Discharge
RehabAlpha is still under active development. It is not yet HIPAA compliant and should only be used with dummy data.
A Discharge represents the formal conclusion of a patient’s therapy case. It documents the patient’s measurable progress, clinical reasoning for ending therapy services, and recommendations for follow-up care.
Discharge notes serve clinical, administrative, and payer-facing purposes: they summarize outcomes, justify closure of skilled services, and provide a roadmap for continuing care (home exercise programs, community services, or outpatient referrals).
Data model
A discharge belongs to a single therapy Case and typically follows one or more Certifications (for example, after an Evaluation and any Recertifications). In the data model the discharge is stored on the Case as the discharge property.
Discharge records capture both narrative and structured data (reason codes, objective progress, signatures). They are linked to the therapist who authored the note and may be signed by supervising clinicians.