A health parameter monitoring system for monitoring a patient, the health parameter monitoring system configured to run a computer algorithm, wherein the health parameter monitoring system is configured to: store the one or more personalized health parameter templates in a memory of the health parameter monitoring system, wherein the personalized templates comprise data characterizing a physiological parameter of the patient; monitor the patient's health parameters; compare, by the algorithm, the patient's monitored health parameters to the personalized templates; based on determining that the patient's monitored health parameters are outside of an acceptable range in comparison to the personalized templates, classify, by the algorithm, the patient's monitored health parameters as abnormal; determine, by the algorithm, whether the patient's monitored health parameters are classified as abnormal because of artifact signal noise of the health parameter monitoring system that effected the patient's monitored health parameters; based on determining that the patient's monitored health parameters were not classified as abnormal because of artifact signal noise, determine, by the algorithm, that the patient has experienced a health event; and based on determining that the patient has experienced a health event, initiate, by the algorithm, countermeasures to be carried out by the health parameter monitoring system, and wherein the health parameter monitoring system comprises: a sensor patch (110, 310) adapted to be in contact with a skin surface of the patient, wherein the sensor patch (110, 310) comprises a plurality of sensors (112, 114) for measuring physiologic or pathologic parameters of the patient; a control unit, wherein the control unit is releasably receivable in a cradle of the sensor patch (110, 310), and wherein the control unit is in electrical communication with the plurality of sensors (112, 114) when the control unit is in the cradle; and a cap, wherein the cap is configured to releasably couple with the sensor patch (110, 310) to detain the control unit in the cradle, and wherein the cap includes a user interface with a display that is configured to provide indications related to the functioning of the health parameter monitoring system. store the one or more personalized health parameter templates in a memory of the health parameter monitoring system, wherein the personalized templates comprise data characterizing a physiological parameter of the patient; monitor the patient's health parameters; compare, by the algorithm, the patient's monitored health parameters to the personalized templates; based on determining that the patient's monitored health parameters are outside of an acceptable range in comparison to the personalized templates, classify, by the algorithm, the patient's monitored health parameters as abnormal; determine, by the algorithm, whether the patient's monitored health parameters are classified as abnormal because of artifact signal noise of the health parameter monitoring system that effected the patient's monitored health parameters; based on determining that the patient's monitored health parameters were not classified as abnormal because of artifact signal noise, determine, by the algorithm, that the patient has experienced a health event; and based on determining that the patient has experienced a health event, initiate, by the algorithm, countermeasures to be carried out by the health parameter monitoring system, and wherein the health parameter monitoring system comprises: a sensor patch (110, 310) adapted to be in contact with a skin surface of the patient, wherein the sensor patch (110, 310) comprises a plurality of sensors (112, 114) for measuring physiologic or pathologic parameters of the patient; a control unit, wherein the control unit is releasably receivable in a cradle of the sensor patch (110, 310), and wherein the control unit is in electrical communication with the plurality of sensors (112, 114) when the control unit is in the cradle; and a cap, wherein the cap is configured to releasably couple with the sensor patch (110, 310) to detain the control unit in the cradle, and wherein the cap includes a user interface with a display that is configured to provide indications related to the functioning of the health parameter monitoring system. a sensor patch (110, 310) adapted to be in contact with a skin surface of the patient, wherein the sensor patch (110, 310) comprises a plurality of sensors (112, 114) for measuring physiologic or pathologic parameters of the patient; a control unit, wherein the control unit is releasably receivable in a cradle of the sensor patch (110, 310), and wherein the control unit is in electrical communication with the plurality of sensors (112, 114) when the control unit is in the cradle; and a cap, wherein the cap is configured to releasably couple with the sensor patch (110, 310) to detain the control unit in the cradle, and wherein the cap includes a user interface with a display that is configured to provide indications related to the functioning of the health parameter monitoring system.