Review Discharge Medications

• This form can be completed by an MD, PA, NP, RN, or medical student. If completed by an RN or medical student, it must be cosigned. For additional information, see the Overview of Discharge Orders, Instructions, and the Patient Care Referral Form.

• Changes made to discharge medication orders trigger an alert for clinicians if the Patient Discharge Medications List (PDML) has already been saved and printed. See Handling the Notifications When Medications Have Changed After PDML Print. The Order Status for patients whose PDML may require reprinting is Discharge (in red).

• Face Sheet Discharge Orders and Instructions are not available in the newborn nurseries. You cannot access the forms, even if you select a patient from the associated maternity unit lists or from patient lookup.

• If you haven't already:

1. Select the patient and click Face Sheet Discharge (ALT+F) or Discharge (ALT+G).

2. If needed, click the Medications folder to access the form.

• When available for the selected patient's care unit, the Patient Discharge Medication List (PDML) is generated automatically. If prompted, click one of the buttons at the bottom of the message to continue:

• Remind Me Later (ALT+R)—The message will be closed, and presented whenever you open the Medications folder in Discharge.

• Close and Don't Remind Me (ALT+C)—The message will be closed and never presented again.

• Review Discharge Medications

The view-only list of discharge orders is presented automatically when all of the medications in both the current pre-admission list (PAML) and inpatient orders have been reconciled. This is available on care units where the PDML (discharge medication list to be given to the patient) is generated automatically. The pre-admission medications that were not resumed for discharge are listed at the top. These are the medications that the patient is instructed to stop taking.

• To display the review from the Discharge Medications folder, click Disch Med Review.

• Displaying the panes:

• Click Cancel to return to the discharge orders.

• Click View PDML to see the discharge medication list to be given to the patient.

• See also:

• Reconciling pre-admission (PAML), inpatient, and discharge medication orders—Side-by-side Comparison

• Reconciling pre-admission (PAML), inpatient, and discharge medication orders—Vertical Comparison View

• Writing orders for additional medications

• Providing anticoagulation therapy data (warfarin, fondaparinux, or enoxaparin)

• Viewing, saving, and printing the patient discharge medication list (PDML)

• Editing discharge medication orders

• Writing prescriptions for medications

• To write and print prescriptions for services, equipment, and supplies, see Writing Prescriptions for Services, Equipment, and Supplies for Discharge.

• Editing prescriptions for medications