HL7 Electronic Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2.1.1
2.1.1 - Normative

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## Requirements: AS.2.4 Manage Patient Bed Assignment (Function)

Official URL: http://hl7.org/ehrs/uv/ehrsfmr2/Requirements/EHRSFMR2-AS.2.4 | Version: 2.1.1
Standards status: Normative Active as of 2025-12-13 | Computable Name: AS_2_4_Manage_Patient_Bed_Assignment

Support interactions with other systems, applications, and modules to ensure that the patient's bed assignments within the facility optimize care and minimize risks e.g., of exposure to contagious patients.

Description I:

Access to a list of available beds is important to safely manage the care of patients whose bed requirements may change based on change in condition or risk factors. For example, a patient may need a room with special equipment or to be close to the nursing station or to be in a private room.

Criteria N:

AS.2.4#01 | SHOULD | The system SHOULD provide the ability to manage patient bed assignment interactions that are internal or external to the system (e.g., including temporary bed assignments).
AS.2.4#02 | MAY | The system MAY transmit patient information to an external system that will facilitate bed assignment, care optimization and risk mitigation.
AS.2.4#03 | SHOULD | The system SHOULD provide the ability to render lists of information to help enable effective bed assignment, including at a minimum, list of patients currently within the facility, a list of empty rooms and a list of available patient care spaces.
AS.2.4#04 | SHOULD | The system SHOULD provide the ability to render lists of information on patient status to help enable effective bed assignment, including at a minimum, a list of patients waiting to be triaged, a list of patients waiting to be registered, and a list of patients that have been admitted to the facility but are queued up for a transition of care.
AS.2.4#05 | MAY | The system MAY provide the ability to render waiting time for patients not yet brought to a treatment area.
AS.2.4#06 | MAY | The system MAY provide the ability to render the number of patients that have been admitted to the facility but are queued up for a transition of care.
AS.2.4#07 | MAY | The system MAY provide the ability to render information on incoming transported patients (e.g., rescue in-bounds).
AS.2.4#08 | MAY | The system MAY provide the ability to manage re-location of patients.
AS.2.4#09 | SHALL dependent | The system SHALL provide the ability to manage separately multiple patients being simultaneously cared for in a single room or in an identified space according to scope of practice, organizational policy, and/or jurisdictional law.
AS.2.4#10 | MAY dependent | The system MAY provide the ability to manage temporary beds and the patients in the temporary beds according to scope of practice, organizational policy, and/or jurisdictional law.
AS.2.4#11 | MAY | The system MAY tag with a status indication that the patient is ready for a transition of care (e.g., transport to an inpatient bed).