A Patient can be referred for a range of services from different Organisations. The referring organisation must be set-up under the Hospitals Menu before a Patient can be linked. When a visit is recorded for the Organisation and Patient, an invoice will be issued to the Organisation used on the roster.
Private Patients not referred by an organisation and who want to be invoiced directly need to be set-up in Hospitals to generate invoices. There are two options –
- Set-up the Patient under Hospital with basic information for invoicing AND then set-up the Patient with full details under Patients. This provides more detailed information on the Patient for services, carer requirements etc. OR
- Set-up the Patient under Hospital only. The Patient will appear in the Hospital windows, detailed information can be recorded under Notes and using the Hospital Availability Filter which can be accessed when rating.
All Patient services are set-up under Data Entry > Types > Patient Services. Services must be set-up before they can be allocated to a Patient.