A body worn mobile medical monitoring device configured to minimize cable wiring from a sensor by placement of one or more sensor communication ports. The body worn mobile medical monitoring device includes a housing securable on a lower arm of a patient, a display, and a sensor communication port positioned on a side of the housing and configured to face a hand of the lower arm of the patient when the mobile medical monitoring device is mounted to the lower arm of the patient. The sensor communication port provides wired communication with a pulse oximetry sensor attached to a digit of the hand of the patient, and is positioned on the side of the housing such that a path from the port on the side of the housing to the digit of the patient is shorter than any other path from any other side of the housing to the digit.