Devices and methods for the annotation of physiological data with associated observational data

The present invention provides methods and devices for capturing data pertaining to caregiver observations that further define, describe, or qualify associated physiological data. The present invention facilitates the integration of numerous forms of observational data with associated physiological data, displays the recorded physiological data suitably annotated with the associated observational data through a variety of customizable graphical user interfaces, and uses general purpose portable computing devices such as PDAs, laptops, pocket PCs, or other microprocessor based devices for interfacing with a plurality of physiological sensors. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a sensor to generate a plurality of physiological data related to a physiological condition of the subject, an event module to capture a plurality of observational data associated with a physiological condition of the subject, a plurality of receivers to receive the physiological data and the observational data, a clock in data communication with the receivers to time stamp the physiological data and observational data, a memory in data communication with the clock to store the time-stamped physiological data and time-stamped observational data, and a display in data communication with the memory to display the time-stamped physiological data in a time relation with the observational data.