Hospital bed with graphical user interface having advanced functionality

A hospital bed for use in a healthcare facility having an electronic medical record (EMR) system that maintains, for a plurality of patients, an electronic medical record (EMR) remote from the hospital bed for each patient, the hospital bed comprising:

• a base frame;
• an upper frame assembly including a patient support deck having a plurality of movable deck sections including a head section, the movable deck sections being movable to change a position at which a patient is supported by the patient support deck;
• a plurality of motors to move the movable deck sections;
• a lift system operable to raise, lower, and tilt the upper frame assembly relative to the base frame;
• a set of barriers coupled to the upper frame assembly, at least some of the barriers being movable relative to the upper frame assembly between a raised position and a lowered position;
• control circuitry and local memory carried by at least one of the base frame and the upper frame assembly,
• wherein the control circuitry is electrically coupled to the motors and an angle sensor to measure the angle of the head section;
• and
• a graphical user interface (GUI) coupled to the control circuitry, the control circuitry configured to command the GUI to display selectable tabs including a Tools tab and a Charting tab,
• wherein, in response to selection of the Tools tab at the GUI, the control circuitry is configured to command the GUI to display a switch that is selectable to enable or disable an EMR Autosend feature such that when enabled the control circuitry stores charted data in the local memory and then initiates the charting of the data to the EMR system and when disabled the control circuitry stores charted data in the local memory and then does not initiate the charting of the data to the EMR system,
• wherein, in response to selection of the Charting tab and additional user inputs received at the GUI, the control circuitry is configured to command the GUI (i) to display a bed status screen having a first charting icon that is selectable to chart the current bed status data, (ii) to display a patient information screen having a second charting icon that is selectable to chart patient vital signs data, and (iii) to display an activity screen having a third charting icon that is selectable to chart data about a position or change in position of the patient relative to the patient support deck, and
• wherein, in response to the data being charted, the GUI displays the data just charted and, when the Autosend feature is enabled, the date and time at which the data was charted to the EMR system, and when the Autosend feature is disabled, data indicating that a date and time is not available.