Edit a Provider Facility

Authorized administrators can edit provider facility A standing facility, which can be a hospital, long-term care facility, or shelter. details at any time. This can include changing or adding sublocations Added to provider facilities and/or incident sites to improve tracking so you can pinpoint patients’ exact locations..

Refer to Locations, Sites, and Sublocations for more details.

For information on labels Used to classify and locate specific types of patients., refer to Manage Facility Labels.

The process an include the following steps:

  1. On the upper right, click System Settings.

  2. On the left, under Providers, click Provider Facilities . The Provider Facilities page opens.

  3. Locate the facility and click the edit icon. The Edit provider facility window opens.

  4. If appropriate, edit the Name and/or Description.

  1. Click the General Information tab.

  2. Enter or change the Agency number.

  3. Select one or more Labels.

  4. Select or clear the Regional Embarkation/Debarkation Point checkbox.

    Select this checkbox if you are going to use this provider facility as a point of embarkation or debarkation for multi-regional incidents.

  5. To add a facility phone number:

    1. Click Add Phone Number. A row opens in the table.

    2. Enter the Phone Number.

    3. If appropriate, enter a Description.

    4. Repeat these steps to add another phone number.

  6. To edit facility phone numbers:

    1. Click in the Phone Number or Description column.

    2. Make your changes.

  7. To delete a phone number, click its delete icon.

  1. Click the Location Information tab.

  2. Enter or change the facility's address in the Street Address, City, State, and Postal Code fields.

  3. To find the Latitude and Longitude, click Lookup. The map opens.

    The map opens unless the address was incomplete or more than one location was returned for the address. In that case, the Select Address window opens. Locate and select the correct address. Click OK. The map opens.   

  4. Verify that the address marker is correctly located on the map. If necessary, drag the marker to reposition it.

  5. In the upper right, click the close icon to dismiss the map. The Latitude and Longitude have been entered for the mapped location.

  6. To add a sublocation:

    1. Click Add Sub-Location. A row is added to the section.

    2. Enter the Name.

    3. Repeat these steps to add more sublocations.

  7. To edit a sublocation:

    1. Click in the first column of the one you want to edit.

    2. Make your changes.

  8. To delete a sublocation, click its delete icon.

  1. Click the Preferred Providers tab.

  2. If appropriate, select a list's checkbox to add this provider to it and clear the checkbox to remove it from the list.

  3. Click Save.

Related Concepts

Providers