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Managing patient bed assignments and bed occupancy in a health care facility

  • US 8,700,428 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2012
  • Issued: 04/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for graphically displaying information relating to locations in a health care facility at which patients are placed, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) on an ongoing basis, receiving computer-generated transactional messages from one or more computer systems of the health care facility and automatically updating a database with information extracted from the computer-generated transactional messages, which information pertains to the patients and the locations for patient placement in the health care facility, whereby information about patients and locations for patient placement is maintained on an ongoing basis in the database via continual updates thereto;

    (b) accessing the database and, based thereon, displaying a graphical representation of a plurality of locations for patient placement in the health care environment which graphical representation visually includes representations of at least a portion of the information about patients and locations for patient placement that is maintained in the database;

    (c) wherein said graphical representation includes one or more pictorial icons each adapted to display both(i) first information associated with a first attribute related to room status information or patient status information, and(ii) secondary information associated with another attribute related to room status information or patient status information; and

    (d) wherein said pictorial icons are configured to be continually updated based on information received from one or more computer systems of the healthcare facility via transactional messages;

    (e) wherein the locations for patient placement include one or more units, rooms, or beds.

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