Location-Based Appointments (Wards, Beds & Locations)
Configure wards, beds, and locations in AndroHealth HIMS — private rooms, surgical theatres, and diagnostics — then schedule and book appointments against specific locations, including surgery requests, with maintenance-mode control.
AndroHealth lets you model your physical facility — wards, beds, and locations such as private rooms, surgical theatres, and diagnostics — and then book appointments against a specific location's schedule. It also drives the surgery workflow, letting you book operating-theatre slots from surgery requests, and supports putting any location, ward, or bed into maintenance.
Configure beds
Go to Admin Console → Enterprise → Locations. The Beds tab is selected by default and lists configured beds.
Click Add Bed, set the bed type and the number of beds (the Bed Capacity determines how many of a type are available), then save.
Configure wards
Open the Ward tab and click Add Ward. To associate beds, click the add-beds button and pick from the Select Beds popup, which lists only beds not yet assigned to a ward.
A ward's Bed Capacity caps how many beds it can hold. You can remove a bed from a ward (if no patient is in it) to reassign it elsewhere.
Configure locations
Open the Location tab and click Add Location. The form's fields change with the Location Type — Private Room, Surgical, or Diagnostic — and you set the location's address.
Maintenance mode
- Turn on Under Maintenance at the ward level to put all of its beds under maintenance.
- Turn it on for a single bed to take just that bed out of service — it can't be booked while under maintenance.
- Inactivated wards and beds are not available for booking.
Book a location-based appointment
Once a location has a schedule, you can book appointments against it. Booking through billing against orders, you pick an available slot for the location, then continue to billing for the selected services.
Surgical locations & surgery requests
For surgical locations, view the list of surgery requests and book operating-theatre appointments from them. To book against a surgery request, first pay the bill for the selected surgery package, then schedule the appointment in the OT.
Where this appears
- Admin Console → Enterprise → Locations (Beds, Wards, Locations)
- OPD → Appointment (location-based booking)
- Surgery requests & surgery worklist
Common questions
What location types are supported?
Private rooms, surgical (operating theatres), and diagnostic locations.
How do I book a surgery?
View the surgery requests, pay the surgery package bill, then book the operating-theatre slot.
How do I take a bed out of service?
Turn on Under Maintenance for the bed — or the whole ward — so it can't be booked.
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