Portable device having user interface for visualizing data from medical monitoring and laboratory equipment

A method for facilitating visualization of a state of a patient being monitored by monitoring equipment, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a wireless device from a data visualization server, visualization data representative of a state of a first physiological parameter of a patient over a time interval wherein the visualization data includes a plurality of values and wherein each value of the visualization data is generated by a data visualization module of the data visualization server from multiple values of machine data produced by the monitoring equipment wherein the monitoring equipment is configured to monitor the first physiological parameter;
• displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of the wireless device, a monitoring screen wherein a first portion of the monitoring screen includes a graphical representation of the visualization data over the time interval;
• displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, one or more range indicators together with the graphical representation of the visualization data so as to convey an indication of stability of the first physiological parameter over the time interval;
• receiving, through the touch-sensitive display, user input corresponding to an adjustment in the time interval;
• and
• displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, an updated monitoring screen including an updated graphical representation of the visualization data over an adjusted time interval different from the time interval.