| Field | Description |
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| Unit Label | A bolded label that clarifies the Parent Unit and selected Child Unit that are chosen from the tree on the left side. In the example above, the label appears as Unit: Small Animal Hospital - General Surgery. |
| Name | The name of the unit. This can be changed at any time without impacting the functionality of the system, if you are adjusting the organizational structure of your hospital. The name should be short but clear, ideally no more than one or two words. |
| Description | A longer description of the unit if one is necessary. |
| Parent Unit | The parent unit for the organizational structure of the hospital. If a unit does not have a parent unit, it is considered a top level unit and must have all of its own settings. Otherwise, a child unit can inherit a lot of information from its parent, to avoid the need for entering in duplicate data. |
| Default Tax Region | The hospital has a primary Default Tax Region set on the Hospital Setup tab. However, if you have a unit that is part of a different location, such as a satellite campus, and it will have a different default tax region, it can be applied here. If no default tax region is specified for a Parent unit, it will inherit the hospital's default tax region. |
| Receiving Unit | This indicates that the unit is available to receive patients on the Admission screen or via unit transfer on the episode. Units that are not clinical and cannot check in patients should not have this flag turned on. (Pharmacy units are the exception, as bill only episodes may need to be "admitted" under their settings for prescription refills or outside fills. We recommend having a unique pharmacy unit set to receiving for these purposes.) |
| Income Unit | This unit is considered a profit center and can be credited toward income on patient orders. Units that are cost centers, such as IT or administration, should not have this setting turned on. |
| Active | This unit is active and available throughout VetView. When a unit is retired through reorganization, this flag can be turned off. All historical data will be preserved, but the unit will not longer be available in the system for new episodes or orders. |
| Inventory Area | This unit is allowed to stock inventory items, and can receive inventory through the Inventory Transfer process. |
| Auto Receive Inventory | If a PO has this unit designated, and the PO arrives at the hospital, it is considered automatically received. If this flag is not checked, then any inventory must be manually transferred to it. |
| Notify Specific Users if Patient is Deceased | If a patient who is admitted under this unit passes away, you can have a notice go directly to a client coordinator for the unit to handle any necessary arrangements with the patient's owner. When this box is checked, an employee list appears in the space below. This space is a mult-select, so multiple users may be notified. |
| Add Charges On | This setting is for request areas. If another unit submits a request, you can choose to have the charges added to the patient orders as soon as it is requested, or wait until the request area has accepted the request. For routine lab work or requests that don't have frequent rejections, the charges on request may make the most sense. |
| Point of Care | This setting is required for certain state level pharmacy reports. If you have not been informed that this specific information must be tracked by your state DEA, this may be left blank. |
| Inherit Contact Information from Parent | This flag indicates that the sub-unit is at the same physical location as its parent unit, and does not need a unique address. |
| Address Display | The address, email, fax number, and phone that will be used for all reports associated with this unit. If Inherit from Parent is not selected, this information will need to be manually filled in for reports to display the information correct. |
