This knowledge base article will cover how to create discharge instructions for a patient.
1. Choose the Prescriber Progress Note button (or Therapist if you are a non-prescriber).




2. You will need to decide which medications are for discharge (if you are a prescriber).
3. Then you will compile your note.
4. Click the Create Discharge Summary button.
5. Click through the four tabs adding your instructions.
6. On tab 2 (Discharge Status & Instructions) you will print the discharge instructions for the patient by clicking the
button.


Example of Patient Instructions:
7. On the last tab (Included Progress Notes), choose if you want to include any notes and then select the appropriate button to compile.

- This button will compile with any notes selected.
- This button will compile without including any buttons.
8. When you compile the button, a popup will show asking how you want to print the discharge summary.
- Selecting this will print the text in one big blocks.
- Selecting this will print the text in multiple blocks.
This is what the Discharge Summary will look:
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