Collection and Analysis of Vital Signs

A system for receiving vital-sign information from a vital-sign monitor, said system comprising:

• a storage having at least one database;
• a communications module for receiving vital-sign data from an external source and storing the received data in said database of said storage;
• an analysis controller in communication with said storage, said analysis controller monitors said storage;
• a reliability module in communication with said analysis controller, said analysis controller includes means for determining whether the vital-sign data is quality vital-sign data;
• a test module in communication with said analysis controller and said storage, said test module receives information from said storage through said analysis controller, and
• said test module includes running means for running at least one algorithm loaded into said storage where said at least one algorithm processes at least a portion of the information provided by said analysis controller, said running means provides an output in substantially real time from receipt of vital-sign data by said communications module;
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• a ruggedized, compact housing enclosing said storage, said communications module, said analysis controller, and said test module.

A method for testing decision-support algorithms comprising:

• receiving into storage of a ruggedized, compact computer at least one decision-support algorithm;
• detecting with a communications module the initiation of a vital-sign monitoring session;
• receiving and storing vital-sign information into storage by the communications module;
• determining whether the vital-sign information is quality vital-sign information, when the vital-sign information is not quality then not using that vital-sign information;
• pushing the stored quality vital-sign information by an analysis controller to a test module running the stored at least one decision-support algorithm;
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• providing at least one output from the decision-support algorithm to at least one of a database and a display.