| abstract |
A method and system for deriving effectiveness of medical treatment of a patient are provided that include collecting patient state (PS) data from at least one of an implantable medical device (IMD) or an external medical device (EMD) over a collection interval. The collected PS data relates to a physiologic characteristic (PC) of the patient. The PS data is transferred to a database that is remote from the patient to form a patient state data (PSD) history. The patient undergoes a pivotal medical event (PME) during the collection interval. The PS data within the PSD history is analyzed before and after the PME to propose a treatment therapy (TT). Following delivery of the TT, the collecting and transferring operations are repeated to obtain post-treatment PS data and form a post-treatment PSD history. An effectiveness indicator (EI) of the TT is derived based on at least the post-treatment PSD history. |