Patent ID: 7144369

Claim:
A system for providing collection and analysis of patient information for use in automated patient care, comprising: an implantable medical device directly measuring and recording individual patient information on a substantially continuous basis, comprising a recordation module collecting physiological measures relating to the individual patient information; a collection module receiving the physiological measures collected at substantially the same time as a set of physiological measures directly from the implantable medical device; a database stating the physiological measures set into a patient care record for an individual patient; an analysis module retrieving a plurality of the physiological measures in the patient care record for the individual patient from the database and analyzing the retrieved physiological measures relative to another plurality of the physiological measures to determine a patient status indicator of patient wellness, to recognize a trend in patient well being for the individual patient, and to detennine whether medical intervention is necessary; and a feedback module sending automated feedback directly to the individual patient based on the patient status indicator.