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US 9,286,441 B2Granted
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.
Claims20
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 caregiver message screen from among a plurality of selectable screens, the caregiver message screen having 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, wherein the plurality of caregiver message icons are absent from the display screen when others of the plurality of selectable screens are displayed on the display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.