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Draft a discharge summary from the notes

Let GenX build a first draft of the discharge summary from the admission's doctor and nursing notes, then review it and save.

At discharge, GenX can draft the summary for you from the notes written during the stay, including handwritten Smart Write notes. Each drafted line shows the note it came from, so you can check it. Nothing goes into the summary until you accept it, and you edit the result before you save.

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Who can do this: doctors

Where: In-Door Management › Admission List › three dots on the patient › Discharge Summary › Draft from notes

Before you start​

Draft the summary​

  1. On the Admission List, click the three dots on the patient's row and choose Discharge Summary.
  2. Click Draft from notes. If the summary opens in a new layout, click Draft from notes again at the bottom of the page. The discharge summary with Draft from notes at the bottom
  3. The Draft from notes window opens. It lists the drafted lines by part, for example Course in hospital and Discharge medicines. Each line ends with the note it came from and that note's date and time. The arrow after each heading names the summary field the lines go into. The Draft from notes window with each line and the note it came from
  4. Click Add to summary, or Discard to close the window without adding anything.

Review and save​

  1. Read every drafted line in the summary field and correct or remove what does not belong. The message Draft added from the admission notes. Review every line, then press Save. reminds you. The drafted lines added to the summary field for review
  2. Click Save to keep the summary as a draft, or Save & Sign when it is final.
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When the summary template has no field for a part such as Course in hospital, the lines go into another field under that heading, as in the example above.