HOSPITAL BED WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING ADVANCED FUNCTIONALITY

• Main Authors: CRANE MATTHEW W, ALLEN JAMES MAURICE, ZERHUSEN ROBERT MARK, TALLENT DAN R, KENDALL BRIAN J, FLINT STEPHEN CARLYLE, PITTENGER WILLIAM G, HUSTER KEITH A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.05.2012
• Subjects: CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; FUNERAL DEVICES; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; PHYSICS; SURGERY; TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed which communicates with an electronic medical record (EMR) system in a medical facility.SOLUTION: The hospital bed 10 includes: a patient support structure to support a patient, a graphical user interface 142 coupled to the patient support structure; and control circuitry 98 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.