Patent ID: 6988989

Claim:
A medical monitoring system, comprising: a central station adapted to receive vital signs data concerning a plurality of patients; one or more transmitter/receivers associated with the central station; and at least one patient monitor configured to monitor a particular one of the plurality of patients by collecting vital signs data from the particular patient, and configured to establish communications with the central station and communicate the collected vital signs data to the central station via the one or more transmitter/receivers; where the at least one patient monitor is operable by a user to identify the particular one patient from the plurality of patients, and to inform the central station of the identity of the particular patient; and where the central station is configured to access a database system in order to identify the plurality of patients and to display a list of the plurality of patients in order to associate the vital signs data received from the at least one patient monitor with the particular patient from said list wherein the central station is configured to transmit the list of the plurality of patients to the at least one patient monitor, and where the at least one patient monitor includes a display device adapted to display the list to the user.