System and method for determining a reference baseline of individual patient status for use in an automated collection and analysis patient care system

A method for determining a reference baseline of individual patient status for use in an automated collection and analysis patient care system, comprising:

• receiving a set of measures collected from a medical device having a sensor for monitoring at least one physiological measure of an individual patient, the collected device measures set comprising individual measures which each relate to patient information recorded by the medical device during an initial time period;
• storing the collected device measures set into a patient care record for the individual patient within a database organized to store one or more patient care records;
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• processing the collected device measures set into a set of reference measures, each reference measure being representative of at least one of measured or derived patient information, and storing the reference measures set into the patient care record as data in a reference baseline indicating an initial patient status.

A computer-readable storage medium holding code for determining a reference baseline of individual patient status for use in an automated collection and analysis patient care system, comprising:

• receiving a set of measures collected from a medical device having a sensor for monitoring at least one physiological measure of an individual patient, the collected device measures set comprising individual measures which each relate to patient information recorded by the medical device during an initial time period;
• storing the collected device measures set into a patient care record for the individual patient within a database organized to store one or more patient care records;
• and
• processing the collected device measures set into a set of reference measures, each reference measure being representative of at least one of measured or derived patient information, and storing the reference measures set into the patient care record as data in a reference baseline indicating an initial patient status.