Outpatient monitoring systems and methods

A non-transitory computer program product, tangibly embodied in a non-transitory information carrier, the computer program product including instructions being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

• remotely initialize a portable patient monitor to begin a monitoring session having an associated unique identification number, the remote initialization causing the portable patient monitor to acquire, via a vital signs sensor, continuous full-disclosure vital signs;
• analyze, in real time via the portable patient monitor, the continuous full-disclosure vital signs to identify at least one of:
• a pathological event and emergency event;
• select, via the portable patient monitor, portions of the continuous full-disclosure vital signs to be stored, at the portable patient monitor, as uncompressed/unreduced data fragments based on generated interpretation results and/or a signal condition representing at least one significant signal event;
• transmit data signals representative of the continuous full-disclosure vital signs with interpretation results to a remote location, wherein the full-disclosure vital signs are real-time patient vital signs, by creating, at the portable patient monitor, data signals that includes a combination of bit-reduced/channel-reduced data signals and the uncompressed/unreduced data signals, wherein the uncompressed/unreduced data signals represent at least one of:
• the pathological event and emergency event;
• and
• synchronize verified interpretation results data with a data interpretation center and repository.