In one embodiment, a method for monitoring patient data (98) in a medicalinstitution isprovided and includes associating (100) at least one physiological data sensor(40) with apatient identification device (48) worn by a patient (14). The physiologicaldatagenerated by the physiological data sensor (40) is transmitted (106) to apatient areanetwork receiver (74). The patient identification device (48) generatespatientidentification data and transmits (108) it to the patient area networkreceiver (74). Thephysiological data is associated (112) with the patient identification data inan electronicpatient record.
