Anticipated Discharge Date

On calling up the Neurosurgery or Pediatric templates for Order Entry, clinicians are prompted to enter Anticipated Date of Discharge. There is an option to defer; however, there is the option of Unknown.

If the anticipated date of discharge is set to Unknown, any MD, NP, and PA is prompted to enter the date whenever they start writing new orders for the patient.

Once the date is selected, it is displayed at the bottom of the UCM (Unit Census) when the patient is selected. On and after that date, MDs, NPs, and PAs are prompted to confirm the date whenever they start writing new orders for the patient.