A portable point of care device adapted to be connected to at least one medical apparatus, comprising: a medical device connectivity module comprising: connection means for collecting and storing medical data originating from the at least one medical apparatus; and data translation means for translating the received medical data into a common format; a proximity detection module comprising: a reader; and processing means for: associating the point of care device with items within a range of the reader, one of said items being a patient ID; associating the items with a confirmed patient ID, said confirmed patient ID being obtained from said item being a patient ID; and generating association data based on the association of the point of care device with the items and the association of the items with the confirmed patient ID; an interface module comprising: processing means for generating contextualized medical data by merging the medical data in the common format with the generated association data; and sending means for sending the contextualized medical data to a contextual information server. a medical device connectivity module comprising: connection means for collecting and storing medical data originating from the at least one medical apparatus; and data translation means for translating the received medical data into a common format; connection means for collecting and storing medical data originating from the at least one medical apparatus; and data translation means for translating the received medical data into a common format; a proximity detection module comprising: a reader; and processing means for: associating the point of care device with items within a range of the reader, one of said items being a patient ID; associating the items with a confirmed patient ID, said confirmed patient ID being obtained from said item being a patient ID; and generating association data based on the association of the point of care device with the items and the association of the items with the confirmed patient ID; a reader; and processing means for: associating the point of care device with items within a range of the reader, one of said items being a patient ID; associating the items with a confirmed patient ID, said confirmed patient ID being obtained from said item being a patient ID; and generating association data based on the association of the point of care device with the items and the association of the items with the confirmed patient ID; associating the point of care device with items within a range of the reader, one of said items being a patient ID; associating the items with a confirmed patient ID, said confirmed patient ID being obtained from said item being a patient ID; and generating association data based on the association of the point of care device with the items and the association of the items with the confirmed patient ID; an interface module comprising: processing means for generating contextualized medical data by merging the medical data in the common format with the generated association data; and sending means for sending the contextualized medical data to a contextual information server. processing means for generating contextualized medical data by merging the medical data in the common format with the generated association data; and sending means for sending the contextualized medical data to a contextual information server.