Table 2.

Discharge Today data elements and sources in the electronic health record.

Data element	Data source/location
Patient attributes	Patient record
Encounter attributes	Hospital encounter record
Provider attributes	Provider record
Discharge probability categories	Transactional database tables
User interface highlight colors	Code extension
Discharge timing categories	Transactional database tables
Discharge barriers	Transactional database tables/alert criteria
Discharge follow-up comments	Transactional database tables