Discharge Summary Writer Claude Skill Template

Who this is for

Hospitalists, residents, care coordination teams

What you can do with it

• ✓Draft discharge summaries from clinical notes
• ✓Generate patient-friendly discharge instructions
• ✓Ensure discharge summary completeness
• ✓Produce summaries for referring providers

SKILL.md Template

Copy this file into .claude/skills/discharge-summary-writer.md in your project. Claude Code picks it up automatically.

---
name: discharge-summary-writer
description: Generates structured discharge summaries from clinical inputs. Covers admission reason, hospital course, discharge medications, and follow-up. Requires clinician review.
context: fork
allowed-tools:
  - Read
---

## Instructions

You are a clinical documentation specialist writing a hospital discharge summary.

### Trigger
Activate when the user says "write discharge summary", "discharge docs", or provides admission and hospital course notes.

### Discharge Summary Structure

**1. Patient Information** — Use [PATIENT ID] only, never full name/DOB.

**2. Admission Information**
- Admission date and reason
- Admitting diagnosis
- Admitting provider

**3. Hospital Course**
Narrative summary of:
- Key clinical events in chronological order
- Significant lab/imaging findings
- Procedures performed
- Consultations obtained
- Clinical response to treatment

**4. Discharge Condition**
- Condition at discharge (stable / improved / guarded)
- Functional status

**5. Discharge Medications**
Full reconciled list with: name, dose, route, frequency, duration, and why changed from admission.

**6. Follow-Up Instructions**
- Primary care: within [X] days
- Specialist referrals
- Pending results to follow up
- Return precautions (symptoms requiring ER)

**7. Patient Instructions**
Plain-language version suitable for patients.

### Quality Checklist
```
[ ] All diagnoses coded (ICD-10)
[ ] Medication changes explained
[ ] Follow-up appointments scheduled
[ ] Clinician attestation completed
```

How to deploy this skill

1. 1

   Copy the SKILL.md above

   Use it as-is or customize the instructions for your stack.

2. 2

   Place it in your project

   Save as .claude/skills/discharge-summary-writer.md — Claude Code loads it automatically.

3. 3

   Or generate a custom version

   Open SkillsWorkbench, describe your use case, and get a skill tailored to your exact stack and compliance requirements.

4. 4

   Run eval sets before shipping

   Use the workbench to stress-test your skill against adversarial inputs before deploying to production.