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# Beds Overview

**Transform bed management with real-time insights**

The Beds domain gives hospitals a unified, real-time view of inpatient demand, capacity and movement across all wards and divisions. It helps teams anticipate pressure, coordinate discharges and manage complex patients more effectively. By bringing together live occupancy, demand forecasts and performance insights, the Beds domain supports timely and well-coordinated inpatient care.

With visibility over ward-level activity, expected discharges, scheduled admissions and predicted demand, the Beds domain provides the clarity teams need to plan ahead and respond confidently to changing hospital pressures.

![Bed Overview](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Bed%20Overview.png?width=2000&height=1159&name=Bed%20Overview.png "Bed Overview")

[Intro Video ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/learning-hub/domain-overviews/beds#intro)

[Walkthroughs ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/learning-hub/domain-overviews/beds#walkthroughs)

[PDF Guide ›](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/learning-hub/domain-overviews/beds#pdfguide)

## Introduction to the Beds Domain

**Get a quick overview of the Beds domain**

Watch this quick introduction to understand how the Beds domain is structured, what information it provides and how teams use it to manage hospital-wide capacity, inpatient demand and division-level performance.

## Interactive Walkthroughs

**Explore key features and components across the Beds domain**

These walkthrough guides help you learn how to monitor occupancy, manage complex patients, see upcoming demand and coordinate discharge planning. Each guide opens in a step-by-step format so you can understand how to interpret patterns and use insights across the inpatient journey.

### Introduction to Beds

**A guided overview of the Beds domain**   
Learn how the Beds domain is structured and where to find key insights on occupancy, demand, discharges and capacity. Understand how the component groups work together to support coordinated inpatient care.

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### Complex Patients

**Manage and escalate complex patients with greater visibility**   
Explore how to identify and track complex patients, escalate cases and coordinate required actions across teams. See how the Complex Patients components provide a whole-of-organisation view and help monitor trends over time.

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### Ward View

**Monitor occupancy and patient activity at the ward level**   
See a live dashboard of your wards including current occupancy, incoming patients and individual patient details. Use this view to support ward planning and identify where capacity pressure is emerging.

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### Inpatient Flow Monitor

**Track real-time occupancy across wards and divisions**   
Visualise hospital-wide inpatient occupancy, division activity and ward status. Identify patients whose length of stay may be exceeding expected timeframes and see where capacity constraints are forming.

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### Discharge Trends

**Understand daily and historical discharge patterns**   
Review daily and long-term discharge behaviour to see how discharge timing affects capacity across the hospital. Identify patterns that influence bed availability, ward pressure and overall performance.

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### LoS Trends and Ward Dynamics

**Explore activity and length-of-stay patterns over time**   
See combined views of admissions, discharges, occupancy and length-of-stay. Understand how hospital, division and ward activity changes over time and use these insights to support improvement discussions and planning.

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### Bed Capacity Monitor

**Adjust ward capacity in real time**   
Use the Bed Capacity Monitor to modify open bed numbers across inpatient wards. Enter reasons for capacity changes and see updates reflected instantly across all related SystemView components.

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### Inpatient Demand

**Understand upcoming inpatient admissions and capacity impact**   
See all scheduled inpatient admissions from theatre activity and compare them to available beds and current occupancy. Use this view to anticipate upcoming pressure and support capacity planning.

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## Download the Beds Domain Guide

**A full reference for every component in the Beds domain**

This detailed guide includes filter definitions, data definitions and complete breakdowns of every chart, tile and feature. It provides an in-depth explanation of how the Beds domain works and how to interpret insights across occupancy, demand, discharge patterns and ward-level activity.

[Download Guide](https://academy.healthcarelogic.com/hubfs/SystemView%20Domain%20Guide%20-%20Beds%20V2.0.pdf)

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