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Sort the Patient Discharge Instructions

The discharge instructions in the run-time Procedure Patient Discharge Instructions panel are in the same order as the procedure order in the grid on the Procedure Order & Discharge Instruction practice template. In the practice template, you can sort the discharge instructions in the grid as follows:

  1. To view discharge instructions configured for a specific specialty, click Specialty and then select a specialty from the list.
  2. Click the Patient Discharge Instructions option.
  3. (Optional) Select a Procedure and Category. The grid displays the pre-configured discharge instructions associated with the selected procedure and category.
  4. Select any of the following Sort options below the grid:
    • Category - To change the position of the discharge instructions associated with the selected category based on the selected sort functionality.
    • Instruction - To change the position of the discharge instruction in the grid based on the selected sort functionality.
  5. Highlight a discharge instruction in the grid.
  6. Click the promote or demote sort functionality.
    The discharge instruction moves to the new position.