A system and method for treating hypertension and other medical disorders
is provided. The system utilizes data collection devices for monitoring
medical parameters of a plurality of patients and collecting data related
to the medical parameters, and a centralized database for storing the
collected data for each of the plurality of patients. Input devices are
also used for transferring patient information such as name, family
history, medications, weight, age, etc. to the database. The database
correlates the collected data to the patient information for purposes of
treatment and later retrieval by users to carry out research and other
activities in which the collected data and patient information is useful.
The system and method is particularly adapted for diagnosing and treating
maternal hypertensive disorders such as preeclampsia and carrying out
research related to understanding preeclampsia.