1. A method of monitoring usage of a patient medical support system, comprising: providing a patient with a patient medical support system, the patient medical support system including: at least one article of medical equipment; electrical control circuitry configured to: determine two or more different operational modes of the at least one article of medical equipment; and determine a first usage data signal indicative of an amount of usage of the at least one article of medical equipment in a first operational mode, the first operational mode being one of the two or more different operational modes; and communication circuitry for transmitting the first usage data signal and an identification data signal from a patient location remote from a monitoring location to the monitoring location; receiving the first usage data signal at the monitoring location; receiving the identification data signal at the monitoring location; determining at least one user identification associated with a user of the patient medical support system based at least in part on the identification data signal; and determining an amount of usage of the at least one article of medical equipment based at least in part on the first usage data signal.