InfoFlex Modules
Bed Manager
The Bed Manager module is used to manage hospital wards. The module shows the current state of the wards with regard to bed occupancy, i.e. which beds are currently occupied and which are available for waiting patients. Wards and their associated bays and beds are defined in a separate domain. The ward layout mode displays beds and their occupants. Patients can be assigned to available beds from source lists. The availability summary displays categories of beds by ward with actual and percentage occupancy.
The Bed Manager domain keeps a history of bed occupancy. Information about current bed occupancy is written back to the patient domain, so that the patient’s current status is always available.
Module Features
- Viewing Modes
- The bed availability summary displays a summary of occupancy broken down by ward and category of bed, allowing the user to identify unoccupied beds at a glance. The ward layout mode displays a pictorial representation of a ward and associated waiting lists of patients. Patients can be moved into beds via drag and drop and transferred from beds.
- Ward Layout
- The ward layout is defined in a separate domain which allows the number of bays and beds in a ward to be specified. The gender of patient that can occupy a ward, bay or bed can be specified, and beds are also allocated categories (eg HDU, ICU etc).
- Conditional Images
- Images can be displayed on beds when the patients occupying them meet certain conditions (eg consultant name, specialty, gender etc). Conditions are configurable and images can be selected from a set of coloured shapes.
- Patient gender
- In the first instance, beds can only be occupied by patients matching the gender assigned to the bed. This rule can be over-ridden if necessary.
- Screen Layout
- In ward layout mode, screen layout components (ward lists, ward layout, patient lists, patient summary) can be shown or hidden according to the user’s preference.
- Patient Lists
- Patients waiting for beds are identified by queries defined on the patient domain. Multiple lists can be defined and associated with wards. Patient lists are displayed in ward layout mode which allows patients to be moved from lists into beds. Maps are used to define which data in the patient domain should be updated as a patient is moved into and out of a bed.
- Patient Data
- Information regarding the individual patient’s bed occupancy is written to the patient domain. Links are created between the patient data view and the bed manager domain. Changes made in bed manager relating to the patient’s occupancy are updated into the patient domain, and changes made to patient data are updated into the bed manager domain. The patient domain stores the patient’s current occupancy status and the bed manager domain stores a complete history of bed occupancy.
- Polling
- The polling mechanism is used to synchronise all Bed Manager users and automatically refresh the ward layout, patient lists and patient data as modifications occur.
- Reporting
- Reports relating to bed occupancy can be defined on the Bed Manager Domain.
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