1. A system for associating a patient and patient identifier with a medical device, comprising: an interface for: (i) acquiring image data, from a camera, representing an image of said patient in a care setting and said medical device in a vicinity of said patient; and (ii) acquiring identification data identifying said patient; an image data processor for analyzing the acquired image data representing said image to identify said medical device as a medical device type by, analyzing the acquired image data to determine a shape of said medical device, comparing the determined shape of said medical device with predetermined template shapes of known device types and identifying said medical device as said medical device type when the comparing indicates a shape match between said medical device and a template shape of said predetermined template shapes; a data processor for associating the identified medical device type with said identification data identifying said patient; and an output processor for initiating generating association data indicating the associating of the identified medical device type with said data identifying said patient.