In-Patients

Viewing the In-Patient List

There are three filters provided to view the in-patients:

1. The vet or consultant can be selected so that only those animals for whom the vet is responsible are shown in the in-patients list. "Any vet/consultant" will show all the animals regardless of the supervising vet.
2. The status of the animal can be selected. For example, all animals awaiting discharge filters the animals according to that status. "Any Status" will show all animals of any status.
3. The in-patient list for that branch or site.

Creating a new In-Patient

An in-patient can be admitted in one of two ways:

Admitting an In-Patient via the "In-Patients List"

1. The In-Patients List can be accessed either via the left hand Appointments "quick menu" (where it appears, e.g. Vet-One's Main Menu):
   
   Or from the Main Menu: Appointments > InPatients List:
   
   
   
2. Once at the Inpatients screen, click on the "Admit New InPatient" button:
   
   
   

3. Search for the animal you wish to admit, in the same way you would search for an animal in any other instance and when you have found it, click on its name:
   

At this point both this method and the method below converge.  Please proceed to point number 2 below.

Admitting an In-Patient Directly via the Animal Overview or Animal Clinical History screens

If you are already within an animal's record (as a result of an emergency consult, for example), then the animal can be admitted as an inpatient directly.

1. From the animal overview "quick bar":
   
   From the Animal Clinical History:
   
   
   
2. At the Admit InPatient screen select or input:
   1. Branch (where the animal will be admitted)
   2. Supervising Consultant (only active users listed as vets will appear for selection)
   3. Supervising Nurse (any active user will appear for selection)
   4. Clinical remarks
   5. Other remarks
   
   
   
3. The animal will now appear in the InPatient List:
   

Managing InPatient Status

1. An admitted animal can be seen in the example below:
   
   1. Click on the animal name to access the Animal Overview
   2. Click on the client name to access the Client Overview
   3. To change the consultant or nurse, click on the displayed name and select the new consultant or nurse from the list of available users
   4. Click "Edit..." to change the "Clinical" or "Other" remarks
   5. Clicking on the  icon will update the animal status to hospitalised
   6. Clicking on the  icon will update the animal status to discharged
   7. Clicking on the  icon will open the animal invoices screen 
   8. Clicking on the  icon (next to the animal name) will remove the animal from the list
      
      
2. By clicking on the inpatient status (circled in red in the above image), the animal's status can be changed.  For example, if the animal has now been anaesthetised and is being clipped the status could be updated to "Pre-Op":
   
   
   
3. The animal's position in the inpatient list will appear updated: