Internal Discharge Lounge

Your doctor feels that you are ready for discharge. You are now able to discharge from your inpatient bed and transfer to our Internal Discharge Lounge (E5/345) to wait for your ride. This allows us to start cleaning your old room to prepare it for a new patient.

Discharge Lounge Phone:

608-890-5910

Moving to the Discharge Lounge

UW Health staff will transport you to our Internal Discharge Lounge. There you will meet the clinical staff who will care for you while you wait for your ride.

Instructions for Your Ride

Contact your ride and give them the phone number to the lounge. Your ride does not need to park in the ramp when they arrive at the hospital. They can drive up to the main entrance and call the lounge. Staff will then take you down to meet your ride at the main entrance.

Services We Provide

When you are in the discharge lounge, our staff can provide:

• Discharge teaching

• Medicine teaching

• Blood sugar checks

• Vaccines

• Insulin

• Other medicines as needed
  

Other Services

• Snacks and drinks, or meals that you can order and eat in the lounge

• TV

• Phone access and phone charging station

• Handicap-accessible restroom

• Magazines

• Masks and hand sanitizer
  

Leaving the Lounge

We will take you down to the main entrance to meet your ride. If you need to pick up medicine at the outpatient pharmacy, we will help you do that when you leave.