Viewing and managing inpatient visits

You can view and manage a patient's visits from Patient Detail > Patient admin > Show pathways > Inpatient. This includes inpatient visits, visits as a ward attender, visits to an assessment area, visits to SDEC, and visits to a virtual ward.

Viewing and managing inpatient visits on a mobile

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Viewing and managing inpatient visits on a desktop

You can view and manage a patient's visits from Patient Detail > Patient admin > Show pathways > Inpatient. This includes inpatient visits, visits as a ward attender, visits to an assessment area, and visits to a virtual ward.

Current Inpatient Stays and Awaiting Outcome

Shows the patient's current visit, and any previous visits you need to record an outcome for.

Date of Admission

Shows the date and time the patient was admitted.

Date of discharge

Shows the date and time the patient was discharged.

Visit type

Shows the type of visit.

Read more about types of visit

Outcome

Shows the status of the visit.

Admitting Location

Shows the location where the patient was admitted.

Current/Discharge location

Shows the patient's current location, or the location the patient was discharged from.

Consultant

Shows the assigned consultant for the visit.

Specialty

Shows the specialty of the consultant.

LOS

Shows the patient's length of stay

Select to view details about a visit.

Read more about viewing details of a visit

Outcome

Select to record the outcome of a visit.

Read more about recording the outcome of a visit

Show Outcome

Select to view the outcome of a visit.

Discharged Inpatient Stays

Shows previous visits.

Inpatient

A visit to an inpatient ward that is scheduled or an emergency.

Inpatient (Emergency)

A visit to an inpatient ward that is unplanned, for example, a visit after attending UEC.

Assessment

A visit to an area for initial assessment or planned review. The patient doesn't stay overnight.

For example, patients visiting medical assessment units, GP assessment units (GPAU), or Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC). Your organisation decides how they use assessment units in Nervecentre.

Ward Attender

A visit to an inpatient ward during the day. The patient doesn't stay overnight.

Virtual Ward

A visit to a virtual ward.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Patient admin.

  2. Select Show pathways > Inpatients.

You can view information about a patient's current or previous visits. You can view a patient's ward stays, consultant episodes, and visit history.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Patient admin.

  2. Select Show pathways > Inpatients.

  3. Select next to an inpatient visit.

    You can:

At the end of a visit, you can record the outcome of that visit.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Patient admin.

  2. Select Show pathways > Inpatients.

  3. Select the patient's current inpatient visit.

  4. Select Outcome.

    A form appears.

  5. From Outcome, select an outcome.

    More options appear. These options depend on the outcome you chose.

  6. Select options until Continue appears.

  7. Select Continue.

    What appears next depends on the options you chose.

    One of the following appears:

    • Future Activity

      You must decide what happens to other activities related to the inpatient visit.

    • Actions Taken / Required

      Shows any actions Nervecentre has automatically done. For example, added the patient to a PIFU list or waiting list.

      Shows any actions you need to do before you can record the outcome. For example, list a procedure, or book an appointment.

    • No Actions Required

      Appears when you don't need to anything other than record the outcome.

  8. Select Complete Outcome.

  9. Optional: depending on the outcome you selected, you can send letters about that outcome.

    For example, you might need to send letters when you place the patient on a PIFU pathway, or add them to a waiting list.

    1. Select a correspondence option to change who the letters are sent to.

      To not send the letters, select None.

      The options you see depend on your organisation.

    2. Select Click to preview letters.

      The letters appear in your organisation's PDF viewer.

      A list of letters appears on the right. This shows the recipient of each letter and how the letter is delivered. For example, 'GP - MESH' or 'Patient - Manual print'.

    3. Select Send.

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