Patent ID: 7336187

Claim:
A patient activity monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of remote monitoring subsystems, each remote monitoring subsystem including a remote monitoring unit and at least one sensor device coupled to the remote monitoring unit, each sensor device being associated with a respective patient; a plurality of user notification devices; and a central monitoring unit communicably coupled to the plurality of remote monitoring subsystems and the plurality of user notification devices, the central monitoring unit having a graphical user interface, wherein each sensor device is configured to detect at least one predetermined patient activity parameter of the respective patient associated therewith, and to transmit sensor data representative of the detected patient activity parameter to the remote monitoring unit coupled thereto, wherein each remote monitoring unit is configured to receive sensor data, to process the sensor data to generate patient activity information corresponding to the sensor data, and to transmit the patient activity information to the central monitoring unit, the patient activity information including at least one representation of at least one type of physical activity of the respective patient associated with the sensor device, and a representation of a level of assistance required by the respective patient based at least in part on the at least one type of physical activity of the respective patient, and wherein one or more of the graphical user interface and the plurality of user notification devices is operative to provide at least one alarm indication based at least in part on one or more of the at least one type of physical activity of one or more of the respective patients, and the level of assistance required by one or more of the respective patients.