1. An event management system, configured to access or obtain patient data from a medical information system comprising a set of electronic devices including means for monitoring patients, wherein said event management system comprises: A. an event manager is hosted, at least in part, on a set of electronic devices having output devices and input devices, said event manager comprising: 1) a statement customizer for defining one or more statements, each of said statements configured to test at least one criterion; 2) an event customizer, including means for defining an event detection process and associating a set of said statements with said event detection process, and means for defining an event test condition and at least one event action; 3) an analyzer, configured to apply said set of statements to said patient data and to determine satisfaction of said test condition, as a function of satisfaction of one or more criterion of said set of statements; and 4) an activator, configured to initiate said at least one event action in response to said satisfaction of said test condition.