Patent ID: 7319386

Claim:
A system for alerting caregivers carrying wireless communication devices of alarm conditions associated with pieces of equipment in a healthcare facility, the system comprising at least one computer device that is remote from the pieces of equipment and that receives data from the pieces of equipment, a display screen associated with the computer device, the computer device being operable to display at least one template screen on the display screen, the at least one template screen permitting a user to select types of alarms to which designated caregivers are to be notified, the computer device being operable to initiate a communication to the wireless communication device of at least one of the designated caregivers in response to the data received from at least one of the pieces of equipment being indicative of at least one of the types of alarms selected on the at least one template screen, at least one of the pieces of equipment being a hospital bed, the computer device receiving configuration data from the hospital bed indicative of features with which the hospital bed is equipped, and the computer device rendering portions of at least one of the template screens unusable, the portions of the template screens rendered unusable corresponding to features absent from the hospital bed.