Discharge summaries
Produce a structured, shareable discharge summary covering the course of stay, diagnoses, discharge medications and follow-up.
The discharge summary is the document a patient leaves with and the record their next clinician relies on. DoctSoft produces it as a structured summary so nothing important is left to free text or memory.
What the summary captures
Rather than one long note, the summary is organised into clear sections that a receiving doctor can scan quickly.
| Section | What it records |
|---|---|
| Course of stay | The narrative of the admission: what happened and how the patient responded. |
| Diagnoses | The conditions treated during the stay. |
| Medications on discharge | What the patient should continue taking after they leave. |
| Follow-up | When and with whom the patient should be seen next. |
Produced as a shareable document
Once complete, the summary is generated as a document you can hand to the patient and share onward. Because it is structured, the printed output is consistent every time regardless of who prepares it.
Complete the sections
Fill in course of stay, diagnoses, discharge medications and follow-up.
Generate the document
The structured summary is rendered as a shareable discharge document.
Hand it over
Give it to the patient and make it available for their next clinician.
Fill the discharge-medications section carefully. It is the part patients act on at home and the most common source of post-discharge confusion.
The summary pulls from the admission record, so the diagnoses and course you documented during the stay carry through rather than being retyped.
A clean discharge summary closes the inpatient loop: it settles what was done, what continues, and what happens next, all in a form the patient and the wider health system can use.