Question

You are to document a hospital’s Admission-Discharge-Transfer (normally, referred to as ADT) process at a very high-level. Learn this process and document it using steps of “Creating a Process” model that we have covered. Limit your process to about 20-30 tasks.

Answer 1

ADT system holds valuable patient information and acts as foundation of other healthcare information systems. The information stored by ADT can be shared, when appropriate with other facilities and systems. ADT system provides help when one wants to dig into the history of a patient and extract valuable information. ADT also provide important information for trigger events.

Addmission Stage:

- Patient visits hospital/clinic

- Patient registration

- Patient pre-admission

- Patient admitted to hospital

- Identify complete personal information

            > Problem patient has and full history of patient & family

            > Physical assessment of patient

            > create a plan for the patient

            > Document all findings about the patient

- Check availability of rooms/beds & assignment

Transger Stage:

(This is an optional stage of patient being transferred to another hospital)

- Transfer all records of the patient from previous hospital to current hospital

- Check availability & provide room/bed to the patient

- Update the patient records for current hospital unit

Discharge Stage:

- Dcotor/nurse review medical records of patient

            > Assign prescription

            > Give instructions to patient and family

- Follow-up on upcoming appointments or treatments

- Get signed all the legal discharge documents

- Patient discahrged from hospital