Patent ID: 7986998

Claim:
A method of monitoring physiological conditions of an ambulatory patient who is capable of moving to a plurality of non-clinical locations, comprising: measuring at least one physiological condition of the patient with an implanted medical device; associating a non-clinical location with a contextual condition for the patient that is relevant when measuring the at least one physiological condition of the patient, wherein the non-clinical location is one of the plurality of non-clinical locations to which the ambulatory patient is capable of moving; and while measuring the at least one physiological condition, utilizing the implantable medical device for sensing an external device in the non-clinical location and determining that the contextual condition associated with the non-clinical location exists when the patient is within a range of the external device and the implantable medical device senses the external device; and flagging with a first indicator one or more measurements resulting from the measuring done while the contextual condition continues to exist.