Systems and methods for providing health information

Abstract

A system for providing healthcare information regarding a patient's hospital visit includes a health information application that operates on a plurality of electronic devices. The application displays first data regarding the patient's visit; processes information indicating a current location of the mobile electronic device; and displays second data regarding the patient's visit that is delayed until the mobile electronic device crosses a boundary of a geo-fenced area. The electronic device may also communicate with a bed server at the healthcare facility and authorize the bed server to automatically send a notification message to a second mobile electronic device associated with the patient's friend or family member based on the patient's sleep status and/or movement into or out of bed. The application may also gather and process data useful to healthcare administrators, such as HCAHPS survey scores, status data for medical devices, equipment servicing information, and other information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A non-transitory computer readable medium with computer executable instructions stored thereon adapted to be executed by a processor of a mobile electronic device having a display, the computer executable instructions, when executed, causing the processor to perform a method comprising:
 wirelessly retrieve bed data from a server hosted on a computer network of a healthcare facility, the server being in communication with a plurality of beds positioned within a healthcare facility, the bed data including at least one of the following: a position of a siderail of a particular bed of the plurality of beds, a status of a brake of the particular bed, a height of a litter frame of the particular bed, or a status of an exit detection system of the particular bed;   display on the display of the mobile electronic device the bed data;   display on the display of the mobile electronic device rounding data relating to a caregiver's performance of his or her rounding duties;   receive rounding information from the caregiver regarding a performance of his or her rounding duties; and   transmit the rounding information to the computer network of the healthcare facility.   
     
     
         2 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the method further comprises displaying on the display of the mobile device fall risk data, wherein the fall risk data indicates a fall risk of a patient assigned to the particular bed. 
     
     
         3 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the method further comprises:
 receiving location information from the server, the location information identifying a location of the particular bed within the healthcare facility; and 
 displaying the location of the particular bed within the healthcare facility on the display of the mobile electronic device. 
 
     
     
         4 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the method further comprises:
 receiving patient presence information from the server, the patient presence information identifying whether the patient is present on the particular bed or not; and 
 displaying the patient presence information on the display of the mobile electronic device. 
 
     
     
         5 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the method further comprises displaying a name of a patient assigned to the particular bed on the display of the mobile electronic device. 
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the method further comprises:
 displaying on the display of the mobile electronic device a plurality of questions for assessing a fall risk of a patient assigned to the particular bed; 
 receiving answers to the plurality of questions from a caregiver associated with the patient. 
 
     
     
         7 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 6  wherein the method further comprises calculating a fall risk score from the received answers to the plurality of questions. 
     
     
         8 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 6  wherein the method further comprises allowing an administrator of the healthcare facility to customize the plurality of questions. 
     
     
         9 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the method further comprises:
 retrieving patient data from an electronic medical record server in communication with the computer network of the healthcare facility; and 
 displaying the patient data on the display of the mobile electronic device, wherein the patient data includes names of patients assigned to a particular caregiver. 
 
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 9  wherein the patient data further includes health conditions of the patients assigned to the particular caregiver. 
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 9  wherein the patient data further includes data indicating when rounding was last performed for the patients assigned to the particular caregiver. 
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the method further comprises transmitting the rounding information to the server. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the method further comprises:
 retrieving patient data from an electronic medical record server in communication with the computer network of the healthcare facility; 
 displaying the patient data on the display of the mobile electronic device, wherein the patient data includes a list of patients assigned to a particular caregiver; and 
 displaying additional information about a particular patient from the list of patients in response to a caregiver selecting the particular patient from the list of patients. 
 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 13  wherein the additional information includes at least one of the following: a room to which the particular patient is assigned; an indication of whether the particular patient is in bed or out of bed; a fall risk of the patient; or a health condition of the particular patient. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the rounding information includes a reminder to perform at least one of the following: activate a brake of the particular bed; put the particular bed into a low height condition; offer toileting assistance to a patient assigned to the particular bed; check for adequate lighting for the patient; check that a room in which the particular bed is located is cleared of spills; or assess the patient. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the mobile electronic device is one of a smart phone or a table computer. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the bed data further includes connectivity data indicating whether each of the plurality of beds is currently connected to the computer network of the healthcare facility, and wherein the method further includes displaying on the display of the mobile electronic device the connectivity data. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1  wherein the bed data further includes electrical connection data indicating whether each of the plurality of beds is currently plugged into an electrical outlet, and wherein the method further includes displaying on the display of the mobile electronic device the electrical connection data. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 18  wherein the bed data further includes angular data indicating whether each of the plurality of beds has a Fowler section elevated to an angle greater than a threshold, and wherein the method further includes displaying on the display of the mobile electronic device the angular data. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 17  wherein the mobile electronic device is one of a smart phone or a table computer and the method includes wirelessly retrieving the bed data from the server using WiFi communications between the mobile electronic device and a wireless access point of the computer network of the healthcare facility.