discharge summary

discharge summary,

a clinical report prepared by a physician or other health professional at the conclusion of a hospital stay or series of treatments. It outlines the patient's chief complaint, the diagnostic findings, the therapy administered and the patient's response to it, and recommendations on discharge.

---

discharge,

v 1. to release; liberate; annul; unburden. To cancel a contract; to make an agreement or contract null and void.
n 2. a substance that exudes from an opening.

discharge, purulent,

n See suppuration.

discharge summary,

n the clinical notes written by the discharging physician or dental professional at the time of releasing a patient from the hospital or clinic, outlining the course of treatment, the status at release, and the postdischarge expectations and instructions.

---

discharge summary

 A document prepared by the attending physician of a hospitalized Pt that summarizes the admitting diagnosis, diagnostic procedures performed, therapy received while hospitalized, clinical course during hospitalization, prognosis, and plan of action upon the Pt's discharge with stated time to followup