1. An event management system, comprising: an event manager configured to he executed by at least one electronic device, said event manager comprising: a statement customizer configured to construct one or more user-defined statements which define parameter-based tests or conditions, each of said statements configured to test at least one logical criterion; an event customizer configured to define an event detection process and associate a set of said statements with said event detection process, and configured to define an event test condition and at least one event action, wherein the set of statements provides information for a scheduled execution of the detection process; an analyzer, configured to apply said set of statements to patient data obtained from a medical information system and to determine satisfaction of said test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements; and an activator, configured to initiate said at least one event action in response to said satisfaction of said test condition.