Inpatient guides
Admissions, beds, ward rounds, emergency and theatre.
Admit a patient
Open IPD, press New Admission, search for the patient and choose the doctor. Pick a ward and a free bed, add the diagnosis and the attendant’s details, then enter the deposit and confirm. The bed turns red on the bed map, and you can manage the stay later from the same list.
4 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveBook a theatre and record a surgery
Open Operation theatre, press Book surgery and fill in the patient, theatre, time and surgeon. On the day, open the case, complete the Safety checklist, chart the anaesthesia and write the operation notes. Then press Complete surgery. Completing adds theatre fees to the bill as set in OT settings.
6 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveDischarge a patient and finish the bill
Open IPD, press Manage on the admission and add any deposits or charges. Open the Discharge tab and check the final bill. Give a discount if needed, choose the discharge type, press Discharge Patient and confirm. The bed is freed and the final bill is created.
6 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveGet a consent signed
Open the admission with Manage, go to the Consents tab and press Take consent. Choose the form, fill in its details and pick who signs. Let the patient read it in English or Hindi, then collect the signatures on the pad and press Save signed consent.
5 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveGive medicines on the MAR
Open IPD and the Nursing tab, then press the patient’s card. The chart opens on Medications, which is the MAR. Press a dose marked due or overdue, add a note if needed, then choose Given, Held or Refused.
4 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveKeep the birth and death registers
Open Registers, choose births or deaths and check the 21-day CRS due dates. After you register an entry on the CRS portal, press Mark reported and enter the registration number. You can also export a CSV in the CRS form’s column order.
4 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveMove a patient to another bed
Open IPD, find the patient’s red bed on the bed map and press Transfer. Choose the new ward, then a free bed, and press Save Changes. If your clinic asks for cleaning, the old bed stays amber until someone presses Mark ready after housekeeping.
3 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveRecord a medico-legal case
Open the patient’s case on the Emergency page and go to the MLC tab. Choose the category and press Mark as MLC. Fill in the police details, injuries and opinion, then press Finalise & lock. The record is locked, and later changes go in as addenda.
6 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveRecord vitals for an admitted patient
Open IPD and the Nursing tab, then press the patient’s card. Open the Vitals tab, type the readings you have, add a note if needed and press Save Vitals. You need at least one reading. The new entry joins the trend list below the form.
4 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveSet up IPD packages
Open Settings and choose IPD / surgery packages, or press Packages on the IPD page. Press New package, enter the code, name and price, then set bed-days, inclusions and exclusions. Save it. The billing desk applies the package from the admission’s Daily Charges tab.
5 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveRegister and triage an emergency arrival
Open Emergency and press Register ER arrival. Choose the triage colour, pick an existing, new or unidentified patient, and enter how they arrived and the main complaint. Add the triage vitals if you have them, then press Register. The case joins the live board, red cases first.
5 minIncluded in Nursing Home and aboveUse the bed map
Open IPD and stay on the Bed Map tab. The counts at the top show occupied, free, cleaning, reserved and out-of-use beds. Each tile has a colour: red has a patient, green is free, amber needs cleaning, blue is reserved and grey is out of use. Press Manage on a red bed to open that stay.
3 minIncluded in Nursing Home and above