Bed Board Search

Room/bed combinations identify physical locations within nursing stations where patients can be located. Room/bed searches are used in RCM Cloud^® applications to select room/bed combinations by searching by nursing station. The applications typically include a Room/Bed field and a Bed Search button.

To search for and assign a patient to a room/bed, follow these steps:

1. From any application or window with a room/bed search, click the Bed Board button. The Bedboard window displays.

2. Location – The dropdown menu defaults to the user’s current location. Click the dropdown and select a location. A user may have rights to multiple locations.
3. Nursing Station – Click the drop-down menu and select a nursing station where the room/bed is located. The list populates with the nursing station’s rooms and their color-coded information. If a room/bed is occupied, the visit information displays in the list. Scroll to the right to view all of the details.

4. Click on a room/bed to select it.
5. Click Save. The selected room/bed combination is returned.

Set Bed Search Colors, Status, and Character Limits

The bed status colors and descriptions as well as the character limits for the room and bed identifiers in the Bedboard window can be configured on the Room/Bed tab in Profile Maintenance. The Bed Status Colors indicate whether a room is suggested, not suggested, not available, or pending for a patient. Suggestions are based on the patient’s gender, age, and language. The descriptions that display in the Bed Status Cd column are configurable as well as the character limits on the Room and Bed columns.

Configuration

For this configuration, use the Room/Bed tab in Profile Maintenance with the settings described in the table below.

Application	Option	Description
Profile Maintenance Room/Bed Tab	Bed Status Colors buttons	Determines the colors that display for various room/bed status options in the Bed Search window.
		Option Description Suggest Click to set the color for a suggested room/bed. Not Suggest Click to set the color for a not suggested room/bed. Unavailable Click to set the color for an unavailable room/bed. Pending Click to set the color for a pending room/bed.
	Bed Status drop-down menus	Determines the status descriptions that display in the Status column in the Bed Search window.
		Option Description Default Click the Default drop-down menu to select the status that displays if no other status is associated with the bed. Ready Click the Ready drop-down menu to select the status that displays when the bed is unoccupied and ready. Occupied Click the Occupied drop-down menu to select the status that displays when the bed is occupied.
	Room Size drop-down menu	Determines the number of characters in the room identifier that displays in the Room column in the Bed Search window. Note: The sum of the Room Size and Bed Size settings must be six or less.
		Option Description Room Sizedrop-down menu Click the Room Size drop-down menu to select the number of characters in the room identifier.
	Bed Size options	Determines the number of characters in the room identifier that displays in the Bed column in the Bed Search window. Note: The sum of the Room Size and Bed Size settings must be six or less.
		Option Description 1 Click to set the bed size to one character. 2 Click to set the bed size to two characters. 3 Click to set the bed size to three characters.