Traditionally, updating patient location has been a cumbersome and neglected administrative task. With VitalPAC Patientflow, it becomes a seamless part of the clinical process.

The result is a unique bed management system with near 100 percent accuracy on patient location.

Each time a nurse takes a set of observations with VitalPAC, the system prompts for confirmation of the patient's location. This means that outliers are quickly and clearly identified, that clinicians can find their patients quickly and easily, and that hospital capacity is used as efficiently as possible.

Nurses can also plan and confirm patient transfers and discharges, or change a patient's specialty or consultant, using hand held devices or desktop PCs.

The system allows for easy capacity management, with the ability to open and close wards and beds, reserve care spaces, and plan for incoming patients.

A large screen bedboard view shows a clear layout of each ward, with patient location and main consultant.