The invention relates to a method for monitoring the medical condition of a patient by means of a patient data management and/or decision assist system. Here the following steps are provided:(a) detecting values of physiological parameters of the patient, wherein at least a part of the physiological parameters characterizes the presence of a disturbance of health；(b) linking the detected values to a first time stamp and a second time stamp, wherein the first time stamp indicates the time of occurrence of the value and the second time stamp the time of detection of the value；(c) continuously comparing the values of different parameters having the same first time stamp with comparative values stored in the system；(d) triggering an alert if the comparison shows that at least one of the values is outside of the given tolerance range with respect to the comparative value；(e) linking the alert to a third time stamp indicating the time of triggering the alert；(f) determining the time (final time) as from the third time stamp at which a medical measure must be taken at the latest, wherein the determination of the time is made on the basis of given time limits stored in the system； and(g) continuously outputting (i) the final time determined in step (f) and/or (ii) the period left to reach the final time and/or (iii) a time domain being shorter than the period left to reach the final time.
