Nurse Call System with Additional Status Board

Abstract

A healthcare information system for use in a healthcare facility having patient beds in a plurality of patient rooms is provided. The healthcare information system has a nurse call computer which is located at a nurse's station and which is configured to receive nurse calls and/or safety alerts originating from the patient rooms. The healthcare information system has a status board computer which is also located at the nurse's station and which is operable to display, for more than one patient, information regarding the patient, staff location, bed data, and room status.

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         21 . A healthcare information system for use in a healthcare facility having patient beds in respective patient rooms and having an electronic medical records (EMR) system for storing records of associated patients, the healthcare information system comprising
 a nurse call computer located at a nurse's station, the nurse call computer including a first display screen, the nurse call computer being configured to receive nurse calls originating from the patient rooms and to display information about the nurse calls on the first display screen, and   a status board computer also located at the nurse's station, the status board computer comprising a second display screen that is operable in a first mode to display, for more than one patient, information regarding the patient, staff location, bed data, and room status, the second screen also being operable in the first mode to display, for more than one patient, information received from the EMR system.   
     
     
         22 . The healthcare information system of  claim 21 , wherein the information received from the EMR system and displayed on the second display screen includes risk type information for one or more patients. 
     
     
         23 . The healthcare information system of  claim 22 , wherein the risk type information indicates that the patient is a fall risk. 
     
     
         24 . The healthcare information system of  claim 22 , wherein the risk type information indicates that the patient is at risk of developing bed sores. 
     
     
         25 . The healthcare information system of  claim 22 , wherein the risk type information indicates that the patient is a priority risk that requires enhanced attention from caregivers. 
     
     
         26 . The healthcare information system of  claim 22 , wherein the risk type information is color coded on the second display screen to indicate whether safety monitoring associated with the risk type information is turned on at the associated bed. 
     
     
         27 . The healthcare information system of  claim 26 , wherein the risk type information is color coded green to indicate that the associated safety monitoring is turned on. 
     
     
         28 . The healthcare information system of  claim 26 , wherein the risk type information is color coded yellow to indicate that the associated safety monitoring is turned off. 
     
     
         29 . The healthcare information system of  claim 26 , wherein the risk type information is color coded red to indicate that the associated safety monitoring is in an alarm state. 
     
     
         30 . The healthcare information system of  claim 21 , wherein the second display is operable in the first mode to display, for more than one patient, information regarding a time within which rounds are due. 
     
     
         31 . The healthcare information system of  claim 30 , wherein rounding interval information indicating how often rounds are due for the patients is received by the status board computer from the EMR system. 
     
     
         32 . The healthcare information system of  claim 30 , wherein an amount of time allotted for a caregiver to be in the room of the associated patient during the round is based on information received by the status board computer from the EMR system. 
     
     
         33 . The healthcare information system of  claim 30 , wherein the status board computer is usable by a caregiver to set rounding interval information indicating how often rounds are due for the patients. 
     
     
         34 . The healthcare information system of  claim 30 , wherein the status board computer is usable by a caregiver to set an amount of time allotted for another caregiver to be in the room of the associated patient during the round. 
     
     
         35 . The healthcare information system of  claim 21 , wherein the second display is operable in the first mode to display, for more than one patient, information regarding when the next turn of the patient using a turn assist function of the associated bed is to occur. 
     
     
         36 . The healthcare information system of  claim 35 , wherein a time interval between turn assists is based on information received by the status board computer from the EMR system. 
     
     
         37 . The healthcare information system of  claim 35 , wherein the status board computer is usable by a caregiver to set a time interval between turn assists. 
     
     
         38 . The healthcare information system of  claim 21 , wherein the second display screen is operable in a second mode to display a safety alert history for a selected one of the patients. 
     
     
         39 . The healthcare information system of  claim 38 , wherein the status board computer is configured to communicate the safety alert history to the EMR system. 
     
     
         40 . The healthcare information system of  claim 21 , wherein the second display screen is operable in a second mode to display history information including at least one of a chair mode history, a continuous lateral rotation therapy (CLRT) history, a percussion and vibration therapy (P-V) history, and a weight history; the bed status computer begins gathering the history information for each patient in response to the bed status computer receiving admission information from an Admission Discharge and Transfer (ADT) system; and the bed status computer terminates gathering the history information for each patient in response to the bed status computer receiving discharge information from the ADT system.