How to Navigate

HMIS is organized as one continuous top menu bar, grouped by module (Inward, OPD, Pharmacy, Lab, Theatre, Administration, etc.). Every page in this wiki lists its own Page: breadcrumb (e.g. Inpatient → Search → Admissions) — read that breadcrumb as the exact sequence of menu clicks needed to reach it from the home page.

1. Launch and log in

1. Open HMIS using the desktop shortcut/bookmark set up by your IT administrator, or browse directly to the application URL given by your administrator.
2. Enter your username and password.
3. Select the department you want to work in for this session — the menu items and privileges you see afterward depend on this department. See Login for details.

You land on the Home page after login.

2. Reading a menu path

Menu paths in this wiki are written as Top Menu → Sub Menu → Item. Each arrow is one click on a menu item; sub-menus expand on hover/click and stay open until you pick an item from them.

3. Worked example — reaching a specific inpatient screen

This walks through a common multi-step path: starting from Home, finding an existing admission, opening its dashboard, then opening one of the dashboard's action pages.

1. Top menu → Inward → Search → Admissions Opens the Admissions Search page (/inward/inpatient_search.xhtml). Leave the filters blank and click Search to list recent admissions, or filter by BHT number / patient name / etc.
2. Select an admission from the results table, then click its Inpatient Dashboard button. Opens the Inpatient Admission Profile Dashboard (/inward/admission_profile.xhtml) for that BHT — this is the hub for every action on that admission (billing, services, room, EHR, etc.).
3. From the dashboard's Services panel, click Add Outside Charges. Opens the outside charges entry page (/inward/inward_bill_outside_charge.xhtml) pre-loaded with the patient you selected in step 2.

The same pattern applies to every other dashboard action (Add Services & Investigations, Add Professional Fees, Room Details, etc.) — select the admission first, then pick the action from the dashboard.

4. Tips

• If a menu item you expect is missing, it is most likely gated by a privilege your role/department doesn't have — see Security & Privileges for the inpatient module's privilege list.
• Direct page URLs (e.g. /inward/inpatient_search.xhtml) generally require session state set up by the preceding menu clicks (selected patient, department, etc.) — don't bookmark or share a deep link expecting it to work standalone; use the menu path instead.