Skilled Nursing Facilities

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Creating Reasons for Care Plan Closure

You can add, edit, and delete reasons for  Care Plan Closure from the Care Plan Type Pick List. After created, the Reasons for Care Plan Closure are used by the end user when closing a care plan. There are two system set Reasons for Care Plan Closure, Discharge and Deceased, and these cannot be deleted.

Note

Closing a care plan can be automated when a “discharge, return not anticipated” MDS tracking form is completed.

Clinical > Setup > Care Plan Configuration > Automatically close current care plan upon discharge  (return not anticipated)?

  1. Clinical > Setup > Pick Lists.

  2. Click Reasons for Care Plan Closure. 

    • The list next to the name shows what is currently available to your staff.