Expected Discharge Date

An inpatient's Expected Discharge Date (EDD) (also referred to as "Estimated" or "Anticipated" discharge date) is the approximate day that the patient should be ready to transition to the next care setting, including community settings. The EDD may reflect awareness of an Expected Length of Stay (ELOS) for patients with the same admitting diagnosis, demographics and co-morbidity burden, but the EDD is a date and the ELOS is an interval.

• • Handbook: EDD Metric

  • Handbook: Identity SmartTools (Inpatient tab)

Transition Planning Interactive Reports

Rapid Rounds patient lists, interactive patient list reports, interactive planning sidebar displays and interactive documentation blocks are some of the many tools that can facilitate transition planning during inpatient encounters. 

• Norm: Transition Planning

• Manual: Workflow - Transition Planning

Discharge Readiness Traffic Lights

Rapid Rounds patient lists and reports, as well as chart sidebar transition planning displays, provide access to interactive discharge readiness "Traffic Lights" that provide at-a-glance overviews of patient readiness from the perspective of health disciplines participating in discharge planning.

• Norm: Transition Planning