Term
Patient Attributes and Bed Attributes
Definition
Patient attributes are characteristics associated with patients that are used in conjunction with characteristics associated with beds (bed attributes) to locate an optimal bed for a patient in the advanced bed search in the Capacity IQ® PreAdmit application and PatientTracking Portal® application.
Examples of patient attributes are:
Fall Risk
Hard of Hearing
Legally Blind
Language Barrier.
Examples of bed attributes are:
Near Nurses' Station
Negative Airflow Room
Hardwire Monitor
Tele-Medicine Room.
Example Scenarios
A patient who has a patient attribute of Fall Risk might need a bed with a bed attribute of Near Nurses' Station.
The user who is searching for the bed for the patient can select the appropriate bed attributes and patient attributes on the Patient/Placement Details forms.
Note
Patient attributes can not be used for notifications and alerts.