Wards, beds and admissions (IPD)
Manage inpatient admissions, transfers and discharges on a ward-tabbed bed board, with per-day charges accruing to the bill.
Inpatient management (IPD) covers a patient from the moment they are admitted to the moment they are discharged. The core workflow is ADT (admit, discharge, transfer), and the bed board is where it all happens.
The ward-tabbed bed board
Beds are grouped into wards, each on its own tab. Switch between wards to see every bed at a glance and its current state, so charge nurses and admissions staff always know where capacity is.
| Bed status | Meaning |
|---|---|
available | The bed is clean and ready for a new admission. |
occupied | A patient is currently assigned to the bed. |
Admitting a patient
Open the ward with capacity
Select the ward tab and find a bed showing available.
Assign the patient to the bed
Attach the patient record to that bed; the bed flips to occupied.
Begin charge accrual
From admission onward, per-day charges start accruing to the patient's bill automatically.
Transfers
Moving a patient between beds or wards is a transfer. The origin bed returns to available and the destination bed becomes occupied, so the board and the billing follow the patient without manual bookkeeping.
Per-day charge accrual
While a patient occupies a bed, standard daily charges accrue to their running bill so the final invoice reflects the true length of stay.
- Room / bed charge for the ward class
- Nursing charge
- Duty medical officer (DMO) charge
All money is stored in paise, so daily charges are exact and there is no rounding drift over a long admission.
Discharge
On discharge, the patient is released from the bed, which returns to available for cleaning and the next admission, and their accrued charges are ready for final billing and a discharge summary.
Keep the bed board honest: mark a bed available only once it is genuinely ready, so admissions staff never send a patient to a bed that is not free.