Requesting beds and managing your bed requests

You can request a bed for patients who need to be cared for in a different location in your hospital. The information in the request updates the information shown in  Bed Management > Manage Beds.

Within your own area, you can transfer patients between beds without requesting a bed.

Read more about transferring patients between beds in your own ward or area

Requesting beds and managing your bed requests on a mobile

  1. From your patient list, select a patient.

  2. From Notes select ▼.

  3. From Note Profiles, select Bed Request.

  4. Select Add handover notes.

  5. Select Not specified.

  6. Select Requested.

  7. If the patient has specific needs, for example, monitoring, or a side room, select Not specified under Bed Requirements.

  8. Update the clinical note.

  9. Select Specialty Required, then select a specialty from the list.

    A completed bed request appears.

  1. From your patient list, select a patient.

  2. From Notes select ▼.

  3. From Note Profiles, select Bed Request.

  4. To cancel the bed request, select Bed Request, then select No.

    Or, to edit the bed request, select Bed Requirements, and edit the information.

  5. To edit the specialty, select Specialty, then select a specialty from the list.

Requesting beds and managing your bed requests on a desktop

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Clinical.

  2. Find the clinical notes summary, and change the clinical note profile to Bed Request.

  3. Select Bed Request.

  4. Select Requested.

  5. If the patient has specific needs, for example, monitoring, or a side room, select Bed Requirements, and update the clinical note.

  6. Select Specialty and select a specialty from the list.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Clinical.

  2. Find the clinical notes summary, and change the clinical note profile to Bed Request.

  3. To cancel the bed request, select Bed Request, then select No.

    Or, to edit the bed request, select Bed Requirements, and edit the information.

  4. To edit the specialty, select Specialty and select a specialty from the list.