Transport Functional Area

Description

This functional area contains all of the information and actions necessary to manage transportation requests for your facility. From this area, you may create new transport requests, update the status of existing requests, assign requests to transporters, and record completion of the request. This area also includes the Bed Stat module to show the current known census of the hospital.

Transport Landing Page

Click on the Transport button to go to the Transport Landing page.

1. Metrics
2. List Display
3. Filtering
4. Actions
5. Quick Actions
   

 Step-by-Step Help

Actions

Help Page	Button	Description
Add new Transport Request		Add - Create a new transport request
Create PreLogs		PreLog - Create PreLog templates for future transport requests]
Add History		Add History - Add transport requests that have already been completed
Call Center		Call Center - Enter the Call Center screen for quick transport request creation

Quick Actions

Help Page	Button	Description
View Detail		Detail - View all details of a transport request
Assign a Transport		Assign - Assign an employee to a transport request
Delay a Transport		Delay - Delay a transport until a later time due to an unexpected occurrence
Complete a Transport		Complete - Mark a transport as fully completed

List Display

Your top 5 most recent transport will be displayed here. The list shows the following fields:

Transport Type	Requested Time - The date and type of the request
	Time Due - The number of minutes until the request needs to be complete
From Room - The location where the transport should start	Patient - The name of the patient to transport
To Room- The location where the transport should end	Pt Number - The account number of the patient as assigned by the hospital
Equipment - Any equipment to be moved along with this transport	DOB - the Date of Birth of the patient

The icons indicate the current status:

Unassigned

Delayed

Filtering

Finding transports can be done in a handful of ways. First there are 5 quick searches provided as shown. These include:

Overdue - Shows all requests that have passed the due time Delayed - Shows all requests that are in Delayed status Unassigned - Shows any request that has not been assigned to an employee Cancelled - Shows any request that has been cancelled PreLog - Shows all PreLog requests that are not yet ready for processing due to the requested time

Campus - If you have multiple campuses available to you this will allow you to select a specific one. If you only have one campus available, you will not see this option Status - Only show transports that have this specific status Request Time (From/To) - Specifies the request date range to view. See Date Range Filtering for more information Transporter - Only show transports assigned to this employee Priority - Only show records that are marked as this priority Building - Allows you to select a specific building to view. Note: This is only available once you have selected a campus or if you only have security rights to one campus Floor - Selects the floor within the building. Note: You must select a building first Area - Selects an area within a floor. Note: You must select a floor first Room - Select a specific Room withing an Area. Note: You must select an Area first Transport Type - Only show transports of this type Equipment - Only show transports that have requested a specific equipment item

Related Areas

• Spaces
• List of available Transport Reports