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Patient Attributes and Bed Attributes - Capacity IQ®
Patient Attributes and Bed Attributes - Capacity IQ®
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Written by William Pelino
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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.

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