Universal medical system

A method of operating third party software on a medical monitoring device, the method comprising:

• operating a medical monitoring device with an operational software, said operational software configured to measure and display physiological measurements using a physiological sensor in a first display layout;
• measuring physiological measurements with the operational software;
• downloading, onto the medical monitoring device, a third party software, wherein the third party software is configured to determine a first parameter that is proprietary to the third party software and generate a second display layout that is different than the first layout;
• providing an option in a graphical user interface to select the operational software or the third party software;
• receiving an indication that the third party software was selected from the provided option in the graphical user interface;
• processing the measured physiological measurements by the third party software based on the received indication to determine the first parameter that is proprietary to the third party software;
• receiving first display data from the third party software, wherein the display data includes the first parameter as determined by the third party software;
• and
• displaying a user interface including the first display data according to the second display layout of the third party software.