A system that monitors various conditions of a plurality of hospital beds
located in different rooms of a healthcare facility is provided.
Alternatively or additionally, other types of equipment may be monitored
by the system. Various configurations of network interface units that are
coupleable to or integrated into a hospital bed are also disclosed. The
system receives data from the hospital beds and/or other equipment and
initiates a communication to a wireless communication device of at least
one designated caregiver in response to the received data being
indicative of an alarm condition.