1. A method of graphically displaying bed management and room occupant status information of a facility, said method comprising the steps of: displaying at least one icon on an interactive, display, said at least one icon simultaneously conveying a first level of hospital room information regarding: bed management information, including at least one of patient bed occupancy and bed availability, said at least one icon being arranged on said display on said display in the pattern of a floor plan of the facility; each of said at least one icon in said floor plan corresponding to a different one of said rooms of said facility for which information is conveyed; providing a link to secondary patient information in said at least one icon when said at least one icon is an icon of a patient occupied room; and displaying secondary patient information associated with at least one attribute of an icon in response to user interaction with the icon of a patient occupied room.