📋 Business Analysis & Process · Swimlane
Hospital Admission and Discharge Swimlane
A planned in-patient stay from admission to discharge across the patient, the front desk, the doctor, the nurse and billing, including insurance pre-authorisation.
Drawing diagram…
What this diagram shows
- Insurance pre-authorisation as a gate
- Clinical and billing steps in separate lanes
- Discharge only after final bill is settled
Prompt used
Swimlane map for a planned hospital admission: the patient arrives with the doctor's advice, the front desk registers them and requests insurance pre-authorisation (self-pay if denied), the nurse admits the patient to a bed, the doctor treats and decides on discharge, billing prepares the final bill, and the patient settles it and is discharged.
Mermaid code
flowchart LR
subgraph Pat["🧑 Patient"]
direction LR
S(["Arrives for admission"])
A1["Choose self-pay"]
A2["Settle bill"]
E(["Discharged"])
end
subgraph FD["🏥 Front Desk"]
direction LR
B1["Register patient"] --> B2{"Insurance pre-auth approved?"}
end
subgraph Nurse["👩⚕️ Nurse"]
direction LR
C1["Admit to bed"] --> C2["Record vitals"]
end
subgraph Doc["🩺 Doctor"]
direction LR
D1["Treat patient"] --> D2{"Fit for discharge?"}
end
subgraph Bill["💳 Billing"]
direction LR
F1["Prepare final bill"]
end
S --> B1
B2 -->|No| A1
A1 --> C1
B2 -->|Yes| C1
C2 --> D1
D2 -->|No| D1
D2 -->|Yes| F1
F1 --> A2
A2 --> ERelated templates
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