System for EMR vitals charting

A charting system for a healthcare facility, the charting system comprising:

• a patient bed to support a patient in a patient room,
• a vital sign monitor configured to read at least one vital sign from the patient,
• an electronic medical record (EMR) computer communicatively coupled to the vital sign monitor, and
• a high accuracy locating system communicatively coupled to the vital sign monitor, the high accuracy locating system including locating transceivers situated throughout the healthcare facility and a caregiver locating tag worn by a caregiver, the caregiver locating tag communicating with one or more of the locating transceivers that are in communicative proximity with the caregiver locating tag, the locating system further including a locating server communicatively coupled to the locating transceivers and operable to determine a location of the caregiver locating tag in the healthcare facility within three feet or less of an actual location of the caregiver locating tag, the locating server being configured to send a first message to the vital sign monitor to start reading the at least one vital sign from the patient in response to detection that the caregiver locating tag has entered the patient room, the locating server being configured to send a second message to the vital sign monitor to transmit vital sign information as read by the vital sign monitor to the EMR computer in response to detection that the caregiver locating tag is within a threshold distance of the patient bed.