Admitting patients into the hospital is performed by either receiving a CDA referral and importing them into the system or add the patient on Registration and select them to admit them into the hospital. Please enter the admission date. The facility will default to the logged in one. A Bed can be assigned by selecting any available bed, you can search Bed Availability as shown below. A Provider and referring from provider should be selected from the Contacts.

Bed Availability

Clicking on Bed opens this screen to search for a bed availability. Select the specific bed to see availability or Check All if you want to view all the available beds. Enter a begin and end date and click on the search button.

Print Wristband: This will print the wristband for the patient.

Print Facesheet: This prints the patient summary form.

Forms: Click this button opens admission check-in forms that are setup for admission under visit type. These templates and consents are customizable.

Open Admissions: Clicking open encounter opens an encounter for admissions. The content of this note is customizable under note templates and is assigned a visit type of admitting.

Discharge

When a patient is ready to be discharged, select the patient and enter the discharge date and time. Discharging provider and Save.

• Select the discharge date range using the From and To fields.
• Select the associated Provider.
• Select the Referred To Provider if the patient is being referred elsewhere.
• Choose the appropriate Facility.
• Enter the discharge Time/Date.
• Add any discharge notes or comments in the Reason/Comments field.
• Click Save to store the discharge information.

Bed Assignment

Beds that are assigned can be viewed by patient or room/bed. This screen also displays patient Task, CareTasks and MedTasks. Click on a task opens the type of task so it can be updated, and the status changed. Click on the patient name allows the bed to be assigned or discharged. 

Find Room/Bed

Click on the patient name to assign a room or click on a time slot and click Find Bed. The screen below appears allowing the facility, station, and date to be selected to find open rooms/beds. Click on the Book room/bed to assign it to this patient.