Management of cardiac data transmissions

A cardiac monitoring system having a patient monitoring system and external equipment located remotely, comprising:

• a. the patient monitoring system including a patient implanted device and an external device located near the patient;
• the implanted device configured to (1) record signal data from the heart, (2) to analyze the signal data to detect at least one type of cardiac event, said implanted device being configured to categorize said at least one cardiac event as an event which is selected from the group of urgent event and non-urgent event, and (3) to transmit data wirelessly to the external device;
• the external device configured to provide communication with the implanted device, a patient, and with the external equipment located remotely based upon the categorization transmitted by said implanted device, said external device being configured to transmit and receive data to and from the implanted medical device and further enabling patient interaction with the external device for performing event prioritization;
• b. the patient monitoring system being configured to provide event prioritization for categorizing the detected cardiac events into one of at least two priority levels, the external device being configured to transmit a priority level to the equipment at the remote location;
• and,
• c. the equipment at the remote location being configured to receive data communicated from the external device including the identified priority level of the detected cardiac event, the equipment further configured for operating contingently upon the priority level received, wherein operating contingently includes i) responding to a first priority level event types by substantially immediately issuing notification to a medical professional;
• and ii) responding to second priority level event types without providing substantially immediate notification thereof.