Patent ID: 8536990

Claim:
A system for use in a healthcare facility having a nurse call system with a nurse call computer located remotely from patient rooms, the system comprising a hospital bed having communication circuitry configured for communicating data from the hospital bed, and an interface unit spaced from the hospital bed, the interface unit having a first connector to which the hospital bed couples via a wired connection, a second connector which is communicatively coupled to the nurse call system, and circuitry comprising a third connector for connection to an external device, the interface unit being located in a same room in which the hospital bed is located and the interface unit having a cancel button that is used to cancel a nurse call signal, the interface unit having a unit identification (ID) that is associated with only a single room of the healthcare facility, the unit ID being transmitted by the interface unit through the second connector without transmitting the unit ID through the first and third connectors.