Patent ID: 8489427

Claim:
A system for reporting on integrity of a wireless communication link within a healthcare facility comprising: a module associated with a medication treatment application device, the module having a status information output responsive to a signal output generated by the medication treatment application device; a wireless remote device within the healthcare facility having a visual display and having a message indicator responsive to the status information output transmitted over the wireless communication link and representative of the signal generated by the medication treatment application device; and software installed on the wireless remote device, the software configured to report upon the integrity of the wireless communication link by: (i) sending a signal to the wireless communication link, (ii) waiting a predetermined amount of time for a response to the signal sent to the wireless communication link, (iii) generating a time-out output that indicates loss of the wireless communication link when the response is not received within the predetermined amount of time; and (iv) providing on the visual display at least one of (a) an icon responsive to the time-out output or (b) a pop-up window in response to the time-out output.