ASSOCIATION OF SUPPORT SURFACES AND BEDS
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Abstract
Systems, methods, beds, supports surfaces and machine readable medium for associating beds and support surface of a healthcare facility are disclosed. A surface association system for a healthcare facility may comprise a plurality of beds. The system may further comprise a computing device and a plurality of support surfaces to be placed upon beds of the plurality of beds. The computing device may associate a support surface of the plurality of support surfaces with a bed of the plurality of beds. The computing device may make the association based upon status data received from the plurality of beds and the plurality of support surfaces. The support surface and/or bed to be associated may initiate a surface association request. The computing device, in response to the surface association request, may request performance of one or more actions on the bed and/or support surface to be associated to identify the bed and/or support surface from the beds and support surfaces of the healthcare facility.
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39 Claims
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21. A system for use in a healthcare facility having a network, the system comprising
a plurality of beds located throughout the healthcare facility at a plurality of locations, each bed of the plurality of beds being configured to transmit a bed ID over the network, and a remote computer coupled to the network and configured to receive the bed ID from each bed of the plurality of beds, the remote computer generating a first menu that is shown on a display of the remote computer and that lists first information identifying each of the beds that are located at the plurality of locations, the remote computer generating a second menu that is shown on the display and that lists second information identifying the locations, the remote computer being configured to permit a user to select one of the beds from the first menu and one of the locations from the second menu, the remote computer displaying an associate field that is selected after one of the beds from the first menu is selected and after one of the locations from the second menu is selected such that, in response to the selection of the associate field, the bed selected from the first menu is associated in a database of the remote computer with the location selected from the second menu.
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38. A system for use in a healthcare facility having a network, the system comprising
a plurality of surfaces located throughout the healthcare facility at a plurality of locations, each surface of the plurality of surfaces being configured to transmit a surface ID over the network, and a remote computer coupled to the network and configured to receive the surface ID from each surface of the plurality of surfaces, the remote computer generating a first menu that is shown on a display of the remote computer and that lists first information identifying each of the surfaces that are located at the plurality of locations, the remote computer generating a second menu that is shown on the display and that lists second information identifying the locations, the remote computer being configured to permit a user to select one of the surfaces from the first menu and one of the locations from the second menu, the remote computer displaying an associate field that is selected after one of the surfaces from the first menu is selected and after one of the locations from the second menu is selected such that, in response to the selection of the associate field, the surface selected from the first menu is associated in a database of the remote computer with the location selected from the second menu.
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39. A system for use in a healthcare facility having a network, the system comprising
a plurality of beds located throughout the healthcare facility at a plurality of locations, each bed of the plurality of beds being configured to transmit a bed ID over the network, a plurality of surfaces located throughout the healthcare facility at the plurality of locations, each surface of the plurality of surfaces being configured to transmit a surface ID over the network, and a remote computer coupled to the network and configured to receive the bed ID from each bed of the plurality of beds and the surface ID from each of the plurality of surfaces, the remote computer generating a first menu that is shown on a display of the remote computer and that lists first information identifying each of the beds that are located at the plurality of locations, the remote computer generating a second menu that is shown on the display and that lists second information identifying each of the surfaces that are located at the plurality of locations, the remote computer being configured to permit a user to select one of the beds from the first menu and one of the surfaces from the second menu, the remote computer displaying an associate field that is selected after one of the beds from the first menu is selected and after one of the surfaces from the second menu is selected such that, in response to the selection of the associate field, the bed selected from the first menu is associated in a database of the remote computer with the surface selected from the second menu.
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