Patent ID: 8873419

Claim:
A method of providing a mobile patient monitoring device (MPMD) with an optimized link quality over a wireless network in medical environment, comprising: establishing a first communication link between a MPMD and a first wireless network via which the MPMD communicates with a healthcare Internet protocol (IP) network; evaluating a quality of the first communication link; in response to determining that the quality of the first communication link is below a predetermined threshold level, establishing a second communication link with a second wireless network via which the MPMD communicates with the healthcare Internet protocol (IP) network; evaluating a quality of the second communication link after it is established; in response to determining whether the quality of the second communication link is below the predetermined threshold level, maintaining the first communication link if the quality of the second communication link is below the predetermined threshold level; and in response to the quality of the second communication link being not below the predetermined threshold level, terminating the first communication link; wherein the MPMD requests quality information reports from a patient information processing server (PIPS) in order to determine whether to terminate the first communication link.