🏥 What Is the Perfect Hospital Bed Management System?
The Perfect Hospital Bed Management System is a visual, intelligent, and interactive application built to help hospitals manage bed occupancy, patient movement, and ward layouts in real time. It connects all relevant departments—from admissions and transfers to discharge, billing, and ward statistics—into one intuitive interface.
Whether you're allocating beds, cleaning rooms, printing admission slips, forecasting future demand, or reviewing past bed usage, this system gives you a complete picture with just a few clicks.
👤 Who Should Use This System?
| Role | Key Activities |
|---|---|
| Ward Manager | Manage ward layout, update bed status, add/remove beds, upload floorplans |
| Bed Manager | Assign patients to beds, coordinate discharges and transfers, resolve conflicts |
| Clinical Staff | Request admissions, update patient priorities, print admission slips |
| Billing Officer | Add charges and checkout patients from bedside |
| Hospital Admin | View statistics, forecast demand, generate reports |
🗺️ System Overview
When you open the Bed Management page, the interface is divided into three core panels:
🔹 Left Panel – Action Queue Sidebar
- Patients waiting to be admitted
- Patients scheduled to be transferred
- Patients listed for discharge
Each tab includes clickable patient cards with:
- Patient name
- Waiting time (shown using timeago)
- Reason or comments
- Quick button to create a new request
🔹 Center Panel – Ward View & Bed Tools
This is the main visual workspace:
- View the hospital floor plan
- See color-coded beds at a glance (Available, Reserved, Untidy, Faulty)
- Drag, rotate, add, or edit beds directly
- Toggle between wards using the dropdown
🔹 Right Panel – Patient Information Sidebar
When a bed or patient is selected, this area shows:
- Patient profile, contact info, priority, and wait time
- Action buttons like:
- Bill
- Print Slip
- Transfer
- Discharge
- Cancel / Update request
🛠 Toolbar Overview (Top of Page)
The toolbar at the top of the central panel gives you access to the core functional areas:
| Button | Function |
|---|---|
| 🛏️ Stats | View real-time statistics for any ward |
| 📈 Forecast | Predict patient inflow and occupancy trends |
| 🕒 Booking History | View past admissions, discharges, and transfers by date |
| 👤 Patients | Access patient profiles and linked data |
| 💳 Billing | Manage and process payments |
| 📄 Reports | Generate summary reports for ward or hospital-wide usage |