Cash Counters

Set up the hospital's tills, each with an optional room and its own cash drawer ledger, so cashiers choose a counter when they open a shift.

A cash counter is a place where cashiers take money, such as OPD Counter 1 or the emergency window. Once a counter exists, opening a shift asks which counter, and only one shift can be open at each counter.

Before you begin

• You need the hospital masters edit right to add or edit counters.
• A small hospital needs no counters. Without them, shifts open without one and each cashier's cash goes to their own cash ledger.
• For a separate drawer ledger, add a cash ledger in the Chart of Accounts first.

Where to find it

Open Hospital → Finance → Cash Counters.

Add a counter

1. Click New counter.
2. Type the Name, for example OPD Counter 1.
3. Type the Location, for example Ground floor, main entrance.
4. Optionally pick a Room. See Rooms.
5. Optionally pick a Drawer ledger. Leave it empty to use each cashier's own cash ledger.
6. Keep In use ticked.
7. Click Save counter.

Read the counter cards

Each card shows the counter's name and location, its Drawer, and its state: Open with the cashier and shift number, Idle, or Off when it is not in use.

Change or retire a counter

Click Edit on the card. Untick In use to stop cashiers choosing it.

Common questions

A cashier cannot choose a counter. It is in use by another shift, or it is not In use.

Do counters limit what a cashier bills? No. A counter is a place. What each person may bill is set on the person. See Billing Setup.

Do all counters share one receipt series? Yes, every Billing Counter bill takes the next HB- number.