Patient support apparatuses with displays
A patient support apparatus includes a support surface adapted to support a person, a display, a plurality of controls, a memory, and a controller. The controller is adapted to collect a batch of data regarding the operation of the patient support apparatus, to store the batch of data in the memory, to update the contents of the batch of data during usage of the patient support apparatus, and to display a coded image on the display in response to activation of a particular control. The coded image, which may be a QR code, encodes the batch of data. The encoded data may include sensor readings, diagnostic data, fault data, a serial number, and/or other data. The controller may also, or alternatively, display (either permanently or semi-permanently) the ward, department, floor, or another identifier (e.g. radiology, maternity, etc.) to which the patient support apparatus is assigned for a particular healthcare facility.
1 . A patient support apparatus comprising:
a support surface adapted to support a person;
a display;
a plurality of controls;
a network transceiver; and
a controller in communication with the display, the network transceiver, and the plurality of controls, the controller adapted to perform the following: (a) display a home screen on the display after the patient support apparatus is initially powered on; (b) display a non-home screen on the display in response to a user activating at least one of the plurality of controls on the patient support apparatus; (c) automatically return to displaying the home screen after displaying the non-home screen in response to a lack of activation of the plurality of controls; (d) display an identifier of the patient support apparatus on the home screen, the identifier identifying a designated part of a healthcare facility to which the patient support apparatus has been assigned by an administrator of the healthcare facility; (e) leave the identifier unchanged in response to the patient support apparatus being moved out of the designated part of the healthcare facility; and (f) change the identifier in response to receiving a message from a healthcare facility computer network via the network transceiver.
2 . The patient support apparatus of claim 1 wherein the designated part of the healthcare facility corresponds to at least one of the following: a department of the healthcare facility to which the patient support apparatus is assigned; a floor of a multi-floor building to which the patient support apparatus is assigned; a healthcare facility building to which the patient support apparatus is assigned; a wing of the healthcare facility to which the patient support apparatus is assigned; a healthcare facility name; or a wing of a building to which the patient support apparatus is assigned.
3 . The patient support apparatus of claim 1 wherein the controller is adapted to change the identifier only in response to receiving the message from the healthcare facility computer network via the network transceiver, and the patient support apparatus includes no controls onboard adapted to allow the user to change the identifier.
4 . The patient support apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a memory, wherein the controller is adapted to collect a batch of data regarding operation of the patient support apparatus, to store the batch of data in the memory, to update a content of the batch of data during usage of the patient support apparatus, and to display a coded image on the display in response to activation of an image control, wherein the image control is one of the plurality of controls and the coded image encodes the batch of data.
5 . The patient support apparatus of claim 4 wherein the memory further includes a unique identifier associated with the patient support apparatus and wherein the controller is further adapted to encode the unique identifier in the coded image.
6 . The patient support apparatus of claim 5 wherein the unique identifier corresponds to a serial number of the patient support apparatus.
7 . The patient support apparatus of claim 4 wherein the coded image is a Quick Response (QR) code.
8 . The patient support apparatus of claim 4 further comprising a scale adapted to detect a weight of a patient supported on the support surface, and wherein the batch of data includes a plurality of weight readings from the scale.
9 . The patient support apparatus of claim 8 wherein the controller is further adapted to automatically select the plurality of weight readings from a set of weight readings, wherein the plurality of weight readings corresponds to weight readings most recently taken in the set of weight readings.
10 . The patient support apparatus of claim 4 further comprising a plurality of sensors, wherein the controller is further adapted to include sensor data derived from the plurality of sensors in the batch of data.
11 . The patient support apparatus of claim 4 wherein the controller is further adapted to detect a fault in an operation of the patient support apparatus and to include fault data in the batch of data.
12 . A patient support apparatus comprising:
a support surface adapted to support a person;
a display;
a memory;
a plurality of controls;
a network transceiver adapted to communicate with a computer network of a healthcare facility in which the patient support apparatus is positioned; and
a controller in communication with the display, the memory, the plurality of controls, and the network transceiver, the controller adapted to perform the following: (a) receive an identifier from the computer network via the network transceiver, wherein the identifier identifies a part of the healthcare facility to which the patient support apparatus has been assigned by an administrator of the healthcare facility; (b) store the identifier in the memory; (c) display the identifier on a particular screen shown on the display when the patient support apparatus is both located inside and outside of the part of the healthcare facility; and (d) change the identifier in response to a user activating at least a subset of the plurality of controls in a predetermined combination, wherein the patient support apparatus does not display the predetermined combination on the display or elsewhere on the patient support apparatus.
13 . The patient support apparatus of claim 12 wherein the particular screen is a home screen and the controller is further configured to perform the following: (1) at least occasionally display the home screen automatically without requiring the user to manually navigate to the home screen; (2) display a non-home screen on the display in response to a user activating at least one of the plurality of controls on the patient support apparatus; and (3) to automatically return to displaying the home screen after displaying the non-home screen in response to a lack of activation of the plurality of controls.
14 . The patient support apparatus of claim 12 wherein the particular screen includes data identifying a level of charge in a battery onboard the patient support apparatus.
15 . The patient support apparatus of claim 12 wherein the part of the healthcare facility to which the patient support apparatus has been assigned includes at least one of the following: a department, a floor, a building, a wing, or a name of the healthcare facility.