An implementation of a technology, for implantable medical therapy devices (102) and techniques related to gathering and processing data field-collected by such implantable medical therapy devices. With an implantable cardiac therapy device (ICTD) system and a central database (120), an embodiment of the invention, collects and analyzes data-which includes historical cardiac-status-and-treatment information-for a specific patient and adjusts a patient's therapy accordingly. With an ICTD system and a central database, an embodiment of the invention, collects and analyzes data-which includes historical cardiac-status-and-treatment information-for a patient population and adjusts a patient's therapy accordingly.