EQRS Admit and Discharge Reasons

Modified on Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 08:25 PM

Updated 9/2/2022

Admitting New Patients:

EQRS requires six identifiers to admit patients: SSN, Medicare beneficiary identifier, first name, last name, gender, and date of birth.

The steps to admit a new dialysis patient are:

Search for the patient in EQRS first, to confirm that they are not already admitted into your facility.
From the EQRS Home screen, click the Patients tab to navigate to Admit Patient.
Enter the required patient information, and then click Next. The Patients Demographics screen displays.
Enter or select the patient's treatment information and any missing demographics information, and then click Submit.
The View Patient Attributes screen displays the green message " Patient Details Successfully SUBMITTED."

Discharging Patients:

The steps to discharge a patient are:

From the EQRS Home screen, click the Patients tab and navigate to the Search Patients screen displays.
Enter the patient criteria, and then click Submit. The Patient Search Results screen displays.
Click the desired patient's EQRS UPI link. The View Patient Demographics screen displays.
Click the Admissions tab on the left side of the screen. The View Patient Admissions screen displays.
Click the patient's Admit Date. The View Admissions Information displays.
Click Edit. The Edit Admission Information screen displays.
Enter the required information in the Patient Discharge Information area, and then click Submit.
A green box will display saying "Successful. Admission Record Update Successful".

These screenshots and further clarification is available in the CMS EQRS Data Management Guidelines: https://mycrownweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/EQRS-Data-Managment-Guidelines_vFINAL508.pdf