As the patient moves thru a visit, such as a visit to the emergency department, there are a number of areas the patient may stop at. This file allows the department to set up places a patient may be, physical or conceptual, so that the patient may be tracked throughout their visit. These places may include specific beds, waiting areas, other areas of the hospital such as radiology, exam rooms, etc.
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the hospital area for this room/bed/area.
DESCRIPTION:
This is the area in the hospital associated with this room or bed. Initially, the only area supported is the emergency department. It is expected that additional areas will be supported in the future.
TECHNICAL DESCR:
For training classes, a separate area may be set up for each user so that they may configure their own set of rooms/beds.
HELP-PROMPT: Enter 'INACTIVE' to disallow use of this room/bed/area.
DESCRIPTION:
This flag is used to mark a room/bed/area as out of service.
TECHNICAL DESCR:
When a room is marked inactive, it is no longer available for selection in EDIS. However, the room will still show up on reports and entry screens for previous entries.
HELP-PROMPT: Enter when this room/bed/area should be shown on the display board.
DESCRIPTION:
This indicates when the room/bed/area should show up on the large display board. The room may always show, show only if currently occupied by a patient, or never show.
HELP-PROMPT: Enter the status that should be assigned, if any, when this room/area is selected.
DESCRIPTION: If populated, the default status is automatically assigned to the entry in the ED LOG file when the room/bed/area is selected. For example, you might want to automatically assign the status, Awaiting Triage, when the
HELP-PROMPT: Enter 'single' to allow only one patient at a time, 'waiting' for waiting areas, 'non-ED' for areas outside the emergency department.
DESCRIPTION: This field affects the behavior of the room for data entry and reports. If single, only one patient at a time may be assigned to the room. Exam rooms are a common example. If multiple, multiple patients may be
simultaneously assigned to the room. Waiting is a special case to identify waiting areas in the reports. Non-ED indicates an area where the patient may be that is outside the emergency department itself.
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-30 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
If several beds or areas share the same physical space, use this field to create a common name for these beds/areas. By having this shared name, the reports may by used to identify exposures to contagious organisms.