The department registers all inpatients, outpatients and emergency admission patients. In Centralized Scheduling, personnel schedule all outpatient procedures directly with the patient or through the physician's office by a one call system. Express Registration is a pre-registration service that registers the patient prior to a scheduled appointment.
Registration completes the pre-registration process prior to the patient arriving at the hospital.
Upon arrival, the patient bypasses the registration area and reports directly to the first department for which they are scheduled.