To create a visit, the patient must already exist. If the patient was not added in LDMS,
you can add it manually it HAWS.
If a visit for a patient was not entered in LDMS, you can manually create the visit in HAWS so
that it can be assigned a workflow.
Click the Assign a patient visit to a workflow link from
the Common Tasks list on the left.
Select a group from the Group list.
Optional: Filter the search results by entering information into
any of the boxes in the Optional search filters
section.
The Patient ID, Study, and
Visit unit fields allow for the use of wildcard
characters. An asterisk (*) represents one or more of any character; an
underscore (_) matches a single character.
Optional: Select the Include already assigned visits option if you
want visits that have already been assigned to a workflow to appear in the
search results.
Select a single patient visit.
This is a visit for the patient for which you want to add a new visit.
Click the New visit button.
The Create New Visit window will appear. This is where you will enter the new visit information.
Complete the visit information.
Select the clinic where the visit occurred from the
Clinic list.
If the clinic needed is not available in the clinic list, add it by doing the following:
Click the Add clinic... button.
The Add Clinic window will
appear.
Enter the information for the clinic.
Click the OK button.
The click with the information you specified will be added to the
Clinic list.
Note: Clinics that are manually added are only added to your local HAWS
database. They will not be available in LDMS. If you need to have a
clinic added to LDMS, contact HAWS User Support for
assistance.
Click the OK button.
The new patient visit will automatically be assigned a default algorithm based on its
visit unit.