Typically, when OpenVista is implemented into a hospital, clinic, etc, the hospitals's ADT system is interfaced with OpenVista, so the admissions, readmissions, discharges, etc occur in that system and not directly in to OpenVista.
Within OpenVista, admitting a patient may be done using the DG ADMIT PATIENT OPTION following these steps:
Select Systems Manager Menu Option: TEST an option not in your menu
Option entry to test: BED CONTROL
Select Bed Control Menu Option: admit a Patient
Admit PATIENT: ENTER PATIENT NAME
**Information Populates**
Means Test not required based on available information
Status: PATIENT HAS NO INPATIENT OR LODGER ACTIVITY IN THE COMPUTER
Religion : OTHER Marital Status : MARRIED
Eligibility : HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY (NOT VERIFIED)
<C>ontinue, <M>ore, or <Q>uit? CONTINUE// CONTINUE
Select ADMISSION DATE: NOW// <ENTER> for NOW or enter date/time
SURE YOU WANT TO ADD 'DD/MM/YY' AS A NEW ADMISSION DATE? // Y (Yes)
DOES THE PATIENT WISH TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE FACILITY DIRECTORY?: N NO
TYPE OF ADMISSION: ENTER ?? to see various types of admissions as listed below
Choose from:
1 DIRECT ADMISSION ACTIVE
2 OPT-NSC ADMISSION ACTIVE
3 OPT-SC ADMISSION ACTIVE
4 A/C ADMISSION ACTIVE
5 TRANSFER IN ADMISSION ACTIVE
6 NON-VETERAN ADMISSION ACTIVE
7 WAITING LIST ADMISSION ACTIVE
8 PBC ADMISSION ACTIVE
TYPE OF ADMISSION: 1 DIRECT ADMISSION ACTIVE
DIAGNOSIS [SHORT]: Enter a 3-30 character description of the diagnosis associated with this movement excluding semi-colons.
WARD LOCATION: Enter Unit Location (must be setup in nursing locations)
ROOM-BED: Enter available Room/Bed from the Unit Location
FACILITY TREATING SPECIALTY: Select available speciality (i.e. Medicine, Surgery, Oncology)
PRIMARY PHYSICIAN: Enter physician name (must be setup in new person file)
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN: Enter physician name (must be setup in new person file)
DIAGNOSIS:
RESP INSUFF
Edit? NO// YES
Patient Admitted
Do you want to print a Patient Wristband? YES// NO
Enter 12-digit ACCOUNT NUMBER: Enter 9 or 12 digit account number, depending on facility
**The following information will populate and admission will be completed.**
Now updating ward CDR information...completed.
Updating automated team lists...completed.
MAS Patient Movement - Activating Mental Health Update
Starting Mental Health Update... No MH actions taken... done...
Executing HL7 ADT Messaging
Executing HL7 ADT Messaging (RAI/MDS)
Updating incomplete records...
...Inpatient Medications check...
...discontinuing Inpatient Medication orders....done...
Entering a request in the HINQ suspense file...
No HINQ string created entry not entered.completed.
Updating visit status...completed.
