'Hi, I'm a Dirty Hospital Bed'
We've all heard of electronic whiteboards used to add a little punch to usually boring presentations, but how about "electronic bed boards" to track the status of hospital beds?
The following item was posted by Nextgov Editor at Large Bob Brewin.
We've all heard of electronic whiteboards used to add a little punch to usually boring presentations, but how about "electronic bed boards" to track the status of hospital beds?
I stumbled into the world of electronic hospital bed tracking last week when I ran across a contract notice from the Veterans Affairs Department's Jesse Brown hospital in Chicago to lease software from an outfit called Tele-Tracking Technologies Inc. in Pittsburgh.
Tele-Tracking, according to its website, has developed some truly nifty bed tracking software, all bundled into its Bed Manager Suite, which includes real-time bed tracking so "idle, dirty beds are a thing of the past."
That's not all: "Upon patient discharge, a quick and easy interactive voice response telephone request automatically pages an environmental services staff member to begin the cleaning process."
If Tele-Tracking ever decided to come up with a retail version, this could be a handy item for families with children who never make their beds.
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