A portable patient monitoring system may be configured to automatically identify a patient using remote sensing technology, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) or Long Wavelength ID (LWID). A patient monitoring system, such as a portable spot-checking monitor, may be brought in proximity with a patient in order for a remote sensor to receive identification information from an electronic identification device (EID), such as an RFID tag or an LWID tag, associated with the patient. The patient monitoring system may acquire data signals relating to the patient's physiological parameters. The patient monitoring system may process the data signals and generate patient parameter information. The patient monitoring system may then associate the patient parameter information with the identification information and store the information within a memory unit, display the information, and/or upload the information. The patient monitoring system may retrieve a patient identity using the identification information received from the EID.
