Patient compliance monitoring system

A method for monitoring patient compliance of a patient during a stay in a hospital room comprising:

• providing the patient with a plurality of different types of patient care and recovery devices in the hospital room to be used in a treatment of the patient during the stay in the hospital room, wherein the plurality of different types of devices is selected from a positionable bed, a patient positioning wedge, a DVT-prevention compression device, a heel protector device, an incentive spirometer and an oral care device,
• periodically changing a manner of usage of each of the plurality of different types of devices in the treatment of the patient during the stay by user intervention by the patient and/or by a caregiver;
• detecting a usage history of each of the plurality of different types of devices in the treatment of the patient by a corresponding sensor for each of the plurality of different types of devices and generating usage data therefore, wherein the usage history includes the manner of usage and at least an amount of time that each of the plurality of different types of devices is in use in the treatment of the patient in the manner of usage;
• transmitting the usage data from the corresponding sensor for each of the plurality of different types of devices to a local station associated with the hospital room;
• and
• periodically displaying the usage history for each of the plurality of different types of patient care and recovery devices for the patient to monitor patient compliance in the usage of the plurality of different types of devices.