System for managing patient support apparatuses and clinical rounds

A caregiver assistance system comprising:

• a rounding server configured to execute a caregiver assistance application, the caregiver assistance application configured to monitor caregiver rounding tasks and to receive status data from a patient support apparatus indicating a current state of the patient support apparatus and to receive patient support apparatus configuration data indicating a desired state of the patient support apparatus, the caregiver assistance application further configured to determine if the current state of the patient support apparatus is or is not in compliance with the patient support apparatus configuration data, the caregiver assistance application further configured to communicate with a remote electronic device comprising a display, a user input, and a web browser configured to be able to access a particular Uniform Resources Locator (URL) associated with the caregiver assistance application, the caregiver assistance application further configured to cause the remote electronic device to perform the following after accessing the particular URL:
• (a) display a non-compliance indication if the current state of the patient support apparatus is not in compliance with the patient support apparatus configuration data,
• (b) receive rounding data via the user input from a caregiver associated with the patient support apparatus;
• (c) receive an identifier from the patient support apparatus;
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• (d) transmit a verification message to the caregiver assistance application that includes the identifier of the patient support apparatus, wherein the verification message verifies the presence of the remote electronic device adjacent to the patient support apparatus;
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• wherein the caregiver assistance application is further adapted to automatically forward the rounding data to an electronic medical records (EMR) server if the remote electronic device's presence adjacent the patient support apparatus was verified, and to not automatically forward the rounding data to the EMR server if the remote electronic device's presence adjacent the patient support apparatus was not verified.

A caregiver assistance system comprising:

• a rounding server configured to execute a caregiver assistance application, the caregiver assistance application configured to monitor caregiver rounding tasks and to receive status data indicating a current state of a patient support apparatus and to communicate with a remote electronic device comprising a display, a user input, and a web browser configured to be able to access a particular Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with the caregiver assistance application, the caregiver assistance application further configured to cause the remote electronic device to perform the following after accessing the particular URL:
• (i) display rounding information on the display, the rounding information relating to a patient associated with the patient support apparatus;
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• (ii) forward a completion indication to the caregiver assistance application, the completion indication generated in response to a caregiver manipulating the user input when the caregiver has completed a rounding task associated with the patient;
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• (iii) receive an identifier from the patient support apparatus;
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• (iv) transmit a verification message to the caregiver assistance application that includes the identifier of the patient support apparatus, wherein the verification message verifies the presence of the remote electronic device adjacent to the patient support apparatus;
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• wherein the caregiver assistance application is configured to automatically forward both the completion indication and the status data to an electronic medical records (EMR) server if the remote electronic device's presence adjacent the patient support apparatus was verified, and to not automatically forward both the completion indication and the status data to the EMR server if the remote electronic device's presence adjacent the patient support apparatus was not verified.