 Using a predictive algorithm, the system can also monitor patient position in bed and send specific, customized alerts if nurses want to know when a patient begins to stir in bed, sits up in bed, attempts to leave the bed, or is already out of bed. When the systems software algorithm detects an increased probability of a bed exit, the system alerts the nursing staff via an app on mobile devices i.e., smartphones that nurses carry and via a dashboard at the nursing station. When the patient attempts to leave the bed, an audible message coming from a control box next to the patients bed reminds the patient not to leave and that a nurse will arrive shortly. Concurrently, nurses receive alerts at a dashboard and through their smartphones via audible, vibratory, and visual alerts prompting a rapid response. Nurses respond to the alerts by tapping a control box in the patient room or returning the patient back to bed; this turns off alerts at the dashboard and on other nurses smartphones. 