December 14, 2010—Finalizing Discharge Orders
Discharge orders cannot be signed as final when a patient is currently listed on the inpatient census (via PATCOM), indicating that he or she has not been discharged, and the discharge date on the orders is in the past. In addition, discharge orders cannot be saved as final more than three (3) days before the discharge date on the Face Sheet. The discharge date also cannot be more than three (3) days in the past.
See Signing the Face Sheet and Discharge Orders
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