System and method for automated collection and analysis of regularly retrieved patient information for remote patient care

A method for automated collection and analysis of regularly retrieved patient information for remote patient care, comprising:

• periodically receiving a set of collected measures retrieved on a substantially regular basis from a medical device having a sensor for monitoring at least one physiological measure of an individual patient, the collected measures set comprising individual measures which each relate to patient information recorded by the medical device;
• storing the collected measures set into a patient care record for the individual patient within a database organized to store one or more patient care records which each comprise a plurality of the collected measures sets;
• and
• analyzing one or more of the collected measures sets in the patient care record for the individual patient relative to one or more other collected measures sets stored in the database to determine a patient status indicator.

A computer-readable storage medium holding code for automated collection and analysis of regularly retrieved patient information for remote patient care, comprising:

• periodically receiving a set of collected measures retrieved on a substantially regular basis from a medical device having a sensor for monitoring at least one physiological measure of an individual patient, the collected measures set comprising individual measures which each relate to patient information recorded by the medical device;
• storing the collected measures set into a patient care record for the individual patient within a database organized to store one or more patient care records which each comprise a plurality of the collected measures sets;
• and
• analyzing one or more of the collected measures sets in the patient care record for the individual patient relative to one or more other collected measures sets stored in the database to determine a patient status indicator.