To discharge a patient in Patients | Intake Referral:
1. Select the appropriate patient name.
2. Click the Discharge title bar on the Patient Management window.
3. Enter the following information:
● Enter a date in the Discharge date field in the mm/dd/yyyy format, or click and select the date from the calendar.
● Enter a time in the Discharge time field, or click and use the Hour/Minute fields to enter a time.
● Click the arrow beside Location of discharge, and select the appropriate location.
● If the patient died, enter the expiration information.
● Click the arrow beside Discharge Status, and select the appropriate status.
● Enter any additional notes in the Discharge remarks field.
4. Click .
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If the patient has any problems, goals, or interventions present (in Patients | Care Plan), the following message will display: "Unable to complete discharge - Care Plan still active." Users must then resolve all items in the active care plan before the patient can be discharged. |
5. In the Discontinue Orders & Cancel visits post Discharge dialog box, select one of the following options:
Enterprise Edition displays the discharge information under Discharge on the Patient Management window.