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November 14, 2025
# Getting started with the Beds domain
## Transform bed management with real-time insights
The **Beds domain** in SystemView gives hospitals a unified, real-time view of inpatient demand, capacity, and flow.
It helps teams anticipate pressure points, coordinate discharges, and manage complex patients more efficiently, creating a hospital-wide picture of bed availability and flow performance.
**In this article:**
- [What the Beds domain does](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-beds-domain#whatitdoes)
- [How the Beds domain is structured](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-beds-domain#structure)
- [Who uses the Beds domain](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-beds-domain#whousesit)
- [How to get started](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-beds-domain#howtogetstarted)
- [Video walkthrough](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-beds-domain#vid)
- [Tips for success](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-beds-domain#success)
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### **What the Beds domain does**
Managing inpatient beds requires coordination across wards, teams, and systems. Without clear visibility, bottlenecks can quickly build up and impact patient care.
The Beds domain provides the clarity and shared logic teams need to manage flow, forecast constraints, and plan for tomorrow’s demand today.
#### **Key benefits**
- **Real-time command centre:** Monitor every patient and identify capacity risks across wards and divisions in real time.
- **Intelligent forecasting:** Predict future occupancy with advanced length-of-stay modelling and patient-level discharge insights.
- **Automated bed meetings:** Coordinate effectively with live demand and capacity views across divisions and wards.
- **Dynamic discharge management:** Track morning discharges and performance against calculated targets.
- **Readmission prevention:** Identify patients at higher risk of readmission using predictive analytics to support safer discharge planning.
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### **How the Beds domain is structured**
The domain is divided into groups that align with key stages of inpatient management.
| **Category** | **What it helps you do** |
| --- | --- |
| 🔗 [Inpatient Demand & Capacity](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds#inpatient-demand-capacity) | Monitor current occupancy, scheduled demand, and forecasted bed needs. |
| 🔗 [Complex Patients Management](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds#complex-patients-management) | Identify, manage, and escalate patients with barriers to discharge. |
| 🔗 [Risk of Hospitalisation & Readmissions](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds#risk-of-hospitalisation-readmissions) | Analyse 30-day and 60-day readmission trends to support discharge improvement. |
| 🔗 [Length of Stay & Inpatient Flow Analysis](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds#length-of-stay-inpatient-flow) | Track LoS trends, discharge timing, and ward performance over time. |
Together, these components create a complete operational view that supports both daily decision-making and long-term service planning.
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### **Who uses the Beds domain**
The Beds domain supports collaboration between clinicians, operational leaders, and flow coordinators.
| **Role** | **What they use it for** |
| --- | --- |
| Patient Flow Managers | Monitor live bed status and manage daily allocation decisions. |
| NUMs & Ward Leaders | Review occupancy, discharges, and ward-level demand. |
| Hospital Command Centre Teams | Use forecasting tools to anticipate capacity shortfalls and allocate resources. |
| Executives & Operations Managers | Track hospital-wide flow and readmission trends to guide improvement initiatives. |
| Allied Health & Discharge Coordinators | Identify medically fit or complex patients and target early discharge planning. |
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### **How to get started**
1. **View your current occupancy**
Start with [Inpatient Flow Monitor \> Hospital Overview ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds-inpatient-flow-monitor) for a whole-of-hospital snapshot of current bed use, available capacity, and Flow Length of Stay (LoS) categories.
2. **Drill into ward-level performance**
Use [Ward View \> Ward Overview ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds-ward-view-ward-overview) to review occupancy, outliers, and current patient lists in more detail.
3. **Forecast bed demand**
Open the [Inpatient Occupancy Forecaster \> Live Inpatient Occupancy Forecaster ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/live-inpatient-occupancy-forecaster) to predict when wards or divisions will reach overcapacity.
4. **Identify complex patients**
Access the [Complex Patients \> Admitted Patient Register ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds-complex-patients-admitted-patient-register) to flag patients with discharge barriers and view risk profiles using Flow LoS and Risk of Hospitalisation (RoH) data.
5. **Track readmissions**
Review Risk of Hospitalisation \> Readmission Trends › to analyse predicted versus actual readmission rates at ward, specialty, or doctor level.
6. **Analyse discharge patterns and length of stay**
Use [Discharge Trends ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds-discharge-trends) and [LoS Trends & Ward Dynamics ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds-los-trends-and-ward-dynamics) to identify discharge timing issues and plan improvement strategies.
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### **Video walkthrough**
🎥 Watch the **Introduction to the Beds Domain** video for a quick tour of components, navigation tips, and key concepts.
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#### **Want a detailed breakdown?**
If you’d like a more detailed look at every component, chart, patient list, and tile in the Beds domain, you can download the full **SystemView Beds User Guide** below.
📎 **Download:** [SystemView Beds Guide](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/hubfs/SystemView%20Domain%20Guide%20-%20Beds%20V2.0.pdf)
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### **Tips for success**
- **Use Flow LoS and RoH together.** Flow LoS highlights potential long-stay bottlenecks, while RoH identifies future readmission risk.
- **Update capacity in real time.** Use the [Bed Capacity Monitor ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds-bed-capacity-monitor) to keep SystemView bed occupancy data accurate for daily bed meetings.
- **Build MyHub dashboards.** Combine tiles and charts from Beds components for your own patient flow command centre and dashboards.
- **Pair with other domains.** The Beds domain connects closely with [**Surgery ›**](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-surgery-domain) (for post-op admissions) and [**Emergency Department ›**](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/getting-started-with-the-emergency-department-domain) (for admission pressure).
- **Review complex patients daily.** Early identification prevents extended stays and supports timely discharges.
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#### **Where to next**
- Beds Glossary ›
- [Understanding Flow Length of Stay ](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/understanding-flow-los)›
- [Understanding Risk of Hospitalisation ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/understanding-risk-of-hospitalisation-roh)
- [Inpatient Flow Monitor ](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds-inpatient-flow-monitor)›
- [Complex Patients \> Admitted Patient Register ](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/knowledge/beds-complex-patients-admitted-patient-register)›
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