A system for communicating physiological data, the system comprising: a patient monitor located within a radio frequency, RF, shielded room, the patient monitor including: one or more sensors configured to collect physiological data about a patient; a first communication unit configured to assemble the collected physiological data into digital data packets, with each data packet including a current segment of physiological data; and at least one transmitter configured to alternately transmit the data packets on at least two frequency channels of a broadband frequency spectrum; a second communication unit located outside the RF shielded room, the second communication unit including: a first receiver configured to receive data packets containing physiological data from the patient monitor on a first of the frequency channels; a second receiver configured to operate concurrently with the first receiver to receive data packets containing physiological data from the patient monitor on a second of the frequency channels; a processor configured to communicate with the first and second receivers to combine physiological data received in data packets by the first and second receivers (54, 58) to generate a received physiological data stream; and a display which displays the received physiological data stream. a patient monitor located within a radio frequency, RF, shielded room, the patient monitor including: one or more sensors configured to collect physiological data about a patient; a first communication unit configured to assemble the collected physiological data into digital data packets, with each data packet including a current segment of physiological data; and at least one transmitter configured to alternately transmit the data packets on at least two frequency channels of a broadband frequency spectrum; one or more sensors configured to collect physiological data about a patient; a first communication unit configured to assemble the collected physiological data into digital data packets, with each data packet including a current segment of physiological data; and at least one transmitter configured to alternately transmit the data packets on at least two frequency channels of a broadband frequency spectrum; a second communication unit located outside the RF shielded room, the second communication unit including: a first receiver configured to receive data packets containing physiological data from the patient monitor on a first of the frequency channels; a second receiver configured to operate concurrently with the first receiver to receive data packets containing physiological data from the patient monitor on a second of the frequency channels; a processor configured to communicate with the first and second receivers to combine physiological data received in data packets by the first and second receivers (54, 58) to generate a received physiological data stream; and a display which displays the received physiological data stream. a first receiver configured to receive data packets containing physiological data from the patient monitor on a first of the frequency channels; a second receiver configured to operate concurrently with the first receiver to receive data packets containing physiological data from the patient monitor on a second of the frequency channels; a processor configured to communicate with the first and second receivers to combine physiological data received in data packets by the first and second receivers (54, 58) to generate a received physiological data stream; and a display which displays the received physiological data stream.