View An Existing PA

From the Admission Search screen, click on a blue PA# link to open an existing PA.  (You can use CTRL+Click to open this in a new browser tab.)

The PA screen will load.  Note that if the patient has been checked in, the PA screen becomes completely locked down, and no changes can be made here.  However, there may be useful information such as other upcoming appointments or reminders for the patient and other patients that share the same owner.

Check-in a Pre-Admission

Check-in is the process in VetView that indicates the patient has arrived and is ready for their episode.  It opens a bill under the owner's name, changes the status of the PA to Open, and puts in a time stamp for Open in the episode log.

Click in the Check-In button to start this process.  You will be prompted to include a patient location, but this is not required.  

Click on the Save button to return back to the Admission screen, or choose Save and go to Patient Record to go to the episode instead.  Cancel out if you didn't intend to change the status to Checked-In yet.

Appointments on an existing PA

If a PA has multiple appointments scheduled, they will all appear in the Appointments section.

In addition, if a client has multiple patients with an upcoming appointment, they will appear in a separate section.  The individual PAs for each patient will also appear, for clarity.

Reminders on a Pre-Admission

The patient reminders will display for the patient on the admission, as well as any other patients that share the same owner.

This section is informational, and is intended to help you communicate with the patient's owner regarding their plans for upcoming visits for all of the patients, not just the current one.