To inform the care unit staff of a patient’s pending arrival before the patient is actually admitted, the Care Unit Work Station displays inpatient admission appointments in addition to admission and transfer movements in a view of the type Arrivals.

The system displays all admission appointments that satisfy the following criteria:

• The admission appointment is booked for a care unit for which a view of the type Arrivals has been configured.

• The planned admission date falls within the selection period (usually "today") of the Arrivals view and the planning interval specified for it. The selection time defined for the Arrivals view does not apply to admission appointments defined for specific days.

Where possible, the Arrivals View displays the same information for admission appointments as for admissions and transfers. The icon distinguishes admission appointments from admissions and transfers.

In an Arrivals view, you can access the preregistration from the admission appointment. You can display, change or cancel the preregistration.

When you delete the Admission Date by choosing Preregistration, the system cancels the admission appointment and deletes the preregistration from the view. You can still access the preregistration in question from the enhanced waiting list.

You can admit a patient by choosing Preregistration. When you choose Admission on the preregistration screen, this takes you to the transaction for creating an inpatient admission.

When the admission is saved, this means that the patient has attended the admission appointment and the system deletes the admission appointment from the Arrivals view.

• If you manage your care unit on the basis of rooms and beds, and if you have specified room and bed details in the admission, the patient will appear in the Occupancy view for your care unit.
• If you do not use room and bed information to manage your care unit, all you have to do is save the admission in your care unit – the patient will then be included in the Occupancy view.