Patient request system having patient falls risk notification and caregiver notes access

A patient request system comprising

• a portable electronic device that is handheld and configured for entry of patient requests based on selections made by a patient from at least one patient request menu appearing on a display of the portable electronic device while the patient is lying on a patient bed and holding the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device being configured to display to the patient while the patient is lying on the patient bed a falls risk notification message indicating (i) that the patient has been designated as a falls risk based on information in another portion of a network of a healthcare facility, wherein the another portion is remote from the portable electronic device, and (ii) that the patient not get out of bed by themselves,
• a server that is configured to receive a specific patient request made by the patient using the portable electronic device and that is configured to send the falls risk notification message to the portable electronic device for display, wherein the portable electronic device is operable by the patient to view a log of past visits to the patient's room by one or more caregivers including identifying for the past visits which of the one or more caregivers visited the patient's room during respective past visits, and
• a caregiver electronic device configured to display the specific patient request to a caregiver,
• wherein the portable electronic device is configured to display at least one caregiver note that has been entered by a caregiver and stored in the server,
• wherein the portable electronic device is configured to display a falls risk reminder message in response to the specific patient request being submitted by the patient.

A patient request method comprising

• receiving at a server, one or more patient requests entered by a patient on a portable electronic device that is handheld configured for entry of the one or more patient requests based on selections made by the patient from at least one patient request menu appearing on a display of the portable electronic device while the patient is lying on a patient bed and holding the portable electronic device,
• displaying on the portable electronic device to the patient while the patient is lying on the patient bed a falls risk notification message indicating (i) that the patient has been designated as a falls risk based on information in another portion of a network of a healthcare facility, wherein the another portion is remote from the portable electronic device, and (ii) that the patient not get out of bed by themselves,
• sending from the server the falls risk notification message to the portable electronic device for display,
• displaying to the patient on the portable electronic device, in response to inputs on the portable electronic device by the patient, a log of past visits to the patient's room by one or more caregivers including identifying for the past visits which of the one or more caregivers visited the patient's room during respective past visits, and
• displaying to a caregiver on a caregiver electronic device the one or more patient requests made by the patient.