discharged patient
Sent home officially
A discharged patient is someone who has been formally released from a hospital or medical facility after treatment.
The discharge marks the official end of an inpatient stay, though it often comes with instructions for continued care: The discharged patient was given a follow-up appointment for next week.
The term appears frequently in medical records and healthcare administration.
- releasedSet free from confinement
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- hospital bedClinical sleeping furniture
- signed outFormally recorded departure
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
homecoming · checkout · outpatient · aftercare · healing · prescription · follow-up · care instructions · wheelchair · going home · paperwork · instructions · bandages · medication · nurse · freedom · medical clearance · bedside
- patientsinpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
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