Bed/room/patient association systems and methods

A system comprising

• a first subsystem for associating a bed to a room of a healthcare facility, the first subsystem comprising
• a locator unit that is fixed in place and that transmits a location ID,
• a patient bed having first circuitry that has a first ID and that receives the location ID, the patient bed having second circuitry that is independent of the first circuitry, the second circuitry being configured to transmit a bed ID and bed status data,
• a first transceiver spaced from the locator unit and spaced from the patient bed, the first transceiver receiving the first ID and location ID transmitted by the first circuitry,
• a second transceiver that is spaced from and independent of the first transceiver, the second transceiver receiving the bed ID and the bed status data transmitted by the second circuitry,
• a first remote computer device receiving the location ID and first ID transmitted to the first remote computer device by the first transceiver, and
• a second remote computer device that receives the bed ID and the bed status data which is transmitted to the second computer device by the second transceiver, wherein the first and second remote computer devices cooperate to associate the location ID and the bed status data with the bed ID;
• and
• a second subsystem comprising
• a light source that emits visible light and infrared (IR) light, wherein the IR light has a signature that is unique to a location of the healthcare facility in which the light source is situated, and
• a second patient bed including second circuitry that analyzes the IR light from the light source to determine the signature corresponding to the location, the circuitry being configured to transmit data corresponding to the signature and to transmit a second bed identifier (ID) of the second patient bed to the network.