In order to schedule a P.A.T. and/or Recovery Care Appointment, you must first schedule a surgical Appointment. To learn how to schedule a surgical case, click here.
To schedule a P.A.T. or Recovery Care Appointment:
Open the Scheduling Module.
Do either of the following to launch the Appointment object:
Double-click on an existing Appointment on the Scheduling Grid.
From the Sheet Bar options on the Appointment objectAppointment object, select P.A.T. & Recovery. The Appointment details screenAppointment details screen for P.A.T. and Recovery Appointments appears.
Most of the fields in the top section of the screen (Main Appointment) default from the Surgical Appointment. Ensure that at least the required fieldsrequired fields in the Main Appointment section are complete. Your Business Entity may define additional Mandatory and Suggested fields. If you need to make changes in this section, see Case for instructions for completing each of these fields.
Schedule
Date
Begin
End
Appointment Type
Patient
If you are scheduling a P.A.T. Appointment, perform the following steps in the Pre/Post Admission Testing (P.A.T.) section:
Click the plus sign icon in this section to add a new row for a P.A.T. Appointment.
Defaults to the same date as the Main Appointment.
The begin time for the appointment. he system defaults to the facility’s work day start time. You can modify this time as needed.
The end time for the appointment. The system defaults the end time to 15 minutes after the start time. Modify as needed.
Defaults to the same date as the Main Appointment.
Defaults to the End Time of the Main Appointment.
Defaults based on the date/time of the surgical appointment. The Length of Stay field will display an erroran error if you exceed the maximum length of stay.
You can change the Discharge Time using the field's drop-down list. The Length of Stay field will display an erroran error if you exceed the maximum length of stay.
Click OK to schedule the Appointment.
If there are any Conflicts, an alert windowalert window will appear indicating what those Conflicts are. Conflicts in Suggested fields will not prevent you from saving the Appointment. If there are any Conflicts in Mandatory fields, the Continue Save button on the alert window will be disabled, and you will not be able to save the Appointment until those Conflicts are corrected. Click here to learn more about Conflict Checking.
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