A system for improving hospital patient care by generating a Health Score. Thesystem includes an interface module for receiving incoming medical data from apatient, a transformation module for transforming each of the medical datuminto a transformed Health Score value, and a combination module for combiningthe transformed Health Score values corresponding to each of the medical datuminto a single Health Score. A presentation and comparison module displays theHealth Score as a Health Score plot over a predetermined time frame, such thata user may identify health trends in a patient by evaluating said Health Scoreplot.