eMM - Transfer to Hospital in the Home (HITH)

A workflow has been developed to ensure that HITH patients maintain an up to date eMM History, Discharge Summary and Medication List for the department to administer medications. This workflow must be done in order to ensure that HITH nurses can administer medications without having to deal with unnecessary overdue medications, and the full medication list appears in the discharge summary.

1. Refer the patient to the HITH Department (see: HITH – Refer a patient)
2. Perform a Discharge Reconciliation as per normal discharge (see: Medication Reconciliation on Discharge (eMM Only))
3. Document a Discharge summary as per normal discharge (see: Discharge Summary (eMM))
4. Order the required HITH medications for the HITH medications folder within orders

Ensure you change the First Dose Date/Time to the first day HITH will be administering the medication

5. Perform a medication request for the HITH Medication and write a comment of when it is required (see: MAR – Ordering Medications from Pharmacy (Med Request))
6. Discontinue all inpatient orders except for HITH drugs just before transfer to HITH