BED MANAGEMENT

• US 20080109255A1
• Filed: 10/09/2007
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carl Riley, James Allen, Keith Huster, Patricia Glidewell, Williams Collins
• Original Assignee: Carl Riley, James Allen, Keith Huster, Patricia Glidewell, Williams Collins
• Inventors: Allen, James, Glidewell, Patricia, Collins, Williams, Huster, Keith, Riley, Carl
• Granted Patent: US 8,280,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

A computing device, system, method and machine readable medium for managing beds of a healthcare facility is provided. A system includes a client device and a server computing device. The client device may generate a request to assign a bed to a patient, present a list of beds to assign the patient, and receive a selection that identifies a bed of the list of beds. The server computing device may generate the list of beds presented by the client device in response to the request. The server computing device may retrieve an electronic medical record for the patient, and obtain healthcare attributes for the patient from the electronic medical record. The server computing device may generate the list based upon capabilities of a plurality of beds and the healthcare attributes of the patient retrieved from the electronic medical record. The server computing device may further assign to the patient the bed identified by the selection.

Claims

1. A machine readable medium for managing beds, the machine readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, in response to being executed, results in a computing device

receiving patient data that identifies a plurality of healthcare attributes of a patient, and

assigning a bed to the patient based upon the plurality of healthcare attributes of the patient identified by the patient data and a capability of the bed.

2. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further result in the computing device

selecting the bed assigned to the patient based upon at least one healthcare attribute of the plurality healthcare attributes identified by the patient data.

3. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further result in the computing device

identifying one or more beds that address a healthcare attribute of the plurality of healthcare attributes,

presenting the one or more beds to a user, and

receiving a selection from the user that identifies the bed of the one or more beds to be assigned to the patient.

4. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further result in the computing device

identifying one or more unassigned beds with a capability that addresses at least one healthcare attribute of the patient as identified by the patient data,

presenting the one or more beds to a user, and

receiving a selection from the user that identifies the bed of the one or more beds to be assigned to the patient.

5. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further result in the computing device

ranking unassigned beds based upon whether capabilities of the unassigned beds are suitable for the plurality of healthcare attributes identified by the patient data,

presenting a ranking of one or more beds of the unassigned beds to a user, and

receiving a selection from the user that identifies the bed of the one or more beds to be assigned to the patient.

6. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further result in the computing device

ranking unassigned beds of the healthcare facility and a bed distribution facility based upon suitability of the unassigned beds for the plurality of healthcare attributes identified by the patient data,

receiving a selection from the user that identifies a bed of the bed distribution facility as the bed to be assigned to the patient, and

placing an order for the bed of the bed distribution facility.

7. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further result in the computing device

defining bed classes based upon bed capabilities,

ranking bed classes based upon suitability of beds of the bed classes for the plurality of healthcare attributes identified by the patient data, and

receiving a selection from the user that identifies a bed of one of the bed classes as the bed to be assigned to the patient.

8. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the patient data comprises a healthcare code that identifies a medical condition as one of the healthcare attributes of the patient.

9. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the patient data comprises a healthcare code that identifies a medical procedure as one of the healthcare attributes of the patient.

10. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further result in the computing device

receiving a request to assign a bed to the patient, and

assigning the bed to the patient in response to the request.

11. A computing device to manage beds of a healthcare facility, comprising

a data storage device comprising a plurality of instructions, and

a processor operatively coupled to the data storage device, the processor in response to executing the plurality of instructions of the data storage device, receiving an electronic medical record that identifies a plurality of healthcare attributes of a patient, and determining suitability of a bed for the patient based upon capabilities of the bed and the plurality of healthcare attributes of the patient identified by the electronic medical record.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the processor, in response to executing the plurality of instructions, presents a plurality of beds that are ranked based upon capabilities of the beds and the plurality of healthcare attributes identified by the electronic medical record.

13. The computing device of claim 11, wherein

the processor in determining the suitability of the bed for the patient determines suitability of each bed of a plurality of beds for the patient based upon bed capabilities and the plurality of healthcare attributes of the patient, and

the processor, in response to executing the plurality of instructions, further assigns a bed of the plurality of beds to a patient based upon suitability of the plurality of beds for the patient.

14. The computing device of claim 11, wherein

the processor in determining the suitability of the bed for the patient determines suitability of each bed of a plurality of beds for the patient based upon bed capabilities and the plurality of healthcare attributes of the patient, and

the processor, in response to executing the plurality of instructions, further presents beds to a user based upon their determined suitability for the patient, and assigns a bed of the presented beds to the patient based upon a user selection that identifies the bed of the presented beds.

15. The computing device of claim 11, wherein

the processor in determining the suitability of the bed for the patient determines suitability of each bed of a plurality of beds of a healthcare facility and a distribution facility for the patient based upon bed capabilities and the plurality of healthcare attributes of the patient, and

the processor, in response to executing the plurality of instructions, further presents beds to a user based upon their determined suitability for the patient, and orders a bed of the presented beds from the distribution facility in response to a user selection that identifies a bed of the distribution facility from the presented beds.

16. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the electronic medical record comprises a healthcare code that identifies at least one healthcare attribute of the patient.

17. A system for managing beds comprising

a client device to generate a request to assign a bed to a patient, to present a list of beds to assign the patient, and to receive a selection that identifies a bed of the list of beds, and

a server computing device to generate, in response to the request, the list of beds based upon capabilities of a plurality of beds and healthcare attributes of the patient, present the list of beds via the client device, and assign to the patient the bed identified by the selection.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the server computing device retrieves an electronic medical record for the patient, and obtains the healthcare attributes for the patient from the electronic medical record.

19. A method of managing beds, comprising

determining suitability of a plurality of beds for a patient based upon capabilities of the beds and a plurality of healthcare attributes of the patient, and

assigning a bed of the plurality of beds to the patient based upon suitability of the bed for the patient.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising

retrieving a medical record for the patient,

identifying the plurality of healthcare attributes from the medical record,

presenting the plurality of beds to a user based upon suitability of the plurality of beds, and

assigning the bed to the patient based upon a user selection that identifies the bed from the plurality of beds.