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Document the Patient's Discharge Information

  1. Enter appropriate patient discharge information in the applicable fields.
    For Patient left facility with, the Name and Relationship fields populate with data if documented in Verified patient has a ride home in the Pre-Procedure Care panel on the ASC - Preprocedure template. Any changes made to the Patient left facility with data will not impact the data in the Verified patient has a ride home fields.
  2. In the Patient Personal Effects section, select the applicable check boxes and options to indicate the patient's belongings are returned.
  3. In the ASC Quality Reporting section:
    1. Select appropriate options if the patient experienced any adverse events.
    2. Select appropriate options to indicate IV antibx SSI prophylaxis status.
    3. Click the Submit to Superbill button to submit the codes to the Superbill.
  4. In the Comments section, add any additional information.
    You can use the My Phrases link at the top-right of the Comments field to add comments. For more information on managing and using the My Phrases functionality, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Getting Started User Guide forNextGen®Adaptive Content Engine. The Manage My Phrases link allows you to create a new phrase that adds to the list launched from the My Phrases link.
  5. Select the Sign off check box.
    The Completed by, Date and Time fields populate with the user name, today's date, and current system time respectively.
  6. Click the Generate Document button to generate master document.

    The Patient Plan button generates the Patient Plan document. This Patient Plan document now includes the Instruction for Patient section listing all the patient discharge instructions for patient.