patient to 1 clinician) |
Individual face to face at the same location. Where tests are performed the mode of delivery is face to face |
| 2 | In-Person (1 patient to many clinicians) |
Multidisciplinary meeting with patient present at the same location and time |
| 3 | In-Person (1 clinician to many patients) |
Group of patients being seen by one or more clinicians at the same location and time |
| 4 | Remote patient monitoring | monitoring of patient’s biometric health information communicated from a remote patient medical device |
| 5 | Telephone | Voice only contact between patient and clinician using telephone |
| 6 | Video | Communication via technology enabling remote visual and audio contact between patient and clinician(s) |
| 7 | Non-contact | An event where decisions about patient health care are made without the patient being present. |