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Auto Calculation
Expected discharge date and time can be automatically updated. There are three settings that affect this functionality.
Settings Affecting Auto Calculation
The setting Use Length of Stay to Calculate Projected Discharge Date must be enabled for the campus. This is found under the PreAdmitTracking® global settings for the campus.
Default Length of Stay (hours) is found in Master Configuration establishes the enterprise default.
Unit specific Length of Stay can override the enterprise default per unit. Unit specific Length of Stay is configured Admin Tool > Unit/Zone/Location Management > Units > Unit PreAdmitTracking Settings Tab under Placement Settings.
Manual Selection Overrides
A manually selected projected discharge date will override the automatically calculated date for the duration of the visit. No recalculation will be done. This is done regardless of the patient status being changed to Confirmed or Pending Discharge and later transferred to a new unit.
HL7 and Projected Discharge Date/Time
The Projected Discharge Date and Time as viewed on the Patient Placement Details page can also be populated from data received through an HL7 ADT or ORM message.
It is always received in the PV2,9 field (Expected Discharge Date/Time), whether from an ADT message or an ORM order message.