A dialysis machine comprising: a first sensor for detecting motion of a patient and for determining whether a patient movement has not occurred for a specified period of time; a second sensor for detecting a health condition of the patient; a processing module for: controlling dialysis functions of a dialysis treatment; receiving information related to a status of the dialysis treatment in which toxins are removed from blood of the patient; receiving, from the first sensor, information related to the motion of the patient; receiving, from the second sensor, information related to the health condition of the patient; and identifying an emergency condition based at least in part on the information related to the motion of the patient, the information related to the health condition of the patient, and the information related to the status of the dialysis treatment; an alert system for generating an intermediate alert indicating that a potential emergency condition has been identified, wherein the dialysis machine is configured to refrain from sending an emergency notification to a remote entity if it receives a notification that the potential emergency condition is not an emergency condition; a data communications interface including a portable universal serial bus memory device which mates with a port on the dialysis machine, wherein the universal serial bus memory device includes an alert mechanism for generating an alert informing that the universal serial bus memory device contains patient information that is relevant for the patient emergency condition; a USB interface control system for managing the communication between the universal serial bus memory device and the dialysis machine; and a transceiver for: in response to identifying an emergency condition, sending a notification that includes patient information to the remote entity. a first sensor for detecting motion of a patient and for determining whether a patient movement has not occurred for a specified period of time; a second sensor for detecting a health condition of the patient; a processing module for: controlling dialysis functions of a dialysis treatment; receiving information related to a status of the dialysis treatment in which toxins are removed from blood of the patient; receiving, from the first sensor, information related to the motion of the patient; receiving, from the second sensor, information related to the health condition of the patient; and identifying an emergency condition based at least in part on the information related to the motion of the patient, the information related to the health condition of the patient, and the information related to the status of the dialysis treatment; controlling dialysis functions of a dialysis treatment; receiving information related to a status of the dialysis treatment in which toxins are removed from blood of the patient; receiving, from the first sensor, information related to the motion of the patient; receiving, from the second sensor, information related to the health condition of the patient; and identifying an emergency condition based at least in part on the information related to the motion of the patient, the information related to the health condition of the patient, and the information related to the status of the dialysis treatment; an alert system for generating an intermediate alert indicating that a potential emergency condition has been identified, wherein the dialysis machine is configured to refrain from sending an emergency notification to a remote entity if it receives a notification that the potential emergency condition is not an emergency condition; a data communications interface including a portable universal serial bus memory device which mates with a port on the dialysis machine, wherein the universal serial bus memory device includes an alert mechanism for generating an alert informing that the universal serial bus memory device contains patient information that is relevant for the patient emergency condition; a USB interface control system for managing the communication between the universal serial bus memory device and the dialysis machine; and a transceiver for: in response to identifying an emergency condition, sending a notification that includes patient information to the remote entity.