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Operations

Scheduling, facilities, departments, workflows, and staff

6,387 operations terms

bed identifierbed_id

The unique alphanumeric or numeric key assigned to a specific patient accommodation unit within EHR, ADT, and hospital information systems. Serves as the primary key for bed-level tables in clinical data warehouses, enabling joins across census, ADT, nursing assignment, and facility management datasets for inpatient analytics and reporting.

bed indexbed_idx

The positional numeric value assigned to a patient accommodation unit within an ordered list or sequence in EHR or hospital information systems. Used in ADT configuration tables and bed board displays to establish physical or logical ordering of beds within a room, ward, or unit for clinical workflow and data rendering purposes.

bed indicatorbed_ind

A boolean or coded field representing a specific state or condition of a patient accommodation unit in EHR, ADT, or hospital capacity systems. Used to flag attributes such as bed availability, specialty status, or isolation requirements, supporting conditional logic in clinical data pipelines and bed management dashboard filtering.

bed instructionbed_instr

Structured or free-text guidance associated with a patient accommodation unit in EHR and hospital information systems. May include care protocols, equipment setup requirements, or housekeeping directives linked to a specific bed, used by data engineers to populate operational tables supporting nursing workflow, patient placement, and environmental services systems.

bed keybed_key

The lookup reference value for a patient accommodation unit. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed languagebed_lang

The preferred communication language for a patient accommodation unit. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed last namebed_last_nm

The family surname for a patient accommodation unit. Used to display and describe the bed in a human-readable format. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed legal namebed_legal_nm

The official registered name for a patient accommodation unit. Used to display and describe the bed in a human-readable format. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed levelbed_lvl

The hierarchical position of a patient accommodation unit within a facility's organizational structure in EHR and ADT systems. Typically maps a bed to its parent room, ward, unit, floor, and facility entities, enabling dimensional modeling for census rollups, capacity analytics, and CMS-required inpatient accommodation level reporting in clinical data warehouses.

bed license numberbed_lic_nbr

The professional license identifier for a patient accommodation unit. Used as a unique reference to identify and track the bed across healthcare systems. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed marital statusbed_mar_sts

The relationship status for a patient accommodation unit. Used to track the current state or condition of the bed. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed master identifierbed_mstr_id

The enterprise master id for a patient accommodation unit. Used as a unique reference to identify and track the bed across healthcare systems. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed maximumbed_max

The upper limit value for a patient accommodation unit. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed medical record numberbed_mrn

The patient medical record number for a patient accommodation unit. Used as a unique reference to identify and track the bed across healthcare systems. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed middle namebed_mid_nm

The middle name or initial for a patient accommodation unit. Used to display and describe the bed in a human-readable format. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed minimumbed_min

The lower limit value for a patient accommodation unit. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed mobilebed_mob

The mobile phone number for a patient accommodation unit. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed modified bybed_mod_by

The updating user identifier for a patient accommodation unit. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

bed modified datebed_mod_dt

The timestamp of the most recent update to a patient accommodation unit record in EHR or hospital information systems. Used in ETL incremental load strategies, audit logging, and change data capture processes to identify records requiring refresh in clinical data warehouses, ensuring bed configuration and assignment data remains current across downstream analytics systems.

bed modified timebed_mod_tm

The record update time for a patient accommodation unit. Used to track temporal information related to bed modified time. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

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