Emailing Careflow Discharge Summaries Via Web Mail

The Trust have made it possible to export a copy of the discharge summary before the patient has been discharged, which is possible within Careflow PAS. It will be helpful for complex discharges requiring MDT input outside of the Trust.

Instructions from PAS team below.

Print discharge summary to PDF

From print screen, select the document as before.

The print queue will default to Secureprint

Click Schedule to change it

Schedule Submissions screen opens

If a Word Document opens in preview mode you need to close it to generate a PDF

Tick box under Selected Communications

Select PDF print queue from dropdown

Click ‘Updated Selected’

Click ‘Submit’

Save Print Output window opens

Find ‘Documents’ folder. Do not save anywhere else on your device.

Click Save

Careflow print ‘Send Successful’ prompt appears

Create an email and attach the PDF from the saved location.

Delete the PDF from your ‘Documents’ folder when finished.