Access control and alarm monitoring systems; computer hardware and recorded operating software for patient monitoring systems and for patient monitoring sensors and alarms; intercoms; audio speakers; public address systems; computer monitors; electronic display screens for hospital use; computer servers; downloadable alarm management software; electronic video surveillance installations; computer monitors mounted on hospital bed headboards; portable computers for hospitals; computer hardware; hospital communication systems comprising an intercom for intra-hospital communication, patient operable remote controls for nurse call signals, television and speaker controls, and acoustic alarms, all sold as a unit; hospital communications system composed of microprocessors, loudspeakers, display monitors, and computer keyboards to be placed throughout hospitals in patient and emergency rooms and nurse and staff duty stations, and a central power supply with electric power converter which provides electrical power and audio amplification to the system; hospital communication systems comprised of electrical audio/visual transceiver for calling nurses and control units for use therewith, power supplies, emergency call telecommunication switches, bedside telecommunication switches, electrical audio speaker, calling and signaling lamp electrical annunciators; nurse call systems comprising intercoms, pagers, audio speakers, computer hardware adapted for operating platforms for hospital communications systems, and monitors for communications by and between patients and hospital staff; patient entertainment systems comprised of electronic display screens and communication computer hardware that allow patients to access television, radio, internet and telephone systems; wireless communication devices for transmission and reception of voice, data and video; systems comprised of computer hardware and recorded software for medical patient monitoring equipment, for receiving, processing, transmitting and displaying data for use in medical and healthcare information alerting and reporting, and for monitoring patient alarms; computer hardware and recorded software systems for alarm management and communication between patient and hospital staff; computer hardware and recorded software systems for remote patient monitoring and communication and patient video surveillance; electronic monitors and controls for monitoring and controlling building temperature, humidity, lighting, energy and detecting motion; building security systems comprising recorded software and computer hardware for providing picture, video, alarm status, building plans, and other building security information to a remote station; electronic hospital management systems comprised of computer hardware, recorded software, audio speakers, and printers, for use in recording, storing and displaying patient data, patient placement and transport information, patient appointment information, patient procedure status, patient waiting room information, for communicating within hospitals, and for management of hospital professionals and staff