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Oncology Service? #1722

Open syf720 opened 6 months ago

syf720 commented 6 months ago

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Hi, after browsing the services, I was wondering why we don't see a service for oncology (https://mimic.mit.edu/docs/iv/modules/hosp/services/ ) ? I noticed when looking at my data that patients who are in the careunit Hematology/Oncology are frequently under the service OMED, which corresponds to orthopedic medicine as listed on the website. Is there a medical/logistical reason that patients under the orthopedic medicine service would typically be in Hematology/Oncology units? Thanks in advance for your help.

alistairewj commented 6 months ago

Oh that documentation is definitely incorrect. ORTHO is the orthopaedic service, OMED is the oncology service. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll try to put in a fix.