Discharge Summary~
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- Discharge Summary
- A formal synopsis of a patient’s medical care during a single hospitalization, including tests procedures, and conclusions. A discharge summary is prepared for all discharges and transfers from a VA medical center or domiciliary or from nursing home care. The automated Discharge Summary module of TIU provides an efficient and immediate mechanism for clinicians to capture transcribed patient discharge summaries online, where they’re available for review, signing, adding addendum.
Source: Authorization Subscription Utility V. 1.0 Clinical Coordinator Manual
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- Discharge Summary
- Discharge summaries are summaries of a patient’s medical care during a single hospitalization, including the pertinent diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures as well as the conclusions generated by those tests. They are required for all discharges and transfers from a VA medical center, domiciliary, or nursing home care. The automated Discharge Summary module of TIU provides an efficient and immediate mechanism for clinicians to capture transcribed patient discharge summaries online, where they’re available for review, signing, adding addendum, etc.
Source: Text Integration Utilities V. 1.0 Clinical Coordinator & User Manual
| This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library |
