1. A system for automated collection and analysis of patient information retrieved from a medical device adapted to be implanted in a patient for remote patient care, comprising: a network server interfaced to a communications link over which is periodically received a set of collected measures from the medical device adapted to be implanted, the collected measures set comprising individual measures which each relate to patient information recorded by the medical device adapted to be implanted for an individual patient; a database server coupled to the network server and storing the collected measures set into a patient care record for the individual patient, the database server being organized to store one or more patient care records which each comprise a plurality of the collected measures sets; and an application server coupled to the database server and analyzing one or more of the collected measures sets in the patient care record for the individual patient relative to one or more other collected measures sets stored in the database server to determine a patient status indicator.