Clinical care

Discharge a patient

This flow describes how to discharge a patient from an encounter in MANSOQ. The discharge records where the patient goes, and when the patient leaves the facility. Note: The discharge does not close the encounter. The encounter stays open until…

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Overview

This flow describes how to discharge a patient from an encounter in MANSOQ. The discharge records where the patient goes, and when the patient leaves the facility.

Note: The discharge does not close the encounter. The encounter stays open until someone marks it as complete.

Pre-requisites

The patient has an open encounter of the type Inpatient, Observation or Emergency.
The patient is ready to leave the facility.
You have the permissions listed below.

Permissions

Permission	Access
Update Encounter non clinical	Lets you record the discharge on an encounter. Administrator, Doctor, Nurse and Facility Administrator hold this permission.

Steps

1. Start the discharge

Open the encounter. Start the discharge from one of these entry points:

On the Overview tab side panel, select the bottom button Mark for discharge.
Open Encounter Actions, then select Mark for discharge. The shortcut for Encounter Actions is Shift+E. The shortcut for the discharge is m then c.
Open the encounter form, then select Discharge Patient. The shortcut for the encounter form is Shift+U.

MANSOQ sets the Encounter Status to Discharged. MANSOQ disables this field.

Note: For an Inpatient encounter that is not discharged yet, MANSOQ does not show the completion dialog. MANSOQ opens the encounter form with the discharge already selected. You then fill in the discharge details.

2. Select the Discharge Disposition

Select where the patient goes. This field is required.

Component	What it captures
Discharge Disposition	The place the patient goes to after the facility.

The choices are:

Home
Alternate home
Other health care facility
Hospice
Long term care
Left against advice
Expired
Psychiatric hospital
Rehabilitation
Skilled nursing facility
Other

MANSOQ marks this field with an asterisk. MANSOQ refuses the form until you fill it in, for Inpatient, Observation and Emergency encounters.

Note: Your deployment can pre-fill a default discharge disposition.

3. Set the Discharge Date and Time

Set when the patient leaves the facility. MANSOQ shows this field after the status becomes Discharged. The time cannot be earlier than the start of the encounter.

4. Write the Discharge Summary Advice

Write the advice the patient takes home. This field is optional.

5. Check the Hospitalization Details

Check the rest of the Hospitalization Details:

Component	What it captures
Admit Source	Where the patient came from.
Re-Admission	A switch. Turn it on when the patient comes back for the same problem.
Diet Preference	The dietary requirement of the patient.

Admit Source offers these choices:

Transferred from other hospital
From accident/emergency department
From outpatient department
Born in hospital
General Practitioner referral
Medical Practitioner/physician referral
From nursing home
From psychiatric hospital
From rehabilitation facility
Other

Diet Preference offers these choices:

Vegetarian
Dairy free
Nut free
Gluten free
Vegan
Halal
Kosher
None

6. Submit the form

Submit the form to save the discharge.

Expected Outcome

MANSOQ marks the encounter as Discharged.
The encounter stays open. The care team can still change the encounter, the location, the care team, the departments and the tags.
The patient keeps the bed until someone closes the location stay. MANSOQ frees the bed when the stay closes, or when someone marks the encounter as complete. See Assign an Encounter location.
To close the encounter, someone must mark it as complete. See Complete an Encounter.
MANSOQ can move a discharged encounter to another status. MANSOQ applies no rules about which status follows which.

Note: Your deployment decides which encounter types your facility uses.

Concepts:

Encounter

Flows:

Source evidence

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