BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM
FIG4 schematically depicts an example analysis system according to one or more embodiments 
Accordingly, a further aspect of the invention provides a system for analyzing blood pressure measurements. An example is schematically shown in block diagram form in FIG4. In other examples, the processor may be communicably connectable with a blood pressure sensing means 80 for obtaining the blood pressure measurements. This configuration is illustrated schematically in FIG4 for example. The datasets and/or databases comprising the datasets may be stored on a local memory in examples. The memory may be part of the processor 78. In this case or in any case, the datasets may be comprised by the processor 78. Hence although they are shown schematically as separate components in FIG4, the actual distribution of these elements may differ. Although in the example of FIG4, the further dataset is comprised by the system 70, in further examples, the further dataset may be external to the system, and wherein the processor 78 is configured to have access to the dataset. The dataset may be stored on a remote server or data store for example, with which the processor is communicable.
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['1. A blood pressure measurement analysis method (10), comprising: obtaining (12) a blood pressure measurement for a subject, the measurement being associated with a known tester who performed the measurement; comparing (14) the measurement with historical measurements for the subject stored in a database, and determining based on this whether the obtained measurement is an outlier for the subject; in the case the measurement is an outlier, accessing (16) a database of contextual data for the subject, pertaining to contextual factors which have an effect on blood pressure, and determining based on this any contextual cause of the outlier measurement; at least in the case of no contextual cause, accessing (18) historical measurement data for the tester in a database, and determining based on this whether the outlier is attributable to the tester; generating (20) output information indicative of an outlier status of the measurement, and any determined contextual and/or tester attributed cause.', '12. A computer program comprising code means for implementing the method of any one of claims 1 to 11 when said program is run on a computer.', '13. An analysis system (70), comprising: a first dataset (72) storing historical blood pressure measurements for one or more subjects; a second dataset (74) comprising historical measurement data relating to historical measurements performed by one or more testers; and a processor, having access to said datasets, and adapted to: obtain a blood pressure measurement for a subject, the measurement being associated with a known tester who performed the measurement, compare the measurement with historical measurements for the subject stored in said first dataset, and determining based on this whether the obtained measurement is an outlier for the subject, in the case the measurement is an outlier, access a further dataset (76) of contextual data for the subject, pertaining to contextual factors which have an effect on blood pressure, and determine based on this any contextual cause of the outlier measurement, at least in the case of no contextual cause, access historical measurement data for the tester from said second dataset, and determine based on this whether the outlier is attributable to the tester; and generate output information indicative of an outlier status of the measurement, and any determined contextual and/or tester attributed cause.']