This page contains information for version 1.7 of VetView and may not reflect earlier versions of the software.
If a patient will be kept overnight for observation, instead of going home with their client on the same day, you can Admit the patient to the hospital.
The Admit process will change an Outpatient (the default status for a patient) into an Inpatient.
There are two ways to admit a patient - by directly admitting the patient via a right click menu, or by adjusting the episode type under the episode header
Auto Admit Episode Types
Appointment Types are linked to Episode Types under the Hospital unit setup. If a patient has an Appointment Type that is linked to an Episode Type that has the Auto-Admit flag turned on, then the patient will be automatically admitted as soon as they check in for their visit.
If you right click on the episode header and open the menu, you will find the Admit Patient button.
You must have the Admit Patients privilege for this option to be available.
For clinicians who had Episode Admin privileges, it is possible to modify the episode type.
Episode Types that have the Auto-Admit flag turned on will automatically admit the patient at the time the header changes are saved.
In this example, the Episode Type of "Inpatient" has the auto-admit flag.
