Admission/Discharge/Transfer

Unit Manager is an Epic home workspace that allows nursing staff to manage patient movement and bed availability. This activity displays current bed information and provides access to clinical, demographic, and hospital stay data to assist with the placement of patients. Staff can approve, reject, and complete pending admissions or transfers, update patient locations, manage bed blocks, and discharge patients.

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Unit Manager Resources

Unit Manager Resources
  • Unit Manager Overview - (Handout) The Unit Manager organizes and provides access to all tasks required to manage a patient's ADT status.
  • Admission from the Unit Manager - (Handout) When a patient arrives in the unit, the NUC/RN will complete the admission process. This is NOT to be completed until the patient is physically on the unit.
  • Adding and Removing Bed Blocks - (Handout) Bed Blocks are used in the bed planning process to prevent users from assigning a patient to a particular bed. Blocks warn those trying to admit or transfer patients to a bed about issues related to courtesy, census, isolation, infection, and maintenance.
  • Bed Swap - (Handout) Use the Swap option from the Unit Manager activity toolbar to swap two patients between rooms/beds without discharging or transferring either patient in Epic.
  • Bed Types - (Handout) Epic allows for defined Bed Types to be managed and requested both through the Unit Manager activity and the ordering process.
  • Event Management Quick Reference Guide - (Handout) Event Management is used to edit and update specific admission information that changes throughout a patient stay to ensure billing is accurate. Data items that can be edited via Event Management include: Admission Date/Time, Attending Provider Date/Time, Admitting Provider, Patient Class, Service, and Accommodation Code.
  • Private Encounter - (Handout) The Private Encounter field within an encounter is used to document a patient’s request to opt out of the facility directory.
  • Unit Manager Move Column - (Handout) The Move column on inpatient unit managers provides additional information on the patient’s status when transferring to or from the unit.
  • Update a Patient's Location - (Handout) A patient's location is updated in order to keep track of the patient's movement within the hospital.

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