Patent ID: 8924235

Claim:
A method for enabling variability analyses to be conducted at a plurality of sites, said method comprising: providing a connection between a central service and at least a first site of said plurality of sites; said central service obtaining from said first site, a data package comprising variability data generated at said first site from at least one variability analysis conducted over time based on sensor data acquired from at least one patient interface, said variability analysis comprising computing a measure of variability for a plurality of time intervals for at least one parameter, each measure of variability indicative of a degree and character to which a respective parameter changes over an interval of time; said central service storing said data package in a central database configured to store a plurality of data packages, and making said database available for further processing; said central service providing threshold data to said first site, said threshold data having been generated using said plurality of data packages in said central database and comprising a plurality of thresholds each representing at least one of a patient population and a clinical application, said threshold data to be used by said first site for conducting variability analyses using a selected one of the plurality of thresholds; and said central service providing update data to said first site, said update data comprising information for maintaining consistency among the operation of said plurality of sites in conducting variability analyses.