A system for monitoring patient physiological data is disclosed herein. The system comprises a wireless patient monitoring device with a first sensor adapted for retrieving patient physiological data and a second sensor for retrieving patient biometric information and a data reception device adapted to communicate with the wireless patient monitoring device using a wireless communication protocol to send patient physiological data and patient biometric information from the wireless patient monitoring device to the data reception device. The data reception device comprises a processor for processing patient physiological data received from the wireless patient monitoring device and adapted to process said patient biometric information to obtain a patient identity.
