A patient monitoring system comprising: at least two wireless sensing devices (3a,3b), each wireless sensing device configured to measure a different physiological parameter from a patient and wirelessly transmit a parameter dataset; a receiver that is configured to receive each parameter dataset from each of the at least two wireless sensing devices; a processor; a monitoring regulation module executable on the processor to: assign one of the at least two wireless sensing devices (3a-3e) as a dominant wireless sensing device and at least one of the remaining wireless sensing devices (3b-3e) as a subordinate wireless sensing device (3b-3e), wherein the physiological parameter measured by the dominant wireless sensing device is a key parameter and the parameter dataset transmitted by the dominant wireless sensing device is a key parameter dataset; determine a stability indicator for the key parameter based on the key parameter dataset from the dominant wireless sensing device; and selectively operate the at least one subordinate wireless sensing device (3b-3e) based on the stability indicator for the key parameter, wherein the selectively operating comprises operating the at least one subordinate wireless sensing device (3b-3e) in a low power mode responsive to determining that the stability indicator for the key parameter is within a predetermined stable range. at least two wireless sensing devices (3a,3b), each wireless sensing device configured to measure a different physiological parameter from a patient and wirelessly transmit a parameter dataset; a receiver that is configured to receive each parameter dataset from each of the at least two wireless sensing devices; a processor; a monitoring regulation module executable on the processor to: assign one of the at least two wireless sensing devices (3a-3e) as a dominant wireless sensing device and at least one of the remaining wireless sensing devices (3b-3e) as a subordinate wireless sensing device (3b-3e), wherein the physiological parameter measured by the dominant wireless sensing device is a key parameter and the parameter dataset transmitted by the dominant wireless sensing device is a key parameter dataset; determine a stability indicator for the key parameter based on the key parameter dataset from the dominant wireless sensing device; and selectively operate the at least one subordinate wireless sensing device (3b-3e) based on the stability indicator for the key parameter, wherein the selectively operating comprises operating the at least one subordinate wireless sensing device (3b-3e) in a low power mode responsive to determining that the stability indicator for the key parameter is within a predetermined stable range. assign one of the at least two wireless sensing devices (3a-3e) as a dominant wireless sensing device and at least one of the remaining wireless sensing devices (3b-3e) as a subordinate wireless sensing device (3b-3e), wherein the physiological parameter measured by the dominant wireless sensing device is a key parameter and the parameter dataset transmitted by the dominant wireless sensing device is a key parameter dataset; determine a stability indicator for the key parameter based on the key parameter dataset from the dominant wireless sensing device; and selectively operate the at least one subordinate wireless sensing device (3b-3e) based on the stability indicator for the key parameter, wherein the selectively operating comprises operating the at least one subordinate wireless sensing device (3b-3e) in a low power mode responsive to determining that the stability indicator for the key parameter is within a predetermined stable range.