Remote health monitoring system

A method for operating a health monitoring system, the monitoring system comprises a patient side subsystem, a health care provider side subsystem, and a server station with a database and a communication system for providing communication links between the system elements, the method comprising:

• providing a monitoring profile consisting of profile elements being connected to each other in a predetermined manner, the monitoring profile elements comprising patient related data, monitoring related data, and evaluation process elements, wherein the monitoring profile elements are connected to each other to provide a multi level tree structure consisting of at least two monitoring profile levels comprising a higher or top level defining a top-level monitoring profile adapted to a specific health status, and a lower or bottom level containing the low-level monitoring profile elements, wherein the monitoring profile elements are divided according to the tree structure of the multi level monitoring profile and a part of the monitoring profile elements is assigned to the top monitoring profile level and a part of the monitoring profile elements is assigned to the bottom monitoring profile level.