Multi-technology wireless communication network network for monitoring patient through-out a healthcare facility

A method for providing continuous wireless connectivity for monitoring a patient throughout a healthcare facility, comprising:

• providing, an access point communication system in the healthcare facility, the access point communication system comprising an in-room access point in a room defined at least in part by shielding walls, the access point system further comprising an access point outside of the room and connected to the in-room access point;
• transmitting, by a communication unit of a first source device monitoring the patient, information related to the patient;
• receiving, by a transceiver of the access point outside the room, information from the first source device monitoring the patient;
• receiving, by an in-room transceiver of the in-room access point, additional information from the first source device monitoring the patient;
• combining, by a processor of the access point system, the information and the additional information from the first source device to generate a digital data stream;
• and
• transmitting, by an access point communication unit of the access point system, the digital data stream to an information system of the healthcare facility.