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Inpatient — Admissions Search

The Admissions Search page is the central hub for finding any active or past inpatient admission. It is the most common entry point for looking up an existing BHT.

Page: Inpatient → Search → Admissions
XHTML: /inward/inpatient_search.xhtml
Controller: AdmissionController (search method)
Privilege: InwardSearch

Search Filters

Filter Type Notes
Patient name Text Partial match
BHT number Text Exact or partial match
PHN (Patient Health Number) Text Exact or partial match
Admission date range Date range From / To dates
Institution Dropdown Filter to one institution in multi-site deployments
Discharge status Dropdown All / Active (not discharged) / Discharged

Leave all filters blank and click Search to list all recent admissions.

Search Results

Results are displayed in a data table with columns:

Column Content
BHT BHT number
Patient Patient name with title, plus a registration flag badge if applicable (see below)
Phone/Mobile Patient contact numbers
Address Patient address
Status Discharged / Not Discharged; Payment Finalized indicator
Current Room Assigned room name
Admission Date Date of admission
Discharge Date Date of discharge (empty if still admitted)
Actions Quick-action buttons for this BHT

Registration flag badges

Some admissions display a coloured badge next to the patient name:

Badge Colour Meaning
Provisional Emergency Amber (🟡) with truck-medical icon Patient demographics are incomplete; follow-up required. See Provisional Emergency Admission
On Admission Death Dark grey with cross icon Patient arrived dead or died before registration was completed. See On Admission Death

Standard admissions show no badge.

Navigating to a Patient

Click any row to navigate to the Admission Profile Dashboard for that BHT. All clinical and billing actions are accessible from there.

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