INTRODUCTION

Inpatient care is the care of patients whose condition requires admission to a hospital. Progress in modern medicine and the advent of comprehensive out-patient clinics ensure that patients are only admitted to a hospital when they are extremely ill or have severe physical trauma.

A patient is referred to hospitalization in the following manners:

Emergency hospitalization - Through the Department of Emergency Medicine , Emergency Room or by direct referral by the hospital's outpatient clinics or institutes.

Planned hospitalization – Pre-scheduled appointment by the inpatient department. 

Ambulatory care – Hospitalization for procedure or treatment, with discharge on the same day.

In a Hospital, a patient can only be admitted in case of emergency or referral by the OutPatient department’s Doctor.

By automating the Inpatient department of the hospital, many problems will get solved like

Maintenance of patient details Maintenance of Payments Maintenance of Bed Allotments Manage patient admission details Manage Patient discharge details Manage patient treatment history Manage patient medicines history etc.

An Inpatient department system will maintain the details of all admitted patients in various departments of a hospital.