Locations

Definition

A location in Care is a physical place inside a facility. A location can be a building, a ward, a room, or a bed. Locations sit inside one another and form a hierarchy. For example, a building contains wards, a ward contains rooms, and a room contains beds.

Key Attributes

Components	What it captures
Name	The name of the location. You must enter a name.
Description	A description of the location. This is optional.
Location Form	The type of place that the location represents. You must choose a Location Form when you create the location. You cannot change it later.
Status	The state of the location. You must choose a status.
Operational Status	The current use of the location. You must choose an operational status.
Parent location	The location that this location sits under in the hierarchy. You set the parent location when you create the location.
Order among siblings	The position of the location among the locations under the same parent location.
Organizations	The facility departments that you link to the location.
Availability	Whether the location is Available or Reserved.
Current Encounter	The encounter of the patient who uses this location now.

Location Form

The Location Form tells Care what type of place the location is. Choose one of these forms:

• Site
• Building
• Wing
• Ward
• Level
• Corridor
• Room
• Bed
• Vehicle
• House
• Cabinet
• Road
• Area
• Jurisdiction
• Virtual

Parent location and hierarchy

A location with no parent location is a top-level location for the facility. Only some Location Forms can hold child locations. A Ward can hold child locations. A Bed cannot hold child locations.

Note: You must choose a parent location before you create a Bed.

Note: Your deployment sets the limit for the depth of the hierarchy. Your deployment also sets the limit for the total number of locations in one facility.

You can change the order of the locations under the same parent location. See Reorder locations.

Organizations

Organizations are the facility departments that you link to the location. The linked departments control which members can access the location. See Manage a location's organizations.

Availability

Care sets the availability of the location. The location is Reserved when a patient is assigned to it. In all other cases the location is Available. You cannot set the availability yourself.

Status

Status	Description
Active	The facility uses the location.
Inactive	The facility does not use the location.
Unknown	The state of the location is not known.

Operational Status

Operational Status	Description
Closed	The location is closed for use.
Housekeeping	Housekeeping staff prepare the location.
Occupied	A patient uses the location.
Unoccupied	No patient uses the location.
Isolated	The location is under isolation.
Contaminated	The location is contaminated.

Permissions

Permission	What it allows
Can List Facility Locations	View locations.
Can Create/Update Facility Locations	Create, edit, reorder, and delete locations.

Note: To manage the organizations of a location, you also need permission to manage the facility department that you link or unlink.

Related

• Flow: Create a location
• Flow: View locations
• Flow: Edit a location
• Flow: Reorder locations
• Flow: Delete a location
• Flow: Manage a location's organizations