This report includes the patient's medical record number (MRN), name, location when the discharge order was written, discharge date, and principal discharge diagnosis.
Clinicians must be individually authorized to access and run this report.
If you haven't already:
Click Tools (ALT+L) on the main order entry window.
Click Reports (ALT+S).
Click Pts w/active DC orders/date.
The default time frame for the report is today. To change the start and/or end date, click to check Run by Admit Date, then type or select from the calendar to set the start and end date. You must limit the number of days to 31.
To run the report, click Run Results (ALT+R).
By default, the report is sorted by MRN. To sort by another parameter, click a column heading
On the first click, columns with text data sort alphabetically from a to z. Click a second time to sort from z to a.
On the first click, columns with dates sort from oldest to most recent. Click a second time to sort from most recent to oldest.
To change the view:
Click and drag the edge of a column to change its width.
Click the vertical scroll bar on the right to display additional results when there are too many to fit in the display.
Click the horizontal scroll bar n the bottom to display data in columns that do not fit in the display.
To print or save the report:
To open the report in a spreadsheet, formatted as displayed, click Import to Excel (ALT+I). Excel opens automatically.
To send the results to a tab delimited .txt file, click Import to Text File (ALT+T). Notepad opens automatically.
Print and save from Excel or Notepad.
Return to the UCM:
Click Exit (ALT+E) to close the report.
Click Back to UCM Options (ALT+B) to return to the Tools options.
Click Exit to UCM Options (ALT+X) to return to the UCM.
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