User Manual

Chapter 3: Using the Software
56 Series 6.0 Software (0510-1079-B) - User Guide
Admit Information Tabs
Patient Main Information Tab
The Patient Main information tab allows you to enter general information about the patient being admitted;
the yellow fields designate required entry. Depending on your configuration, the Birth Date field may be a
required entry for the Series 6.0 Software. When updating admit information for patients who were enrolled
in the system prior to software version 6.0, you must enter the patient’s birth date even if that information
was not previously entered.
1. Click Main on the toolbar.
2. In the First Name box, type the first name of the patient being admitted (either first or last name is
required).
3. In the Last Name box, type the last name of the patient being admitted (either first or last name is
required).
4. Type the patient’s Address, City, State, Zip.
5. In the Phone field, type the phone number of the patient.
6. In the TX ID field, type the 3-digit ID number printed on the alarming band transmitter to be
assigned to the patient.
7. Click Female or Male to indicate the gender of the patient.
8. Click the Risk level for abduction or elopement associated with the patient. Choices are Low,
Medium or High.
9. In the Unit field, select the unit to which the patient is currently assigned, even if the patient will not
remain in that unit (required).
10. In the Room field, select the patient’s room number.
11. In the Birth Date field, enter the patient’s birthday (two digit month, two digit day, four digit year).
12. In the Discharge Planning Date field, enter the planned date of discharge (the appearance of this
field depends on your system configuration)
13. In the Training Delivered field, indicate the type of training material used by entering the date
training was delivered to the patient or patient’s family.
NOTE: Information entered can only contain alphabetic and numeric characters, spaces,
and the following special characters: ! - _ , . ; [ ]{ }( )