Display of hospital transport information on a portable device

1. A method, comprising:

at an application of a handheld portable information handling device with a touch screen display, wherein the application displays a plurality of user interfaces, each of the plurality of user interfaces having a subset of information corresponding to a hospital transport management system:

communicating, to the hospital transport management system, information sufficient to authenticate a user of the handheld portable information handling device within the hospital transport management system, wherein the user comprises a transporter, wherein, upon authentication, the handheld portable information handling device is associated with the user within the hospital transport management system and the application displays the plurality of user interfaces of the hospital transport management system at the handheld portable information handling device;

obtaining available hospital transport job information from the hospital transport management system comprising information for all available transport jobs;

displaying, to the transporter within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application, the available hospital transport job information for a subset of the all available transport jobs, wherein the subset comprises available hospital transport jobs corresponding to assignment areas within a facility and selected by the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device, wherein the available hospital transport job information that is displayed to the transporter is based upon a current status of the transporter, wherein the current status comprises at least one of: available for a new job and not available for a new job;

displaying, in response to the transporter selecting an available hospital transport job and within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application, information related to the available hospital transport job, said information comprising a message related to said available hospital transport job, wherein the message comprises full details for the selected available hospital transport job;

displaying, within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application and after providing the message, functional display icons comprising an accept job icon and a bypass job icon;

communicating, in response to user interface with the accept job icon, acceptance information of the authenticated user for an available hospital transport job to the hospital transport management system, wherein the hospital transport management system modifies details of the available hospital transport job within the hospital transport management system upon receipt of the acceptance information, the modified details being viewable by other users of the hospital transport management system; and

displaying, within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application and to the transporter, a status of the accepted job and icons for changing a status of the accepted job by the transporter.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information that is being displayed on the handheld portable information handling device comprises job requests and messages.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein additional information is displayed to the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device if the authenticated user selects a display element.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the additional information for a job request includes the location of a patient to be transported.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the additional information for a job request further includes the location to which the patient is to be transported.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a bar for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the bar includes links to the authenticated user's home configuration, job list, and messages.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the available hospital transport job information comprises displaying tasks which are available for the authenticated user of the of the handheld portable information handling device to complete.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acceptance information comprises information indicating that the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device has completed a task.

9. A portable handheld information handling device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

an application displaying a plurality of user interfaces, each of the plurality of user interfaces having a subset of information corresponding to a hospital transport management system;

a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

communicating to the hospital transport management system, information sufficient to authenticate a user of the handheld portable information handling device within the hospital transport management system, wherein the user comprises a transporter, wherein, upon authentication, the handheld portable information handling device is associated with the user within the hospital transport management system and the application displays the plurality of user interfaces of the hospital transport management system at the handheld portable information handling device;

obtaining available hospital transport job information from the hospital transport management system comprising information for all available transport jobs;

displaying, to the transporter within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application, the available hospital transport job information for a subset of the all available transport jobs, wherein the subset comprises available hospital transport jobs corresponding to assignment areas within a facility and selected by the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device, wherein the available hospital transport job information that is displayed to the transporter is based upon a current status of the transporter, wherein the current status comprises at least one of: available for a new job and not available for a new job;

displaying, in response to the transporter selecting an available hospital transport job and within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application, information related to the available hospital transport job, said information comprising a message related to said available hospital transport job, wherein the message comprises full details for the selected available hospital transport job;

displaying, within one of the plurality of user interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application and after providing the message, functional display icons comprising an accept job icon and a bypass job icon;

communicating, in response to user interface with the accept job icon, acceptance information of the authenticated user for an available hospital transport job to the hospital transport management system, wherein the hospital transport management system modifies details of the available hospital transport job within the hospital transport management system upon receipt of the acceptance information, the modified details being viewable by other users of the hospital transport management system; and

displaying, within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application and to the transporter, a status of the accepted job and icons for changing a status of the accepted job by the transporter.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the information that is being displayed on the handheld portable information handling device comprises job requests and messages.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein additional information is displayed to the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device if the authenticated user selects a display element.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the additional information for a job request includes the location of a patient to be transported.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the additional information for a job request further includes the location to which the patient is to be transported.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising instruction for displaying a bar for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the bar includes links to the authenticated user's home configuration, joblist, and messages.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein displaying the available hospital transport job information comprises displaying tasks which are available for the authenticated user of the of the handheld portable information handling device to complete.

16. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the acceptance information comprises information indicating that the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device has completed a task.

17. A program product, comprising:

a storage device having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code being executable by a processor and comprising:

computer program code configured to communicate to a hospital transport management system information sufficient to authenticate a user of a handheld portable information handling device within the hospital transport management system, wherein the user comprises a transporter, wherein the handheld portable information handling device comprises a touch screen display and an application displaying a plurality of user interfaces, each of the plurality of user interfaces having a subset of information corresponding to a hospital transport management system, wherein, upon authentication, the handheld portable information handling device is associated with the user within the hospital transport management system and the application displays the plurality of user interfaces of the hospital transport management system at the handheld portable information handling device;

computer program code configured to obtain available hospital transport job information from the hospital transport management system comprising information for all available transport jobs;

computer program code configured to display, to the transporter within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application, the available hospital transport job information for a subset of the all available transport jobs, wherein the subset comprises available hospital transport jobs corresponding to assignment areas within a facility and selected by the authenticated user of the handheld portable information handling device, wherein the available hospital transport job information that is displayed to the transporter is based upon a current status of the transporter, wherein the current status comprises at least one of: available for a new job and not available for a new job;

computer program code configured to display, in response to the transporter selecting an available hospital transport job and within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application, information related to the available hospital transport job, said information comprising a message related to said available hospital transport job, wherein the message comprises full details for the selected available hospital transport job;

computer program code configured to display, within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application and after providing the message, functional display icons comprising an accept job icon and a bypass job icon;

computer program code configured to communicate, in response to user interface with the accept job icon, acceptance information of the authenticated user for an available hospital transport job to the hospital transport management system, wherein the hospital transport management system modifies details of the available hospital transport job within the hospital transport management system upon receipt of the acceptance information, the modified details being viewable by other users of the hospital transport management system; and

computer program code configured to display, within one of the plurality of interfaces of the hospital transport management system within the application and to the transporter, a status of the accepted job and icons for changing a status of the accepted job by the transporter.