Documents and Requests are forms that are filled out as part of a patient's episode. Documents are completed from within the attending unit, while requests are sent out to other receiving units for the patient.
Depending on how your hospital has each episode type structured, or the type of document or requested added to an episode, the documents and requests may need to be verified. This is a sign-off by a supervising clinician in an elevated role, who has the rights to approve the document and confirm that it is complete and accurate.
As long as an episode is in a status of "checked-in" or "admitted" then an episode is not considered deficient when these documents and requests are unverified. However, upon discharge of the patient, the verification status of the documents and requests will be part of the consideration as to whether the episode has truly been completed.
If a required document is missing from the episode entirely, that is also cause for the episode to be considered sufficient. Adding the document will make it sufficient.
The patient list contains a column that displays any missing or unverified sections on the patient record.
The episodes at the top of the list are those which are currently checked-in / not discharged from the hospital ("My open episodes.")
Once a patient has been discharged, they will drop below this section only if the episode is still deficient. When the episode has been completed, it will drop from the list entirely.
Click on the episode number on the right most column to open the episode that is missing documents or missing verification.