The Visual OPD Program is the program used to record patient who is not hospitalized overnight but who visits the hospital or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment. Treatment provided in this fashion is called ambulatory care, outpatient surgery eliminates inpatient hospital admission, reduces the amount of medication prescribed, and uses a doctor’s time more efficiently.
The patients data such as relevant personal information, hospitalization plan and consultation information are entered thru the computer. These data will be used by cost-centers when patient is to be charged of medicines, supplies, procedures and others. It serves as the entry-point of patient’s information to be linked to other departments.
1. To use the interconnecting feature to other departments such as Laboratory, X-Ray, Ultrasound, CT-Scan, Heart Station, Hemodialysis, Pulmonary, Pharmacy, Central Supply, Operating Room, and Billing and other hospital departments to provide a higher level of care and service.
2. To become a seamless part of the hospital’s operations whereby staff will have immediate access to patient information whenever and wherever required
3. To reduce clerical workload
4. To improve service and management will have a powerful new information tool for decision making purposes
1. Data-entry restriction - The program automatically checks for inputs. Warning messages are flashed for possible invalid entries.
2. Updated and reliable - The program is capable of generating accurate reports. Databases are interconnected to other departments and latest updates are accessed.
3. User-friendly - The user is guided by instructions in doing the next step providing an easy-use to process transactions.
4.Password-protected - The use of password is necessary to restrict unauthorized access. Thus the program only accepts passwords which are registered into it. This feature ensures the confidentiality and integrity of data entered into the program.