Hospital bed with graphical user interface having advanced functionality

• Main Authors: TALLENT, DAN R, FLINT, STEPHEN CARLYLE, CRANE, MATTHEW W, ALLEN, JAMES MAURICE, KENDALL, BRIAN J, ZERHUSEN, ROBERT MARK, HUSTER, KEITH A, PITTENGER, WILLIAM G
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.04.2012
• Subjects: CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; PHYSICS; TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS

A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, communicates with an electronic medical record (EMR) system in healthcare facility. The hospital bed includes a patient support structure to support a patient, a graphical user interface 5 coupled to the patient support structure, and control circuitry coupled to the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface displays at least one input that may be used by a caregiver to chart data into an electronic medical record (EMR) of a patient supported by the patient support structure. 10 Fig. I Lno LO Nz O to Kt d0) LO-L Lf) Ito