Patent ID: 7752059

Claim:
A patient management system, comprising: an ambulatory patient device associated with a patient; a unit capable of being wirelessly communicatively coupled to the ambulatory patient device, the unit configured to periodically search for the device and maintain a history of when the device is in communication range; and a processor-based host in communication with the unit, the host configured to: receive information from the unit, the information describing the history of when the device is in communication range; identify a time period when the ambulatory patient device is forecasted to be within communication range using the history; obtain a data collection time based on the time period; transmit the data collection time to the unit, the data collection time indicating when the unit is to interrogate the ambulatory patient device; identify a time at which a caregiver is forecasted to access the host; and select a specific time for the host to analyze data received from the unit, the specific time being selected during an interval between data collection time and the time at which the caregiver is forecasted to access the system.