Ch 2 HOD - ANSWERHospital Outpatient Department
Inpatient (typically admission encounter) - when clinician accesses an HOD appt, opens
existing Hospital Chart via redirection. Data from the imaging appt stores to the existing admission encounter (pt's care team can easily see all data)
Outpatient (typically appointment encounter) - when clinician accesses and HOD appt, opens new HOV (hospital outpatient visit) via conversion. Data from the imaging appt stores to the HOV encounter. HOVs are hospital encounters that are scheduled like outpatient encounters. Allows clinicians to use inpatient tools in an outpatient setting. Can upgrade to admission if necessary.
Visit Types (***) - ANSWER(PRC)
Settings mostly related to scheduling
Enable users to schedule order
Default length, restrictions, scheduler & patient instructions, scheduling pools, scheduling blocks, scheduling decision trees or questionnaires, whether tech navigators
appear, which staff
Panel (***) - ANSWER(PRC)
Group of visit types for procedures that are commonly scheduled/performed together as
part of a single procedure
Ensures that schedulers always respect the order of the component appointments and any time delays required between those appointments
VT Specialty Restrictions - ANSWERRestrict WHERE a user must be logged in to schedule this visit type
VT Security Classification Restrictions - ANSWERRestrict WHO can schedule this visit type based on Cadence security
VT Rule Restrictions - ANSWERUse a RULE to restrict scheduling based on certain criteria