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Locations

Definition A location in MANSOQ 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,…

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Definition

A location in MANSOQ 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 MANSOQ what type of place the location is. Choose one of these forms:

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

MANSOQ 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

Source evidence

References are pinned to the private MANSOQ source repository. Repository access is required to open these links.