Available inpatient psychiatric bed locator and community resource need tracker
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1. A method for locating a patient bed at another facility, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing a respective profile for a plurality of facilities, each profile including criteria related to an available bed at that facility;
receiving a search request to locate an available patient bed, the search request including a location of the patient;
searching the respective profiles based on the search request; and
displaying an identification of matching facilities, if any, from among the plurality of facilities, that are within a predetermined distance of the location of the patient.
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Abstract
A network-based service whereby hospital Emergency Departments and other acute care, crisis service providers, and insurers may access an up-to-date database listing available inpatient mental health beds satisfying user-selected criteria.
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1. A method for locating a patient bed at another facility, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing a respective profile for a plurality of facilities, each profile including criteria related to an available bed at that facility;
receiving a search request to locate an available patient bed, the search request including a location of the patient;
searching the respective profiles based on the search request; and
displaying an identification of matching facilities, if any, from among the plurality of facilities, that are within a predetermined distance of the location of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for facilitating identification of available patient beds, comprising the steps of:
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providing storage for a respective profile for each of a plurality of inpatient facilities, wherein each respective profile includes criteria related to an available patient bed at that inpatient facility;
permitting a healthcare organization to search the respective profiles to locate, for a patient, an available patient bed matching a specified set of criteria; and
returning to the healthcare organization an identification of matching facilities, if any, that are within a predetermined distance of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one microprocessor;
a memory in communication with the at least one microprocessor;
a program code stored in said memory and when executed by said microprocessor, configured to;
store a respective profile for a plurality of facilities, each profile including criteria related to an available patient bed at that facility;
receive a search request to locate an available patient bed, the search request including a location of a patient;
search the respective profiles based on the search request; and
display an identification of matching facilities, if any, from among the plurality of facilities, that are within a predetermined distance of the location of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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