Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Bradley T Smith

Andrew S Robinson

Laura A Hassey

Steven D Baker

Eric D Agdeppa

Pamela Wells

Thomas A Myers

Douglas A Seim

Frederick Collin Davidson

Britten J Pipher

Stephen R Embree

Richard Henry Heimbrock

James L Walke

Scott M Corbin

Eric David Benz

Kiana Mathews Dezelon

John G Byers

Kelly F Walton

John S Schroder

Christian Saucier

Joshua P Lingenfelser

Robert Mark Zerhusen

Jonathan D Turner

Charles A Lachenbruch

Kenzi L Mudge

Gavin Martin Monson

Richard Joseph Schuman, Sr

Timothy Joseph Receveur

Kirsten M Emmons

Aziz Ali Bhai

Dan R Tallent

Timothy D Wildman

Neal Wiggermann

Frank E Sauser

David P Lubbers

John D Christie

Joshua A Williams

John V Harmeyer

Varad Narayan Srivastava

Lori Ann Zapfe

Benjamin E Howell

Kenneth L Lilly

Douglas E Borgman

Joseph T Canter

Michael Buccieri

David M Girardeau

Catherine M Wagner

David J Hitchcock

Travis A Pelo

Unnati Ojha

Kathryn R Smith

Matthew D Morgan

Sravan A Mamidi

Theophile Reginald Lerebours

John Goewert

Daniel Nachtigal

Clay Gerome Owsley

David J Brzenchek

Michael A Knecht

Arpit Shah

Nathaniel W Hixon

Florin Iucha

James W Pascoe

Jared Rude

Karen Lanning

Mary Kay Brinkman

Richard J Schuman, Sr

Christopher Perry

Hailey R Hamalainen

Stephen N Moore

Bruno J Filliat

Phillip Maloney

Todd S Ventrola

Todd P O'Neal

David Lawrence Bedel

Jennifer A Gunn

Susan Kayser

Brandon Smith

Elizabeth A Kowal

Lance Shapiro

Kimberly Tuinstra

Mekashia Chenault

Todd P O'neal

David L Bedel

Tanya M Hawthorne

Barry Brown

Kimberly Tunistra

Eric G Agdeppa

Thomas A Meyers

A patient support apparatus includes a base frame, lift mechanism supporting an upper frame relative to the base frame, a load frame, and a plurality of deck sections, a patient support surface, and a number of barriers positioned about the patient supporting surface. The patient support apparatus includes a notification system for visually notifying a caregiver of a condition or status of a component of the patient support apparatus.

Patient support apparatus

A therapy system includes a patient support apparatus and a pneumatic therapy device that is coupleable to the patient support apparatus. The therapy device may receive power and air flow from the patient support apparatus.

Control system for a patient therapy device

A charting system is provided for use in a healthcare facility having a network. The charting system includes a microphone to receive voice inputs from a caregiver. A vital sign monitor obtains a vital sign from a patient and displays it. The system includes a communication device having a voice-to-text module that includes a processor coupled to the microphone. The processor operates a voice-to-text algorithm that converts the vital sign into text in response to the caregiver dictating the vital sign into the microphone. The processor initiates transmission of the vital sign to an EMR computer via the network after conversion of the at least one vital sign to text.

System for EMR vitals charting

User interface for a patient support apparatus with integrated patient therapy device

According to the present disclosure, devices, systems, and methods for locating, tracking, and conducting communications between care devices and networks of care facilities through local communications hubs.

Discriminating patient care communications system

High-accuracy locating systems and methods are used for determining successful caregiver rounding, monitoring whether housekeepers have properly cleaned patient beds, or determining whether patients have ambulated sufficient distances during recovery. Patient beds having at least two locating tags are used for establishing patient care zones around the patient beds. Locating anchors and equipment tags are moved around a patient room to determine optimum locating anchor placement within the patient room based on signal quality values. A locating tag on a patient bed switches roles to operate as a locating anchor in response to the patient bed becoming stationary. A locating tag has a digital compass which is used to determine a field of good ranging relative to a front of a caregiver wearing the locating tag.

Ultra-wideband locating systems and methods

Systems include a plurality of sensors coupled to a person support apparatus, at least one moisture sensor configured to sense a moisture level between the person and the support surface, and at least one computing device coupled to the plurality of sensors coupled to the person support apparatus and the at least one moisture sensor. The at least one computing device receives data from the plurality of sensors coupled to the person support apparatus and the at least one moisture sensor, obtains data from an electronic medical record associated with the person supported by the person support apparatus, calculates a pressure injury score indicative of a likelihood that the person will develop a pressure injury based on the data from the plurality of sensors, the at least one moisture sensor, and the electronic medical record, and alters a treatment plan for the person based on the calculated pressure injury score.

Systems and methods for determining an objective pressure injury score and altering a treatment plan based on the same

Systems and methods for EMR vitals charting

A patient fall detection system includes a computer and multiple transceivers mounted at fixed locations in a healthcare facility. The transceivers are electronically coupled to the computer. A patient identification tag is worn by a patient and includes a tag transceiver. The high-accuracy locating system monitors a location of the patient ID tag via signals from the tag transceiver to determine whether a patient has entered a bathroom. The computer monitors at least one of an elevation of the patient ID tag in the bathroom, an elevation drop of the patient ID tag in the bathroom, or a time that the patient ID tag has been in the bathroom to determine whether the patient has fallen.

Bathroom clean monitoring in a healthcare facility

A system and method to determine availability of caregivers to respond to nurse calls or other alerts originating in patient rooms is provided. Caregivers are designated as unavailable depending upon room types in which they are located, or depending upon patient types in the rooms in which they are located, or depending upon how long they have been present in certain rooms, or depending upon whether the caregivers have designated themselves as unavailable, or any combination of the foregoing. A system and method to escalate alerts to other caregivers if a primary caregiver is unavailable includes escalating first to a designated secondary caregiver and then to a caregiver who is closest in proximity to the room from which the alert originated if the secondary caregiver is also unavailable.

System and method for caregiver availability determination

A caregiver badge system includes a caregiver badge configured to be worn by a caregiver and having a cavity defined therein. An identification badge is configured to be positioned within the cavity. The identification badge is removable from the caregiver badge. A transceiver is positioned within the caregiver badge and configured to communicate with a positioning system to identify a location of the caregiver. A battery is positioned within the caregiver badge to power the transceiver.

Caregiver locating tag having advanced functionality

Signaling balloon

Patient fall monitoring in bathroom in a healthcare facility

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Bradley T Smith