A constrained ENTRY containing a collection of data items required to represent the contemporary or retrospective activity of discharging a subject of care from a hospital provider spell. Comprises a single coded Discharge Event item and optionally may contain:

• an unbounded representation of the method by which the subject of care was discharged
• an indication whether the subject of care lives alone and may/may not require help post discharge

• the participation of an organisation or place entity as the destination location of the subject of care after discharge

• the healthcare professional (i.e. the consultant) primarily responsible for the discharge of the subject of care.

Specializes

GenericDischargeEvent

Attributes

Name	Data type	Occurs	Description	Value constraints
name	SC	1..1	The name, expressed as a coded value or as plain text, specifies the clinical or administrative concept to which this EHR node corresponds, as labelled in the EHR system in which it was first committed.	value Literal value(s): ENTRY
rc_id	II	1..1	The globally-unique identifier by which this node in the EHR hierarchy is referenced in the EHR system to which the data were first committed. This identifier shall be retained by the EHR Recipient and re-used whenever this RECORD_COMPONENT is subsequently included in another EHR_EXTRACT.
synthesised	BL	1..1	This attribute value shall be TRUE if this RECORD_COMPONENT has been created in order to comply with this standard , but this point in the EHR hierarchy has no corresponding node in the EHR from which it was extracted.	value Default value: false
uncertainty_expressed	BL	1..1	This attribute is set to TRUE to advise the EHR Recipient that this ENTRY contains data that indicates some degree of uncertainty, and that care should be taken when using these data within automated processes and systems.	nullFlavor Literal value(s): NA

Contained ELEMENTs

Graphical Representation

Subject ELEMENT class				Related object classes
Name	ELEMENT Class	Occurs	Description	Relationship	Occurs	Class	Dependency
items	DischargeMethod	0 .. *
items	CareIssues	0 .. *		IsClinicalContextOf	0..*	AdmissionEvent	INDEPENDENT
				HasRecordRole	0..*	ProblemsAndComplaintsTag	INDEPENDENT
				HasClinicalContext	0..*	ProcedureActivity Diagnosis FindingObservation	INDEPENDENT
				IsIndicationOf	0..*	StoppedMedicationActivity CurrentMedicationActivity	INDEPENDENT
				IsMotivationOf	0..*	ProcedureActivity AdmissionEvent	INDEPENDENT
				HasAnnotation	0..*	Text	INDEPENDENT
items	LivesAloneFinding	0 .. 1
items	DischargeEvent	1		HasContext	0..1	DischargeMethod LivesAloneFinding	INDEPENDENT

Participations

Other Participations

Name	Class	Occurs	Description
other_participations	DischargeResponsibilityChoice	0..1	Represents a choice of FUNCTIONAL_ROLE classes used to describe the participation of a ROLE class in a COMPOSITION or an ENTRY. The ROLE class shall participate as a non-specific 'other participation' representing the person who is responsible for the discharge of the subject of care.
other_participations	DischargeDestinationChoice	0..1	Represents a choice of FUNCTIONAL_ROLE classes used to describe the participation of a ROLE class in a COMPOSITION. The ROLE class shall participate as a non-specific 'other participation' representing the destination or place where the subject of care is being discharged to.

Content of COMPOSITION Models

DischargeSummary

Reference Model Type

ENTRY