A system , comprising: a wearable base comprising a first communication system wherein the wearable base is configured to be worn at a wearing location; a health parameter sensor apparatus detachably coupled to, and in communication with, the wearable base, the health parameter sensor apparatus comprising a second communication system in communication with the first communication system, and one or more sensors (208-214) configured to automatically and repeatedly monitor one or more health parameters of a user and a database adapted to store sensor data from sensors; a user interface ; a processor configured to receive the sensor data, and responsive to the sensor data corresponding to an out-of-range health parameter when the wearable base is being worn at the wearing location and the health parameter sensor apparatus is docked with the wearable base , instructing via the user interface that the user detach the health parameter sensor apparatus from the wearable base and locate the health parameter sensor apparatus elsewhere on the user to obtain a truer reading; and characterized in that the processor is further configured to: instruct, via the user interface, the user to deploy the detachable health parameter sensor apparatus from the wearable base to a location relative to a body part of the user for a measurement collection mission; sense, by the one or more sensors, the one or more health parameters to generate the sensor data; collect, via the wearable base, the sensor data while the detachable health parameter sensor apparatus is deployed at the location; and notify the user that the measurement collection mission has ended. a wearable base comprising a first communication system wherein the wearable base is configured to be worn at a wearing location; a health parameter sensor apparatus detachably coupled to, and in communication with, the wearable base, the health parameter sensor apparatus comprising a second communication system in communication with the first communication system, and one or more sensors (208-214) configured to automatically and repeatedly monitor one or more health parameters of a user and a database adapted to store sensor data from sensors; a user interface ; a processor configured to receive the sensor data, and responsive to the sensor data corresponding to an out-of-range health parameter when the wearable base is being worn at the wearing location and the health parameter sensor apparatus is docked with the wearable base , instructing via the user interface that the user detach the health parameter sensor apparatus from the wearable base and locate the health parameter sensor apparatus elsewhere on the user to obtain a truer reading; and instruct, via the user interface, the user to deploy the detachable health parameter sensor apparatus from the wearable base to a location relative to a body part of the user for a measurement collection mission; sense, by the one or more sensors, the one or more health parameters to generate the sensor data; collect, via the wearable base, the sensor data while the detachable health parameter sensor apparatus is deployed at the location; and notify the user that the measurement collection mission has ended. <EOS>