BED ALERT COMMUNICATION METHOD
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Abstract
A system that monitors various conditions of a plurality of hospital beds located in different rooms of a healthcare facility is provided. Alternatively or additionally, other types of equipment may be monitored by the system. Various configurations of network interface units that are coupleable to or integrated into a hospital bed are also disclosed. The system receives data from the hospital beds and/or other equipment and initiates a communication to a wireless communication device of at least one designated caregiver in response to the received data being indicative of an alarm condition.
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11. A method for alerting caregivers carrying wireless communication devices of alarm conditions associated with patient beds in a healthcare facility, the method comprising
receiving data from patient beds using at least one computer device that is remote from the patient beds, displaying with the at least one computer device at least one alarm selection screen on a display screen associated with the at least one computer device, the at least one alarm selection screen permitting a user to select at least one alarm condition for at least one of the patient beds that must be violated before an alarm is considered to exist, and initiating with the at least one computer device a communication to the wireless communication device of at least one of the designated caregivers in response to existence of the alarm.
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