Smart hospital headwall system

A stationary communication unit adapted to be mounted in a room of a healthcare facility, the stationary communication unit comprising:

• a first transceiver adapted to communicate with a patient support apparatus and receive a request to communicate with a caregiver when the caregiver is remotely located, the request initiated by a patient supported on the patient support apparatus;
• a second transceiver in communication with a nurse call system port, the nurse call system port installed on a wall of the room;
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• a controller adapted to forward the request to the nurse call system port via the second transceiver, the controller also adapted to receive data from a medical device positioned in the room and to store the data for retrieval by authorized individuals, the medical device being different from the patient support apparatus, and the controller further adapted to transmit a uniform resource locator (URL) to a mobile device carried by the caregiver when the caregiver is in the room, the URL identifying a location where the data is stored, and the location being accessible to the mobile device using conventional web browsing software installed on the mobile device.

A stationary communication unit adapted to be mounted in a room of a healthcare facility, the stationary communication unit comprising:

• a first transceiver adapted to communicate with a patient support apparatus and receive a request to communicate with a caregiver when the caregiver is remotely located, the request initiated by a patient supported on the patient support apparatus;
• a second transceiver in communication with a nurse call system port, the nurse call system port installed on a wall of the room;
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• a controller adapted to forward the request to the nurse call system port via the second transceiver, the controller also adapted to receive data from a medical device positioned in the room and to store the data for retrieval by authorized individuals, the medical device being different from the patient support apparatus, and wherein the controller is in communication with an entertainment device positioned in the room, and the controller is adapted to automatically send a volume change command to the entertainment device in response to the request to communicate with the caregiver.

A stationary communication unit adapted to be mounted in a room of a healthcare facility, the stationary communication unit comprising:

• a first transceiver adapted to communicate with a patient support apparatus and receive a request to communicate with a caregiver when the caregiver is remotely located, the request initiated by a patient supported on the patient support apparatus;
• a second transceiver in communication with a nurse call system port, the nurse call system port installed on a wall of the room;
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• a controller adapted to forward the request to the nurse call system port via the second transceiver, the controller also adapted to receive data from a medical device positioned in the room and to store the data for retrieval by authorized individuals, the medical device being different from the patient support apparatus, and wherein the controller is further adapted to transmit a uniform resource locator (URL) to a mobile device carried by the caregiver when the caregiver is in the room, the URL identifying a location where the data is stored, and the controller is further adapted to receive data from multiple medical devices positioned in the room and to store the data received from the multiple medical devices at the location identified by the URL.