Description
Identify a pending care-transition task and whether a handoff is recorded.
Older-adult care records combine preferences, respondent roles, assistance, handoffs, services and medication-list text. Recorded coverage hours differ from adequate care, and a textual medication match differs from clinical medication reconciliation. Consent and proxy authority are contextual questions that a supplied flag cannot settle.
Identify a pending care-transition task and whether a handoff is recorded.
When to use this tool
Use Care Transition Pending Task Flag when checking the stated older-adult record, assistance, coverage or care-log convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter taskId, completed, cancelled, handedOver. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read pending, pendingWithoutHandoff. Inspect pending, pendingWithoutHandoff before interpreting the associated values.
Require nonempty taskId and reject completed=true together with cancelled=true. pending means neither completed nor cancelled; pendingWithoutHandoff additionally requires handedOver=false.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| taskId | Task Id | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| completed | Completed | Required. Boolean. |
| cancelled | Cancelled | Required. Boolean. |
| handedOver | Handed Over | Required. Boolean. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| pending | Neither completed nor cancelled; the two terminal flags cannot both be true. | Required. Boolean. |
| pendingWithoutHandoff | Pending Without Handoff | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"taskId": "T17",
"completed": false,
"cancelled": false,
"handedOver": false
},
"output": {
"pending": true,
"pendingWithoutHandoff": true
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Handoff status is asserted, not verified; a false pending flag does not establish safe or complete care coordination.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Review verified source records and individual needs with qualified medical/care professionals; use appropriate legal and accessibility assessment for actual authority, services and care decisions.
References
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