Home leave and TTOs

In case notes, complete a home leave form. This is equivalent to the clinical discharge summary in a standard discharge.

1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Case Notes.

2. Select  next to the appropriate episode, visit, case, or intervention.

   The location of the home leave form depends on your organisation.

3. Select Home Leave.

   This form might have a different name in your organisation.

4. Complete all mandatory fields. Mandatory fields are marked .

1. Create a list of TTOs To Take Out. Often used to describe the medicines added to the discharge letter, and, informally, the letter itself. for the period the patient is at home.

   Read about creating a TTO

2. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Case Notes.

3. Find the home leave form.

   Read more about creating the home leave form

4. Scroll to the bottom of the form and select Approve / Send to Pharmacy.

   Depending on your permissions, you can select Approve, ward supplied TTO. This bypasses pharmacy, and means there is no pharmacy check.

5. Pharmacists check the TTOs.

   Read more about the pharmacy review of TTO prescriptions

   When the TTOs are approved, the ward receives the dispensed TTOs.

6. Give the dispensed TTOs to the patient.

7. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Case Notes.

8. Find the home leave form.

9. Select Confirm ward received and verified.

You can print a 14-day administration chart for TTO medications.

1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Meds.

2. Select  > TTO.

3. Select .

4. Select TTO MAR Chart.

5. Download or print the PDF file.

1. Complete the home leave form.

   Read more about creating the home leave form

2. Create a list of TTOs for home leave.

   Read about creating a TTO

3. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Case Notes.

4. Find the home leave form.

5. Select Complete, send discharge letter.

6. Select Click to preview letters to generate all letters associated with the home leave form.

7. If you want to print a letter:

   1. From Letters/Texts, find the letter you want to print, and select view.

      The letter appears in your browser's PDF reader.

   2. Print the letter.

8. To send the letter digitally to the GP, select Continue.

Prescriptions remain active on the MAR Medicines Administration Record. Also known as drug chart. A list of all medication prescribed and administered (given).. You might must pause these medications, or mark as ‘omit’, depending on your organisation’s policy.

1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Meds.

2. Select  > TTO.

   The TTO list is shown.

3. Select Restart TTO to delete this list and start again for the patient’s next home leave or standard discharge.