Systems and methods for balancing power consumption and utility of wireless medical sensors

A method comprising:

• obtaining, using a medical sensor, a raw measurement from a patient;
• determining, using a processor, an update interval based at least in part on at least one update factor associated with a status of the patient;
• and
• transmitting, using a wireless radio physically coupled to the medical sensor, a value obtained from the raw measurement to an external wireless receiver at the update interval.

A method comprising:

• obtaining, using a medical sensor, a raw measurement from a patient;
• determining, using a processor physically coupled to the medical sensor, a data rate level based at least in part on an update factor associated with a status of the patient;
• and
• transmitting, using a wireless radio physically coupled to the medical sensor, a value obtained from the raw measurement to an external wireless receiver at an update interval, wherein the update interval is a value associated with the data rate level.