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Often patients with a long admission in the hospital are allowed a stay during the weekend at home. During In the hospital system this weekend stay is not seen as a discharge. However, during this period, the medication for the stay at home is treated as in the case of a discharge after an admission. After the weekend home stay, actions are taken as if with a new admission.
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A transfer to another hospital takes place when the patient, in view of his treatment, is moved to an other hospital for further treatment without a previous discharge in the first hospital.
Basic Flow
In the case of a patient transfer to another hospital, the normal flow is similar as to the basic flow during admission. All medication updates are transferred to Vitalink as if it were a normal discharge.In the case medication (e.g. intravenal medication, hospital specific medication) is not uploadable to Vitalink, the medication is passed on to the receiving hospital via the transfer note (via the hub, via the eHealth box or others). This is because information during and related to an admission is often hospital-related and not adaptable to home medication as is the purpose of the Vitalink format.
4. Home hospitalisation
Home hospitalisation is the use case where a patient is actually admitted to the hospital but the treatment is provided to the patient in his home. This means that the patient is not physically staying in the hospital.
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