| abstract |
A system and method for determining a reference baseline of individual patient status for use in an automated collection and analysis patient care system is described. A set of measures collected from a medical device having a sensor for monitoring at least one physiological measure of an individual patient is received. The collected device measures set includes individual measures which each relate to patient information recorded by the medical device during an initial time period. The collected device measures set are stored into a patient care record for the individual patient within a database organized to store one or more patient care records. The collected device measures set is processed into a set of reference measures. Each reference measure is representative of at least one of measured or derived patient information. The reference measures set is stored into the patient care record as data in a reference baseline indicating an initial patient status. |