Glossary:Discharge patient from bed

The purpose of the Discharge patient from bed function is there for when a patient is healthy and ready to go home, when a patient is deceased and need to be discharged from the bed or when the patient needs to be transferred to another hospital.

• Log into the GoodX Web App with your username and password.
• There are two options to Discharge a patient from a bed.
• Discharge patient from Case Management screen.
• Discharge patient from Bed Management screen.

Discharge patient from Case Management screen:

• From the menu bar click on Hospital.

• From the drop-down, click once on Case Management. 

• The Case Management screen will appear.

• Double click on the patient to be discharged.

• The Hospital Case screen will appear.

• Click on the Discharge button to discharge the patient.

• The Discharge form will appear.

• Complete the following information:
• Admission Time: The date and time the patient was admitted will be pulled through from the case information.
• Discharge Time: The date and time the patient is being discharged are set by default to the current date and time.
• Facility: This is where you can indicate where the patient will be transferred to.
• Reason: Why the patient is being discharged.
• Discharged: The patient is healthy and ready to go home.
• Deceased: The patient passed away.
• Transferred: The patient is transferred to another hospital.
• EMS Service: Ambulance/medic, this is the person who will collect the patient from the hospital and transfer to another hospital.
• Refused Treatment Time: The time that the patient refused to get treated.
• Now: When you click on this button, it will put the current date and time is of the specific filed where the now button is eg. Discharge time, refused treatment.

• The doctor can make notes of the treatment and instructions for the patient to follow through at home.

• A follow-up note can be made to remind the patient that they need to come back to the doctor for a follow-up appointment.
• Lock: You are able to lock to form to prevent anybody to work on it.

• Email: You can email the form to the patient or to another doctor.

• Print: You can print the form, or from the drop-up, you can download the form to be saved on your desktop.

• Collapse All: You can collapse or expand the form.

• When done, click on the Save button to discharge the patient.

• Click on the Close button to exit without saving.

• On the Case Management screen, you will see when the patient was discharged.

Discharge patient from Bed Management screen:

• From the menu bar click on Hospital.

• From the drop-down, click once on Bed Management.

• The Bed Management screen will appear.

• From the patient file, in the top right corner, click on the information button.

• The Hospital case screen will appear for both options.

• In the bottom right corner, click on the Discharge button.

• Follow the information of the discharge form from the Discharge patient from the Case Management screen at the top of the user manual.