Wards & specialist care

Admissions, wards and discharge

Wards and beds, admission, nursing care, medication rounds, transfers and discharge.

1Set up wards and beds

1
Create a ward
Go to “Inpatient” → “Create ward”. Enter the name, code, type, gender and category, and the bed-day service code so bed charges are billed.
2
Add beds
Click “Add beds” and enter bed numbers separated by commas.
3
Bed board
The “Bed board” shows every bed: available, occupied or waiting to be cleaned. Click “Mark clean” when a bed is ready again.

1
Start
Click “Admit patient” (or admit from the visit).
2
Details
Choose the patient, admission type (Elective or Emergency), payer, admission diagnosis, ward and bed, then “Admit”.
3
One admission at a time
A patient who is already admitted cannot be admitted again until discharged. You are told which ward and bed they are in, with “Open the current admission”.

1
Notes & rounds
Add a “Nursing note”, “Doctor’s round”, “Progress note” or “Handover”.
2
Vitals
Record vitals through the day.
3
Fluid chart
Record intake and output; the 24-hour balance is calculated.
4
Medication orders
Doctors prescribe on the ward with the same pick-lists as in OPD. Orders go to the pharmacy.
5
Medication round (MAR)
On the “Medication (MAR)” tab each due dose is listed. Mark it “Given”, “Held”, “Refused” or “Missed” with a reason. Nothing is ever silently overwritten.
6
Transfer
Use “Transfer” to move the patient to another bed or ward and give the reason.

1
Final diagnosis
Choose the final diagnosis from the diagnosis list.
2
Discharge summary
Write the summary, discharge medications, outcome and follow-up.
3
Take-home medicines
On the Discharge tab add the discharge prescription. It goes to Pharmacy under “Discharge drugs”, is charged to the admission bill and is printed on the discharge summary.
4
Discharge
Click “Discharge (bed-day charges posted)”. Bed-day charges are added to the bill and the bed becomes free for cleaning.
5
Print
Print the discharge summary on your letterhead for the patient.

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