System and Method for Remote Healthcare Monitoring

A system for remotely monitoring healthcare patients comprising:

• a portable health monitoring device, wherein the portable health monitoring device is configured to:
• collect, analyze and store health information of a healthcare patient;
• and
• remotely receive a protocol update, wherein the protocol update modifies a protocol for collecting and analyzing the health information;
• a health information data store for storing the health information;
• and
• a central monitoring server coupled to the health information data store, the central monitoring server capable of receiving health information from the portable health monitoring device, the central monitoring device further capable of analyzing the health information.

A method for collecting user health information, comprising:

• loading a protocol on a portable health monitoring device, wherein the protocol contains instructions for collecting and analyzing the user health information;
• providing the portable health monitoring device to a user;
• receiving a protocol update at the portable health monitoring device, wherein the protocol update modifies the protocol;
• collecting the user health information using the portable health monitoring device;
• and
• transmitting the user health information from the portable health monitoring device to a monitoring location.