Procedure
Write a discharge summary
Write a discharge summary in Atlas, pull together the diagnoses, treatment and follow up, and produce a copy the patient takes home.
Write a discharge summary in Atlas, pull together the diagnoses, treatment and follow up, and produce a copy the patient takes home. The discharge surface is where you gather the visit into a clean release, and the summary is the form you fill inside it.
Where the summary lives
The discharge summary is a form on the discharge surface. You fill it with the diagnoses, the treatment given and the follow up, and it prints on the hospital's letterhead as a copy the patient takes home.
Write the discharge summary
- 1
Open the discharge surface
On the record, choose Discharge on the info-bar. Atlas opens the discharge sections down the side, each with its own completion status, so you see at a glance what is done and what remains.
- 2
Fill the summary
In Templates, open the discharge summary. Pull together the diagnoses, the treatment given and the follow up. Known details fill in for you, so you add the rest and read it through. Finishing the form locks it, so the copy the patient takes reads the same as the record.
- 3
Set how the visit went
In Diagnosis, confirm the diagnoses and the primary, and choose the outcome:
cured,improved,unchanged,worsened,referredordeceased. This is the line that says how the visit ended. - 4
Check readiness
Choose Check Readiness. Atlas checks each section and lists what remains: an open order, a required form still to fill, a flag to clear, or the account.
- 5
Clear the blockers
Work through each blocker it lists. Complete or cancel an open order. Fill a required form. Settle or arrange the account at the billing counter. Each one you resolve turns its section green.
- 6
Initiate, then discharge
Choose Initiate, then Discharge. Atlas re-runs every check fresh and closes the visit once each one passes. The visit moves to
completed, and the patient moves to the discharged list. - 7
Produce the copy
Print the discharge summary. It prints on the hospital's letterhead as a document the patient takes home, so they leave with a clear account of the stay and the follow up.
The discharge sections
The surface gathers the visit into sections. Each one carries its own status, so the release waits for the parts that genuinely need attention.
| Section | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis | The visit's diagnoses, the primary, and how the visit went. |
| Templates | The discharge summary and any required forms. |
| Cadences | The processes that run to completion for the visit. |
| Orders | Every order for the visit, with any open one flagged. |
| Sentinels | The alerts set to fire when the discharge initiates. |
| Finance | The account clearance from the billing counter. |
| Reason | The completion reason for the visit. |
Discharge waits on the account
For an inpatient, emergency or day-care visit, the billing counter clears the account and the Discharge button then opens. For an outpatient cash visit that needs no clearance, discharge is a single step. The account gate runs for every completion reason, so a clean release always carries a settled or arranged account.
Common questions
Can I discharge with an open order?
Complete or cancel the order first. An open order is a blocker the readiness check lists, so the release waits until it is closed.
Where does the patient's copy come from?
The discharge summary prints on the hospital's letterhead as a document, so the patient leaves with a copy of the stay and the follow up.
The account is still open at discharge.
The billing counter settles or arranges it. The Discharge button opens once the account clears, so the two steps stay in step.
Read how discharge gathers a visit to a clean close, and how the discharge finance gate clears the account.
Clear the account at the billing counter so the release completes.