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US 2014/0195057 A1Published application
Hospital bed computer system having direct caregiver messaging
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsRobert M. Zerhusen, Ryan A. Reeder, John D. Vogel, Michael E. Cerimele, Carl W. Riley, Timothy D. Wildman
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Abstract
A point-of-care computer system is provided, including a display positioned in a point-of-care location. The point-of-care computer includes hardware coupled to a frame of a hospital bed.
Claims21
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A hospital bed for use in a healthcare facility having a nurse call system, the hospital bed comprising
- a frame to support a patient,
- computer hardware supported by the frame, and
- a display screen coupled to the frame and coupled to the computer hardware, the display screen being operable to display a screen that has a plurality of icons, each icon of the plurality of icons corresponding to a respective message to be sent to a caregiver via the nurse call system in response to selection of a respective one of the plurality of icons by the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.