Managing patients on home leave

If a patient is an inpatient, you can put them on home leave from  Inpatients > Patient Detail > Patient admin.

Home leave describes when a patient is allowed to temporarily leave hospital for a period of time before returning. For example, a patient having procedures on Monday and Wednesday might be able to go home on Monday night and return Wednesday morning as part of planned care.

During this leave of absence, the patient might need to be supplied with regular medications, and any new medications. If the patient is going home with medications, before you can place the patient on home leave, a clinician must complete a home leave form and create a list of TTOs.

Read more about home leave and TTOs

The process for home leave varies between organisations. You must familiarise yourself with local policies.

Managing patients on home leave on a mobile

You can't do this on a mobile.

Managing patients on home leave on a desktop

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail > Patient admin, select Put on home leave.

  2. Complete the form, including all mandatory fields.

    Mandatory fields are marked .

  3. Select Put on home leave.

    The patient banner updates the patient's bed to show 'Home'.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail > Patient admin, select Update home leave.

  2. Complete the form, including all mandatory fields.

    Mandatory fields are marked .

  3. Select Update home leave.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail > Patient admin, select Return from home leave.

  2. Complete the form, including all mandatory fields.

    Mandatory fields are marked .

  3. Select Return from home leave.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail > Patient admin, select Cancel home leave.

  2. Complete the form, including all mandatory fields.

    Mandatory fields are marked .

  3. Select Cancel home leave.

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