Modify Med List on CCDA

Scenario for background: We had a patient come in on approx. 30 home meds. The provider discontinued approx. 12 of them on the discharge med rec so the patients home med list should have 18 medications on it. However, the CCDA that was sent out to the patients PCP showed all 30 medications on it. The only way to know that the 12 dcd meds were old was if you happened to look at the "End Date" and decide that the end date of January 2024 means that those meds are discontinued and all the "UNKNOWNS" are the active meds.

This was brought to our attention when a receiving facility office for the patient's PCP called our hospital to clarify the patients medication list.

My suggestion is that the Home medication list be JUST the current medication list. We generate a new CCD each visit so why do we need old trash on the most up to date CCD? This list is confusing and I can't say that I would have seen that end date line and left those off if I received this list from a patient or facility. It's just not good. What we send out to other facilities should be clear, concise, accurate information for the patient.

OR could the dcd meds be sorted into their own list below and clearly defined as such?

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