Systems and methods for assessing the health status of a patient

A diagnostic health system comprising:

• a communications circuit;
• a memory circuit;
• and
• a processor in electronic communication with the communication circuit and the memory circuit, the processor is configured to
• combine volatile organic compound data with collected data regarding a patient's sympathetic nervous activity to form a combined data set, the collected data comprising at least one of heart rate variability (HRV), electrodermal activity (EDA), respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), and baroreceptor sensitivity (BRS);
• and
• match the combined data set against one or more previously determined data patterns using a pattern matching algorithm to determine a pattern that is the best match, wherein the specific previously determined pattern that is the best match indicates the health status of the patient;
• and
• report the health status of the patient based on the best pattern match.

A diagnostic health system comprising:

• a patient-specific device selected from the group consisting of a wearable device and an implanted device;
• and
• an external breath sensing system;
• and
• a processor receiving data from the patient-specific device and the external breath sensing system;
• wherein the patient-specific device collects data regarding a patient's sympathetic nervous activity, the data comprising at least one of heart rate variability (HRV), electrodermal activity (EDA), respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), and baroreceptor sensitivity (BRS);
• wherein the external breath sensing system collects data regarding the presence of volatile organic compounds in a breath or gas sample of the patient;
• and
• wherein the processor is configured to
• combine the volatile organic compound data with the patient's sympathetic nervous activity data to form a combined data set;
• and
• match the combined data set against one or more previously determined data patterns using a pattern matching algorithm to determine a pattern that is the best match, wherein the specific previously determined pattern that is the best match indicates the health status of the patient;
• and
• report the health status of the patient based on the best pattern match.